Mitch Ibach

2 weeks ago | optometrytimes.com | Mitch Ibach |Carolyn Majcher |Erin Tomiyama |Peter Hersh |Jordana Joy

During this year's virtual Collaborative Care Symposium, ODs and MDs discussed the latest developments in their fields and offered tips for successful comanagement. In case you missed it, Optometry Times has compiled highlights from each specialty that you can take home to your practice. For dry eye, Mitch Ibach, OD, FAAO, advocated for a contemporary approach to treating and managing the disease.

3 weeks ago | optometrytimes.com | Mitch Ibach |Emily Kaiser Maharjan |Jordana Joy

Alongside Tanner Ferguson, MD, Mitch Ibach, OD, FAAO, focused on glaucoma management and minimally invasive glaucoma surgery (MIGS) in a Collaborative Care Symposium (CCS) 2025 presentation. Ibach emphasized interventional approaches and collaborative care between optometrists and ophthalmologists.

3 weeks ago | optometrytimes.com | Mitch Ibach |Emily Kaiser Maharjan |Jordana Joy

In a Collaborative Care Symposium (CCS) 2025 presentation titled "Refractive Lens Exchange and Refractive Cataract Surgery," Mitch Ibach, OD, FAAO, spoke alongside Dagny Zhu, MD discussed lens-based refractive surgical options for patients, particularly focusing on addressing vision correction needs in an aging population.

4 weeks ago | optometrytimes.com | Mitch Ibach |Emily Kaiser Maharjan |Jordana Joy

During his presentation titled "Rethinking Dry Eye Disease: A Contemporary Approach to a Complex Condition," Mitch Ibach, OD, FAAO, discussed the prevalence of dry eye disease, a significant ocular condition affecting approximately 18 million patients in the United States - 4 times more than those diagnosed with open-angle glaucoma. Ibach emphasized the growing patient awareness and motivation surrounding dry eye, which distinguishes it from other eye conditions like glaucoma.

2 months ago | healio.com | Mitch Ibach |Christine Klimanskis

Key takeaways: Doctors must educate patients that early corneal cross-linking is the best chance of maintaining good vision. Cross-linking cannot restore best corrected vision that has already been lost. In eyes with keratoconus, no contact lens — whether soft, gas permeable or scleral — can arrest progression of the underlying disease process, even when it does achieve the goal of helping the patient see better.