New Zealand’s first chief allied health professions officer Dr Martin Chadwick was appointed in February 2019. His challenges include improving health equity and transdisciplinary working, both hot topics within the eyecare community. Drew Jones found out how it’s all going.
Many patients with retinal pathology will benefit from cataract surgery to improve media clarity and contrast. In these patients, accurate biometry is essential to guide precise intraocular lens (IOL) choice and allow our patients to achieve the best visual outcome. Retina Specialists now has the la
Despite attempts since the early 1800s, success in corneal transplantation remained elusive until thebeginning of the 20th century. Indeed, corneal transplantation is the oldest form of tissue transplantation with the first successful full-thickness corneal transplant performed by Eduard Zirm in 190
In this review, I discuss three recent papers, adding to the role of minimally invasive glaucoma surgery (MIGS) in the management of glaucoma, particularly with respect to long-term efficacy and safety data.
Celebrating 25 years with Alcon, Karen Fowler worked her way up to become head of the Australia and New Zealand business and the region’s surgical division. As one of the few women holding top spots in the ophthalmic industry, she talked to Lesley Springall about the challenges and highlights of her
Years ago, while pondering whether or not to invest in an OCT (I know, it’s mad to think it was ever up for debate!) I attended the Topcon OCT conference in London. During a coffee break, I bumped into optometrist Brian Tompkins, who mentioned he was running a workshop on using OCTs to aid scleral l
This year’s Orthoptics Australia Annual Conference took place virtually, so I got to enjoy the array of talks during a visit to my hometown of Hobart, with an interactive Slack channel providing an opportunity to engage with other attendees and see the various locations they were joining from.
"The nothing that is not there and the nothing that is" Wallace Stevens
A Canadian study has shown cannabinol (CBN) promotes neuroprotection, abrogates changes in extracellular matrix (ECM) protein and normalises intraocular pressures (IOPs), indicating the compound’s therapeutic potential in the treatment of glaucoma, said study authors.
Keratoconus appears both more common and more severe in Aotearoa than in many other countries and it has been the most common indication for corneal transplantation in New Zealand for several decades. Collagen corneal cross-linking (CXL) provides the opportunity to halt or slow the progression of ke
For previous Australia New Zealand Glaucoma Society conference (ANZGS) meetings I have enjoyed jetting off to Brisbane for a couple of days to be immersed in the humidity of Queensland in February. This year, I swapped educating myself sitting in the air-conditioned ballroom of some fancy Queensland
Your high-prescription patients need a little extra TLC. After all, some may have had a long (and scarring!) history of choosing frames to hide those scarily thick lenses without much success. But