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OCT-A: How, when, and why?
Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography, also known as OCT-A, is a fairly new technology that allows doctors to better assess retinal and choroidal vascular disease and blood flow. OCT-A can be used to assess structural changes in...
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Ocular Trauma 101: What You Need to Know
According to the CDC roughly 2,000 workers per day sustain ocular trauma. This statistic does not account for accidents, assault and various activities that may result in damage or injury to the eyes. It is important that we...
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Crash Course on Dry Eye Syndrome Part 2: Treatment and Management
Dry eye is constantly in the news and the way we treat it is always changing. The publication of the 2017 Report of the TFOS International Dry Eye Workshop II (more commonly known as the TFOS DEWS II) provides evidence-based treatment and...
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To Patch or Not to Patch: Summary of PEDIG Amblyopia Treatment Studies
One of the most common topics discussed in the realm of pediatrics and binocular vision is amblyopia. Amblyopia is a visual disorder in which a lack of proper visual input during development impairs the visual pathway, resulting in...
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It’s Time to Talk about Diabetes
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that the incidence of newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus has increased by 90 percent in the last 10 years.¹ However, it is more alarming that 46 percent of diabetic...