Optometry

ORLANDO, Fla. – Medications can impact the ocular surface whether or not they contain preservatives, according to Rich Mangan, OD, FAAO; Mitch Ibach, OD, FAAO; and Scott Hauswirth, OD, FAAO, here at the American Academy of Optometry meeting.

ORLANDO, Fla. – Kala Pharmaceuticals’ KPI-121 0.25% significantly and rapidly reduced conjunctival hyperemia in three clinical trials, Walt Whitley, OD, said here at the American Academy of Optometry meeting.

ORLANDO, Fla. – The recently released AcrySof IQ PanOptix trifocal IOL from Alcon is now available in the U.S., Mo Merchea, OD, PhD, MBA, said here at the American Academy of Optometry meeting.

ORLANDO, Fla. — John D. Gelles, OD, FIAO, FCLSA, FSLS, said best corrected spectacle acuity is a great metric for determining what type of contact lens to select for a patient with keratoconus.

ORLANDO, Fla. – Visual processing speeds and oculomotor skills are critical to baseball players’ at-plate performance, according to a poster presented here at the American Academy of Optometry meeting.

ORLANDO, Fla. – Alcon is in the first phases of the launch of Precision1 daily disposable contact lenses, Sean Clark, general manager of the U.S. Vision Care business for Alcon, said here at the American Academy of Optometry meeting.

ORLANDO, Fla. – One month after corneal cross-linking clinicians can expect to see temporary steepening of the keratometry, worse visual acuity and significant haze, John Gelles, OD, FIAO, FCLSA, FSLS, said here at the American Academy of Optometry meeting.

ORLANDO, Fla. – SightGlass Vision chief medical officer, Joe Rappon, OD, MS, FAAO, traced the development of the company’s spectacle lens technology to control myopia progression in a poster here at the American Academy of Optometry meeting and World Congress of Optometry.

ORLANDO, Fla. – Jacob Lang, OD, FAAO; Mark Buboltz, OD, FAAO; Jaclyn Garlich, OD, FAAO; and Roya Habibi, OD, FAAO, FSLS, shared some of the highlights of their fast-paced “Optometric Year in Review” course here at the American Academy of Optometry meeting.

ORLANDO, Fla. – “Very low” rates of adverse events were found in an evaluation of 800 patient years of soft contact lens wear among children, according to a poster presented here at the American Academy of Optometry meeting.