How optom’s vision training stacked up for one GP
US neuro-optometrist Dr Bryce Appelbaum's brain-based vision training model improved UK GP Dr Rangan Chatterjee's una
Drew Jones9 min read
Optometry Features
Let’s get phygital
This article explores 'phygital' technology, combining physical and digital elements, and its application in optometry, from virtual try-on eyewear to
Jeremy Wong3 min read
A night at the museum…
An Eye Institute seminar covered interpreting OCT for intraocular tumours and macular disease, photobiomodulation for dry AMD, pterygium management, retinal haemorrh
Susanne Bradley5 min read
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As cutting-edge ZEISS diagnostic technology becomes increasingly prevalent in the ophthalmic industry, it has elevated patient care within a busy Auckland optometry practice. Frith Jenkins from Howick
Louise Wood for Zeiss Medical5 min read
Annapurna outreach: eyecare, altitude and adversity
An optometrist recounts her experience on an Eyes4Everest outreach trip to Nepal's Annapurna region, providing eyecare at high-altitude
Lillian Lei5 min read
The people’s optometrist
Veteran Auckland optometrist Trevor Skinner retires after nearly 50 years, known for his patient-first approach, empathy, and passion for optometry, having
Vihan Dalal5 min read
Eye to Eye: quizzing Drs Peter Hadden and Sophie Hill
This month, Drew Jones covers Eye Institute’s Drs Peter Hadden’s and Sophie Hill’s responses to optometrists’ questions about vitrectomy recovery and counselling, anti-VEGF choices and emerging management options for geographic atrophy secondary to AMD. Answers have been abridged.
Staff reporters7 min read
AI in eyecare tools, tensions and shaping the rules
Artificial intelligence (AI) use in eyecare is moving fast, but are regulation, ethics and real-world integration keeping pace? As clinicians and regulators grapple with how to harness its potential without compromising patient safety or equity, Drew Jones examines where AI use in eyecare stands and
Drew Jones9 min read
ANZGS 2026 – from blind spots to breakthroughs
February is my favourite time of the year. Not only is there beautiful summer weather and warm seawater, but this is the time when the Australian and New Zealand Glaucoma Society (ANZGS) Congress takes place! This year’s meeting was in Sydney CBD’s Masonic Centre. It’s a fabulous venue with beautifu
Dr Sonya Bennett2 min read
Choose your words carefully
In eyecare, some of the most life-changing diagnoses are also the most common. For clinicians, they sit within well‑worn management pathways. For patients, they often mean uncertainty, a loss of independence and perhaps even a life‑changing fear of blindness.
Renee Lunder7 min read
The CLC lab where bespoke lenses are born
Come on tour of the Corneal Lens Corporation’s (CLC) laboratory in Christchurch
Susie Hill9 min read
Eye Doctors bright start to CPD season
Coinciding with leaves changing colour in the beautiful grounds of Remuera Golf Club, Eye Doctors’ first Grand Round is a trusted autumn calling card. While guests enjoyed a delicious dinner, practice
Susanne Bradley5 min read