Ziggy Shah

Independent Prescribing Optometrist

BSc, MCOptom, DipTp(IP), PGC Glaucoma, PGC Medical Retina, Member, DHSC ODEEN Advisory Panel; Member, College of Optometrists Policy Advisory Panel.

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Photo showing typical community optometry consulting room illustrating the range of imaging equipment in daily clinical use.

The missing voice in oculomics: Community optometry and the implementation gap

5 October 2026 | | EYE - General

A community optometrist examines what the high street needs before artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled systemic risk assessment moves from laboratory to consulting room. Few areas of AI have advanced as rapidly as oculomics. Within little more than a decade, retinal imaging...