Retina

NEW YORK — In this Healio Video Perspective from OSN New York Retina, Aleksandra Rachitskaya, MD, overviews three studies investigating diabetic macular edema from the DRCR Retina Network.

Hosts Jim Mazzo and John A. Hovanesian, MD, FACS, chat with Julia Haller, MD, about the latest developments in retina, residency training and more.

CMS assigned a permanent, product-specific J-code for Syfovre for the treatment of geographic atrophy secondary to age-related macular degeneration, according to a press release from Apellis Pharmaceuticals.

Laser scleral microporation is a unique therapeutic solution for presbyopia that goes back to basics, rejuvenating the eye and restoring the natural dynamic mechanism of accommodation and disaccommodation.

Kirk H. Packo, MD, professor and chairman emeritus of the department of ophthalmology at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, died Sept. 1, according to an announcement from Illinois Retina Associates.

Prevent Blindness has teamed up with Regeneron and award-winning actress, dancer and director Debbie Allen to launch the Gr8 Eye Movement, a new campaign that aims to prioritize eye health and heighten awareness of serious retinal diseases.

MARCO ISLAND, Fla. — A study tested the hypothesis that Leonardo da Vinci’s paintings utilizing the sfumato technique may be perceived differently by people with central vision loss vs. peripheral vision loss.

THOROFARE, NJ — We are deeply saddened by the devastating and deadly impact of the wildfires that swept through Maui just a month ago.

MARCO ISLAND, Fla. — In this Healio Video Perspective from the Women in Ophthalmology Summer Symposium, Priya Vakharia, MD, discusses phase 2 data for APX3330 for the treatment of diabetic retinopathy.

SEATTLE — In this Healio Video Perspective from the ASRS annual meeting, Jeffrey R. Willis, MD, PhD, discusses the impact of faricimab vs. aflibercept on epiretinal membrane formation in eyes with diabetic macular edema.