Working with the Fred Hollows Foundation, Specsavers optometrists Ian Russell and Megan Glover from New Zealand and Australian graduate optometrists Tiffani Lai and Rowena Fuller spent a week in Fiji helping to train budding eye care professionals and examine patients.
A cold, miserable, blustery winter day turned into a crisp clear evening with warm hospitality from Eye Surgery Associates, which hosted a continuing education dinner at a beautiful spot on Auckland’s waterfront in June.
By Darin Goldman, Nadia Waheed and Jay Duker , Reviewed by Dr Narme Deva The Atlas of Retinal OCT: Optical Coherence Tomography by Darin Goldman et al is rather a nice little book. On first impressions, it is a little on the skinny side for an ophthalmology atlas, but it is jam-packed with lovely p
Auckland Eye’s North Shore Insight seminar got off to great start with attendees being asked to set up their phones so they could take part in a live quiz after the three-part seminar.MIGSFirst up was
Tennis champion Venus Williams was diagnosed with Sjögren's syndrome in 2011, causing her tennis career to almost grind to a halt. After a rough season of injuries and match withdrawals, she announced she was suffering from the autoimmune disease, telling media she’s suffered chronic depression, swe
Eye Institute’s May seminar was a busy, collegial affair with many Auckland-based optometrists making the most of the delicious refreshment-fuelled opportunity to catch up with colleagues and gain extra CPD points. By Lesley Springall
Orbital cellulitis is an uncommon but serious ophthalmic emergency that is potentially sight threatening. In Australasia, community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) associated orbital cellulitis was first noted in Brisbane in 20091. Ophthalmic MRSA-associated infection
All myopia is associated with an increased risk of sight-threatening conditions such as retinal detachment (RD) and myopic maculopathy (MM), with the risk increasing markedly in high myopia¹.
Marty Feldman, a much-loved British comedian, perhaps best known for his role as Igor (pronounced Eye-Gor) in Mel Brooks’ Young Frankenstein (1974), suffered from Graves’ disease. There's a saying, "Your face is your fortune", and Feldman got a double-whammy as his nose was mangled in his youth in a
In April, the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists (RANZCO) issued a statement claiming that there was no scientific evidence for the existence of Irlen Syndrome. This follows similar concerns RANZCO and RANZCO fellows have raised publicly about behavioural optometry, all of
The arrival of autumn heralds the Eye Doctor’s first Grand Round of the year. Held at the Novotel in Ellerslie, Auckland, this year’s inaugural seminar on 28 March was a warm and welcoming affair with many local optometrists attending keen to kick off their annual cpd hunt and hear the latest surgic
This year the Cornea and Contact Lens Society celebrated its 60th birthday. Though the educational content and knowledge has dramatically evolved over the last 60 years, the high standard of clinical learning and warm collegial environment never changes, making it always one of the better conference