Eamon Dreisbach

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Managing Editor at Healio

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VIDEO: Gene therapy shows promise for treatment of wet AMD

1 month ago | healio.com | Allen Ho |Anthony DeFino |Eamon Dreisbach

KOLOA, Hawaii — In this Healio Video Perspective from Retina 2025, Allen C. Ho, MD, discusses recent breakthroughs demonstrating that gene therapy is a viable option for treating wet age-related macular degeneration. According to Ho, gene therapies administered intravitreally or in the subretinal space can effectively deliver transgenes and spur the growth of therapeutic proteins. “We have really strong evidence from multiple programs ...
VIDEO: Macular telangiectasia type 2 cell therapy shows promising 9-year data

1 month ago | healio.com | Mark Gillies MD |Anthony DeFino |Eamon Dreisbach

January 27, 2025 3 min watch VIDEO: Macular telangiectasia type 2 cell therapy shows promising 9-year data Add topic to email alerts Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on Retina/Vitreous in Ophthalmology. Subscribe Added to email alerts You've successfully added Retina/Vitreous in Ophthalmology to your alerts. You will receive an email when new content is published.
Evaluation of OCT, uveitis history useful during patient selection for GA therapeutics

1 month ago | healio.com | Eamon Dreisbach |Nancy Hemphill

Key takeaways: Careful evaluation of imaging is important when deciding who to treat with approved geographic atrophy drugs. Fellow eye status and ellipsoid zone integrity are also key factors. KOLOA, Hawaii — Assessing fellow eye status, age and history of uveitis are helpful ways to determine which patients are most likely to benefit from treatment with FDA-approved drugs for geographic atrophy, according to a speaker. “What I do stress is looking at the lesion growth of prior photographs.
VIDEO: Device allows patients to ‘test drive’ IOLs before cataract surgery

2 months ago | healio.com | Jay S Pepose |Anthony DeFino |Eamon Dreisbach

KOLOA, Hawaii — In this Healio Video Perspective from Hawaiian Eye 2025, Jay S. Pepose, MD, PhD, discusses a device that simulates vision outcomes of presbyopia-correcting IOLs.According to Pepose, the device utilizes a focus tunable lens that changes shape and power quickly enough to simulate the perception of a static multifocal image.
VIDEO: Surgical videos to play major role in optimizing robotic cataract surgery

2 months ago | healio.com | Uday Devgan |Anthony DeFino |Eamon Dreisbach

KOLOA, Hawaii — In this Healio Video Perspective from Hawaiian Eye 2025, Uday Devgan, MD, this year’s recipient of the Philip M. Corboy, MD, Memorial Award, discusses the growing role of surgical videos in robotic cataract surgery. “We’re actually in the mode now of using the videos to teach our robots how to optimize certain steps of surgery,” Devgan said. We’re sorry, but an unexpected error has occurred. Please refresh your browser and try again.
VIDEO: Novel technique for limbal relaxing incision beneficial for cataract surgery

2 months ago | healio.com | Eric D. Donnenfeld |Eamon Dreisbach |Nancy Hemphill

KOLOA, Hawaii — In this Healio Video Perspective from Hawaiian Eye 2025, Eric D. Donnenfeld, MD,of OCLI Vision, highlights a new technique for performing penetrating limbal relaxing incisions. “These are simply conventional keratome incisions made at the axis of the cylinder. You need to take a preoperative keratometry, then do vector analysis,” he said. “Then, you can perform either a single or paired incision using a keratome.”
VIDEO: Distinguish quantity vs. quality of vision to manage unhappy refractive patients

2 months ago | healio.com | Anthony DeFino |Eamon Dreisbach

KOLOA, Hawaii — In this Healio Video Perspective from Hawaiian Eye 2025, Audrey R. Talley Rostov, MD, of Bellevue Precision Vision, breaks down how to manage patients who are unsatisfied with their vision after refractive cataract surgery. According to Rostov, the ophthalmologist must find out if the root of the patient’s unhappiness is the quantity or quality of their vision so the best method of action can be determined.
VIDEO: Positive data reported on OCS-05 in acute optic neuritis

2 months ago | healio.com | Riad Sherif |Eamon Dreisbach |Christine Klimanskis

KOLOA, Hawaii — In this Healio Video Perspective from Hawaiian Eye 2025, Riad Sherif, MD,CEO of Oculis, discusses data on OCS-05 for the treatment of acute optic neuritis. “The main goal of OCS-05 is to prevent retinal ganglion cells from dying and to have a neuroprotective effect,” he said.
VIDEO: Range of options available for patients with cataract, keratoconus

2 months ago | healio.com | William Trattler |Eamon Dreisbach |Christine Klimanskis

KOLOA, Hawaii — In this Healio Video Perspective from Hawaiian Eye 2025, William B. Trattler, MD, of the Center for Excellence in Eye Care in Miami, offers advice on identifying and managing patients with both cataracts and keratoconus. “These patients are actually more common than you may expect,” he said. “The key is to perform a preoperative screening topography.
VIDEO: OTX-TKI moves toward phase 3 trial for treatment of diabetic retinopathy

Jan 24, 2025 | healio.com | Peter Kaiser |Anthony DeFino |Eamon Dreisbach

January 24, 2025 1 min read VIDEO: OTX-TKI moves toward phase 3 trial for treatment of diabetic retinopathy Add topic to email alerts Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on Retina/Vitreous in Ophthalmology. Subscribe Added to email alerts You've successfully added Retina/Vitreous in Ophthalmology to your alerts. You will receive an email when new content is published.