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Darren Hargreaves joins Sense Medical as Clinical Solutions Director
26 July 2023
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Recruitment & Personnel
Sense Medical Ltd welcomes the new appointment of Darren Hargreaves as Clinical Solutions Director.
Innovation update: key advances in eyecare transformation in the last year
1 December 2021
| Vishal Shah, Alexander Chiu, Guy Mole, Melanie Hingorani
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Ophthalmology, Optometry, Emergency Ophthalmology, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - Glaucoma
Vishal Shah and his co-authors reflect on examples of innovation in eyecare delivery published in the last year and the implications for the future of eyecare services. The “new normal” is an overused phrase to describe extraordinary measures that have...
What's trending Feb/Mar 2021
4 February 2021
| Stephanie Chiu
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Ophthalmology, Optometry, Cornea / External Eye Disease, Orbit, Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
A round-up of the eye-related hot topics that have been trending on social media over the last few weeks. Happy New Year! Goodbye 2020, a year no one could have imagined, with our lives and headlines dominated by COVID-19 as...
My Top Five: Emerging technologies revolutionising ophthalmology
3 October 2024
| Khaled Saqqaw
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Retina / Uvea / Vitreous, Cataract and Refractive, Cornea / External Eye Disease
Advancements in ophthalmology have significantly transformed eyecare practices. This article explores five emerging technologies that are revolutionising the field, from virtual reality (VR) surgical training to novel therapies for corneal conditions. These innovations are reshaping how eyecare professionals diagnose, treat...
Envision Glasses – A different take on a sight impairment wearable (part 2)
This is the second part of the review of the Envision Glasses (see Part 1 here), a wearable piece of assistive technology. Features From the main menu four feature modes can be chosen: Read, Identify, Find and Call. The Glasses...Orbis launches podcast and vodcast series exploring cutting edge tech
7 December 2020
A new podcast and vodcast series exploring cutting edge tech to curb rise in preventable blindness has been launched by international eye health charity, Orbis.
Online submissions open for NCC contact lens congress
Online submissions for a collaborative research symposium to be held as part of Europe’s biggest eye health conference are now open.Orthoptist takes office as Master of The Worshipful Company of Spectacle Makers
6 October 2023
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spectacle makers, Liz Shilling, Liz Tomlin, Guy’s and St Thomas, Opticians, ophthalmology
In what she called “a giant leap for orthoptists”, Liz Shilling (known professionally as Liz Tomlin), was installed this week as Master of The Worshipful Company of Spectacle Makers, the first orthoptist ever to serve as Master in the Company’s almost 400 year-old history.
UK Eye Genetics Group (UK-EGG) 2024
10 June 2024
by Mohammed Aslam, FY 3 Doctor, Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust, UK. Founded in 2002, the UK EGG provides a hub to share knowledge on inherited eye disease and train the next generation of clinicians and scientists. This year’s...
XXII SARCS (State of the Art Refractive Cataract Surgery) Symposium 2024
14 June 2024
by Andrew Bourne, BSc, MCOptom, DipTp(IP), Dip Glauc, Principal Optometrist, Hull & East Yorkshire Eye Hospital, UK. Once again, Milind Pande welcomed over 220 ophthalmologists and allied professionals to his annual symposium, this year held once again at the University...
Useful and controversial apps and services
1 October 2018
| David Haider
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Ophthalmology
These apps and web services are not specifically ophthalmic but hopefully of interest. Office Lens Delegates take pictures of presentation slides at conferences quite frequently. If this is something you do, have a look at the ‘Office Lens’ app. This...
Eye scans detect signs of Parkinson’s disease up to seven years before diagnosis
22 August 2023
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moorfields, Parkinson's disease, Siegfried Wagner, Pearse Keane, UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, early detection
A team led by Siegfried Wagner and Pearse Keane of Moorfields Eye Hospital and UCL Institute of Ophthalmology (and spanning UCL institutions) has identified markers that indicate the presence of Parkinson’s disease in patients on average seven years before clinical presentation.