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2 months ago | 
modernod.com | Selina McGee |Justin Schweitzer |Walter O. Whitley
Glaucoma remains a leading cause of irreversible blindness worldwide, and, despite its prevalence, the silent thief of sight often goes unnoticed until significant vision loss occurs. This is our call to action. In our modern optometric practices, there is much to consider when it comes to the patient with glaucoma, including their quality of life. This issue is chock-full of useful information for ongoing management of these patients.
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Dec 11, 2024 | 
modernod.com | Selina McGee |Justin Schweitzer |Walter O. Whitley
In the optometric profession, this time of year means we are nearing the end of conference season; however, we never stop collaborating, learning, educating, and striving to make ourselves better providers. We must stay ahead of the curve so that we can serve our patients to our best ability and deliver optimal outcomes.
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Oct 9, 2024 | 
eyetube.net | Jessilin Quint |Walter O. Whitley
Managing the Dry Eye Endemic Jessilin Quint, OD, MBA, MS, FAAO, and Walter Whitley, OD, MBA, FAAO Show Description + Walter Whitley, OD, MBA, FAAO, discusses the growing issue of dry eye with Jessilin Quint, OD, MBA, MS, FAAO, who provides a review of the latest diagnostic technologies and treatment options.
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Aug 6, 2024 | 
modernod.com | Selina McGee |Justin Schweitzer |Walter O. Whitley
Each year when I attend Optometry’s Meeting, I am reminded how lucky I am to be part of a profession that continues to innovate, collaborate, and progress to provide the best care possible for our patients. This year’s meeting in Nashville in June was a great example, as I witnessed continued advances in optometry’s scope of practice across the country, as well as collaboration supported by industry partners.
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Jun 3, 2024 | 
modernod.com | Selina McGee |Justin Schweitzer |Walter O. Whitley
We are excited about this issue of Modern Optometry, with its cover focus on ocular aesthetics. Over the past decade, we have seen more and more optometrists embrace medical optometry. Often, this involves taking steps to differentiate themselves for the benefit of their patients and their practices by specializing in certain areas, such as dry eye or ocular aesthetics.
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Apr 15, 2024 | 
reviewofoptometry.com | Derek N. Cunningham |Walter O. Whitley
In this month’s column, we are breaking from the usual format of spotlighting particular procedures to talk about an interesting debate going on cataract surgery circles right now. We’ve all had the following questions asked by patients: What is a cataract? Who do we go to for surgery? What should we expect for the procedure? Which IOLs should we consider? But how many of you have had the discussion with patients about them having both eye surgeries performed at the same time?
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Apr 12, 2024 | 
modernod.com | Selina McGee |Justin Schweitzer |Walter O. Whitley
What makes a good life? How does one truly define happiness? If you could choose only one investment to focus on for your future self, what would it be? Would you save more for retirement? Travel more? Learn a new language? Take a cooking class? Learn to fit scleral lenses (finally)? What would you do so that when you look back on your life, you truly feel as though you lived it well?
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Mar 1, 2024 | 
healio.com | Walter O. Whitley |Nancy Hemphill |Heather Biele
You've successfully added Cornea/External Disease in Optometry to your alerts. You will receive an email when new content is published. Click Here to Manage Email Alerts We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact [email protected]. ATLANTA — A long-term study of Vevye for treating dry eye showed an improvement in Schirmer’s scores by 98% at week 46, according to Walter O. Whitley, OD, MBA, FAAO.
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Feb 16, 2024 | 
modernod.com | Selina McGee |Justin Schweitzer |Walter O. Whitley
The ocular surface maintains a smooth, refractive plane on the cornea and protects the eye against microbes, trauma, and toxins. Most of the time, the ocular surface is in balance, but damage to the cornea, tear film instability, a blocked duct, etc, can create an imbalance, inciting ocular surface disease (OSD), which can affect quality of life, cataract surgery outcomes, and more.
As eye care practitioners, we all see OSD in our patients, regardless of our mode of practice.
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Jan 31, 2024 | 
modernod.com | Selina McGee |Justin Schweitzer |Walter O. Whitley
Welcome to the September issue of Modern Optometry! Fall is such an exciting time, filled with the back-to-school bustle and, of course, conference season! There are numerous upcoming meetings, from Vision Expo West in Las Vegas to the American Academy of Optometry annual meeting in New Orleans, which are some of our favorites. We are most excited for our second MOD Live meeting in Nashville, which has already grown from last year.
