Technology News

Hosts Jim Mazzo and John A. Hovanesian, MD, FACS, discuss the latest ophthalmic industry news and interview Sean Ianchulev, MD, MPH.

Ophthalmology is a wonderful specialty because innovations come quickly.

In clinical ophthalmology, we are used to fixing problems on a physical or mechanical level.

It has been decades since the concept of gene therapy emerged in the ophthalmology field.

In this episode, Ashlie Leal, director of ophthalmology at FundamentalVR, discusses their fully immersive surgical training products, how virtual reality plays a role in training surgeons and more.

ForSight Robotics raised $55 million in a Series A round to advance its fully robotic cataract surgery platform, according to a press release.

Regulatory approval of a novel artificial intelligence-based tool that provides precise measurement of retinal fluid may introduce major paradigm changes in the monitoring of patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration.

Over the past decade, femtosecond laser technology has matured in both corneal and cataract applications to be more refined and user friendly, creating new opportunities for minimally invasive procedures.

Today, most ophthalmologists use at least one laser every day in their practice.

In this episode, Allisa Song, a medical student and the CEO and co-founder of Nanodropper, discusses the inception of the device, how it can benefit the eye care industry and more.