Radio host recalls how an optometrist saved her life
Dani Fennessy on her sight- and life-saving journey with IIH
Susie Hill3 min read
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Dani Fennessy on her sight- and life-saving journey with IIH
Hosted at a new venue, the Maritime Room, the 9th Glaucoma New Zealand (GNZ) Symposium delivered an excellent programme with loads of great tips and content. The audience of ophthalmologists, optometr
Ensuring evidence-based best practice reaches patients, both locally and globally, is at the heart of what we do as clinical educators. At the 2024 Tear Film & Ocular Surface Society (TFOS) conference in Venice, a chance meeting between then BCLA president Sarah Farrant, Indian ophthalmologist A
An in-practice perspective on the clinical utility of topical ciclosporin for dry eye disease
Recurrent chalazia present a challenge in clinical practice. Photobiomodulation is a novel approach to management, which, as described in this patient case, can offer encouraging results. A 42-year-
For me, it all began with a moongate. While a graduate student at Dartmouth Medical School (Hanover, US) in the mid-1970s, one of my mentors, the internationally renowned corticosteroid endocrinologist, the late Emeritus Professor Allan Munck, organised an exclusive meeting of approximately 25 stero
It really is a momentous occasion when one of the Tear Film and Ocular Surface Society’s (TFOS’) global consensus reports is published: a culmination of years of work for many people, as they translat
Identification of microplastics in human tear fluid and meibum: Implications for dry eye disease pathogenesis Jingyi Wang et al J Hazard Mater. 2025 Feb;489:137635 Review: This cross-sectional, la
The 2007 Tear Film & Ocular Surface Society Dry Eye Workshop (TFOS DEWS)1 marked a major milestone in standardising the understanding and management of dry eye disease (DED). A decade later, TFOS DEWS II (2017)2 expanded on this foundation, supported by widespread global research. Now, TFOS DEWS
The third congress of the Asia-Pacific Strabismus and Paediatric Ophthalmology Society (APSPOS) was held in Brisbane from 29 June to 1 July. The theme, ‘Inspiring collaboration’, was clear from the start as it was held in conjunction with annual meetings of the Australian and New Zealand Strabismus
The writer of a recent letter, ‘Time for ADONZ to take over ODOB’s role’ (August 2025) expresses confusion over the ODOB’s (the Board’s) and the New Zealand Association of Optometrists’ (NZAO’s) perce
The ODOB responds to 'that' Chalkeyes article...