OPSM has welcomed 17 new graduates to its New Zealand network, kicking off their OPSM journey with the company’s annual Eye Launch graduate-induction conference in Auckland. “It’s great to see the enthusiasm displayed from this cohort of optometrists, and Eye Launch is the perfect platform to set th
Optometry Australia (OA) has updated its 2016 infection control guidelines for optometrists to improve staff and patient safety, particularly during the current pandemic. The guidelines’ authors,
New Zealand’s Professor Helen Danesh-Meyer, an Auckland-based consultant ophthalmologist specialising in glaucoma and neuro-ophthalmology has been named as one of the world’s top 100 women in ophthalmology in The Ophthalmologist’s first-ever female power list.
Spectacle wearers love that great feeling when they put on their new glasses for the first time and once more enjoy unhindered vision. But let’s not kid ourselves, after leaving the practice, those glasses quickly migrate to the bottom of a handbag, and cleaning cloths don’t get washed enough – ofte
To help practices with benchmarking and inform future policies, University of Auckland BOptom student Georgia Cheng is conducting a study into optometry practice charge-out rates and operating expenses in New Zealand.
Many professionals are unaware of the disinfection requirements for medical devices used in optometry and ophthalmology every day, and on multiple patients.
Intravitreal (IVT) reservoirs for the sustained treatment of wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD), diabetic macular oedema (DMO), retinal vein occlusion (RVO) and uveitis have achieved promising results in several trials.
The 9th World Glaucoma Congress (WGC) will be held from 30 June to 3 July 2021 as a virtual conference hosted by the Japan Glaucoma Society (JGS).
Internationally renowned dry eye and ocular surface researcher Professor Jennifer Craig from the University of Auckland has been named as one of the world’s first BCLA ambassadors.
Despite the disruption caused by Covid-19, the industry's confidence in its own event O=Mega21 is strong, with the much-anticipated Australasian optical fair selling nearly its entire exhibitor floorplan in just 48 hours.
Mediprint Ophthalmics announced the successful completion of its first study using a drug-eluting contact lens (CL) to treat mild to moderate glaucoma and ocular hypertension.
Glaucoma New Zealand’s (GNZ’s) annual symposium has been rescheduled for Sunday 16 May 2021 at Alexandra Park in Auckland.