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AI & Oculomics

Artificial intelligence and oculomics: Improving global health

2 June 2025 | Charles Cleland, Elliott Taylor | EYE - Imaging

The application of artificial intelligence (AI), and in particular deep learning, to high-resolution ocular imaging has led to many new discoveries, enabling the prediction of multiple different systemic diseases from ocular biomarkers. This emerging field is known as ‘oculomics’ [1]....

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Top Tips

Poppers retinopathy: What is it and how do we treat it?

2 June 2025 | Alexander Benson | EYE - Vitreo-Retinal

Poppers retinopathy is a relatively unknown phenomenon which afflicts users of poppers but should be considered as a differential in sudden-onset or sub-acute visual acuity loss – particularly in patients with a history of recreational drug use. Raising awareness of...

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Events

  • ASRS (American Society of Retina Specialists) Annual Meeting 2025
  • Moorfields UCL Ophthalmology Summer School
    If you are thinking about a career in ophthalmology, The UCL Institute of Ophthalmology...
  • DEADLINE: Register for Ophthalmology Foundation Examinations (September)
  • Duke Elder Revision Course August
    🎓 Smash the Duke Elder Exam! 👁️‍🗨️1-Day Intensive Online Course for Aspiring Ophthalmologists💷 Fee:...
  • Royal College of Optometrists online peer review: August 2025
    This online peer review session is open to College members and will cover your...
  • DEADLINE: Applications to Part 1 FRCOphth (Online) – First time applicants
  • Le Club Neuro-Ophtalmologie Francophone / UKNOS Meeting
    Joint Meeting of the UK and French Neuro-Ophthalmology Societies This bilingual meeting will feature...
  • DEADLINE: Applications to Part 1 FRCOphth (Online) – All other applicants

Features

Assessing the effectiveness of undergraduate ophthalmic assessments in the UK: A literature review

2 June 2025 | Connor Henry-Blake, Elisabeth Baggus, Muhammed Jawad | EYE - General

During 2008–2009, 300,000 patients presented to hospital emergency departments in the UK with eye conditions. This rose by nearly 200,000 over the next decade. As the population ages, the prevalence of eye disease increases [1,2]. However, the stake ophthalmology holds...

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The Culture Section

‘A space that rekindles the fire in my mind’

2 June 2025 | Harpreet Kaur | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Cornea

The end of 2024 offered us many reasons to celebrate, one of which was the eventful, annual UKISCRS conference in London, during which we saw our editor, David Lockington, step into the role of President and lead the society into...

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Pete's Bogus Journey

Here comes the fear

2 June 2025 | Peter Cackett | EYE - General

“At a cardiac arrest, the first procedure is to take your own pulse” The quote above is the Fat Man’s third law from the book The House of God by Samuel Shem, previously described in the ‘Doctor by the sea’...

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Industry News

  • Haag-Streit UK announces new topography module for SOLIX
    Bishop’s Stortford, UK – 11th June 2025 - Haag-Streit UK (HS-UK), the leading manufacturer...
  • Sight Sciences Celebrates 150th Certified UK OMNI Surgeon
    Sight Sciences is proud to announce that 150 ophthalmic surgeons in the United Kingdom...
  • A lifelong commitment to ophthalmology
    Altomed is the largest independent supplier to the UK ophthalmic surgical sector. We manufacture...
  • Haag-Streit Academy to host ‘Improving Outcomes Biometry’ course in September
    Haag-Streit Academy will be hosting their ‘Improving Outcomes’ Biometry courses on Friday 26th &...
  • Haag-Streit UK to move away from NHS Supply Chain
    Haag-Streit UK has announced that they will no longer be working with NHS Supply...
  • Altomed 2025 MST Malyugin Ring Challenge – Winners Announced!
    Thank you to everyone who stopped by the Altomed stand at the recent RCO...

Case Reports

Vision on the line: Managing orbital trauma in a 30-year-old surgeon after a football injury

2 June 2025 | Amelia Dickinson, Gareth Simpkins | EYE - Imaging, EYE - Orbit

Blunt orbital trauma is a common consequence of sports injuries. Although retrobulbar haemorrhage is frequently associated with orbital compartment syndrome (OCS), the severity of clinical signs can outweigh imaging findings. Early recognition and intervention, such as lateral canthotomy and cantholysis...

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Cybertalk

What's trending Jun/Jul 2025

2 June 2025 | Amit Dhalla | EYE - Orbit, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal

A round-up of the eye-related hot topics that have been trending on social media over the last few weeks. #Inspiration #FlyingEyeHospital It was with great sadness that I read about the passing of Dr David Paton at the age of...

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Trainees

Making the most of your foundation year rotation in ophthalmology

18 June 2025 | Rohan Aziz | EYE - General

Ophthalmology continues to be a highly desirable speciality in the UK; however, medical students usually encounter only minimal exposure, generally ranging from one to two weeks, during their studies [1]. Nevertheless, eye-related conditions represent a considerable share of presentations in...

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Interviews

  • Innovations in posterior uveitis: In conversation with Dr Colin Chu
    A research team has been awarded significant funding by the National Institute for Health...
  • From spine to eye: The benefits of multidisciplinary research
    What have spinal and vision research got in common? More than you’d think. Dr...

Humanitarian

Eyecare challenges in the Middle East: Priorities of a global ophthalmology task force

2 June 2025 | Fatma Shakarchi, Sila Bal, Joshua R Ehrlich, Marcia Zondervan, Mattan Arazi | EYE - General

Global ophthalmology is a rapidly evolving, multidisciplinary field that integrates clinical practice, research, and policy at national and international levels. One of its main objectives is to improve eyecare equity worldwide by preventing avoidable vision impairment. Since the launch of...

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My Top Five

My Top Five: Social movements changing eyecare awareness

2 April 2025 | U Leo Chanda, Vartika Garg | EYE - General

Throughout recent years, the rise of the digital age has allowed for social movements to receive far greater awareness than was ever deemed possible. As a result, significant attention has been drawn towards initiatives focusing on a range of health...

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Allied Professions

  • Audiology and ophthalmology: A comparative perspective on diagnostics and patient care
    I’m here with Chris Gordon and Anthony Vukic from Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust...
  • Managing an outreach eye service… 8000 miles away!
    In 1997, Paul Rosen, a relatively newly appointed consultant surgeon to the Oxford Eye...

Medico-Legal

The results of the last survey Jun25

2 June 2025 | Amar Alwitry | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Cornea

The first question refers to whether we check blood glucose levels prior to cataract surgery. Almost three quarters of you do which was interesting. We know that poor glycaemic control (manifesting as a raised HbA1c) has implications for wound healing...

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Past events

Tech Reviews

  • Internet security Q&A
    Internet security advice is constantly changing in response to new and evolving threats. For...
  • Useful, interesting, or maybe both
    This column is often, but not always, about ophthalmic tech. This is one of...
  • The future of SLT?
    For Feb/Mar 2024, we are looking at a recently released laser machine to perform...

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News

  • New support pathway for children with sight loss launches to address vital need for consistency of care
    A new eye care support pathway to help children and young people with a...
  • Conference Report: European Society of Ophthalmology 2025
    Established in 1956, the Societas Ophthalmologica Europaea (SOE) was brought together by representatives from...
  • Conference Report: National Students Ophthalmology Conference 2025
    On 10 May, we led the fourth National Student Ophthalmology Conference (NSOC) for the...
  • Conference Report: EUDEC 2025
    This year, the European Dry Eye Society held its annual Congress in the historic...
  • European optical industry leaders gather in London
    Keeping a close eye on new products entering the market, European optical industry leaders,...
  • Conference Report: NEOS Summer Meeting 2025
    The North of England Ophthalmological Society (NEOS) Summer Meeting 2025 was convened by Lawrence...

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Learning Curve

  • Lessons from ARVO 2025
    Conferences abroad are wonderful indeed. You get to escape from the crushing grind of...
  • ST3 Trainee experience of cataract surgery training in high flow settings in the independent sector
    As an ST3 trainee, I was provided with the opportunity to complete a surgical...
  • Long way up
    In the first of a series of guest editorials exploring multiple different Learning Curves,...

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