Ophthalmology

Building a resonant personal brand: A 10-step guided path for ophthalmologists

4 December 2024 | Rod Solar | EYE - General

Here are 10 actionable steps to carve out a meaningful personal brand. 1. Uncover your core values Delve into the ethos and values that define you as a professional. What sets you apart in the ophthalmic arena? These will be...

Planes, trams, and auditoriums: Beware predatory conferencing

4 December 2024 | Rod McNeil | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Cornea, EYE - Glaucoma, EYE - Imaging, EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology, EYE - Oculoplastic, EYE - Oncology, EYE - Orbit, EYE - Paediatrics, EYE - Pathology, EYE - Refractive, EYE - Strabismus, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - General

Predatory open-access journals and predatory conferences are considered the two main areas of predatory infiltration in academic medicine that are of growing concern [1–7]. Unsolicited publishing requests from potentially predatory publishers occur frequently among faculty in ophthalmology [8]. Predatory conferencing...

See sweet to C-suite: Peter Holland

4 December 2024 | David Lockington | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Cornea, EYE - Glaucoma, EYE - Imaging, EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology, EYE - Oculoplastic, EYE - Oncology, EYE - Orbit, EYE - Paediatrics, EYE - Pathology, EYE - Refractive, EYE - Strabismus, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - General

See also - See sweet to C-suite: Imran Rahman In this three-part conversation series, Co-editor David Lockington speaks with highly influential individuals about their journey to the top, with advice for the next generation of leaders. Part One: David speaks...

Enter the Dragons’ Den: Bob Gokani

4 December 2024 | Peter Cackett | EYE - General

I have often daydreamed about inventing a successful new product and then going on to pitch for investment on Dragons’ Den, with the TV show’s seasoned entrepreneurs all competing with each other to invest in my company. My imagined fantasy...

Khmer Sight Foundation in Cambodia hospital photo.

Charity work in Cambodia: Culture, cataracts, and cruelty

3 October 2024 | Bita Manzouri | EYE - General

Cambodia has one of the lowest numbers of eye specialist doctors per capita in the world, and Bita Manzouri takes us on a journey into the charitable work of the Khmer Sight Foundation who are working to combat this. “Ut...

Progress for a more sustainable practice in ophthalmology

3 October 2024 | Neel Vyas, John Buchan | EYE - General

Climate change is widely considered to be the greatest threat to health in the 21st century and is accompanied by other environmental considerations such as air and water pollution that impact on human health [1,2]. These problems are, in no...

Photo showing a typical camp location at altitude. Langtang Village in Bagmati Province.

75th Anniversary year of the first intraocular lens implant

3 October 2024 | Alistair Wood | EYE - General

The 29th of November 2024 marks the 75th anniversary of the first intraocular lens implant by our Founder, Sir Harold Ridley FRS. The United Kingdom & Ireland Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgeons (UKISCRS) is marking the event with a...

Image showing perception of light, black cataract after its removal with MSICS.

Report on preoperative visual acuities of patients from two AMM surgical trips to Magdalena, Northern Bolivia

3 October 2024 | Dave Goldsmith, Pieter Gouws | EYE - Glaucoma, EYE - General

The Andean Medical Mission (AMM), founded in 2012, recently celebrated 12 years of dedicated service in the Bolivian Amazon, aiming to eliminate avoidable blindness. Over this period, AMM has successfully performed over 1700 surgeries, including for children with congenital or...

My Top Five: Ophthalmology learning tools for doctors

2 August 2024 | Nurfitnat Ellek | EYE - General

Starting a career in ophthalmology can be both exciting and demanding. Despite its captivating and broad nature, ophthalmology often proves challenging for beginners around the globe due to limited exposure during medical school [1–5]. Fortunately, plenty of resources are available,...

Photos showing binocular indirect ophthalmoscope retinopathy training workshops in Rwanda from classroom to clinic.

Part 3: The Arclight Project: Implementation workshops

2 August 2024 | Andrew Blaikie, Chimgee Chuluunkhuu, Henry E Marealle, Frank Maliko, Dechen Wangmo | EYE - General

In this three-part series (Click here for Part 1 and Part 2) Andrew Blaikie and his team explore the role and application of the Arclight Device in Imaging of the Eye. The Arclight Project aims to support and enhance the...

Belfast briefing: Retina Day roundup from the RCOphth 2024 Annual Congress

2 August 2024 | Rod McNeil | EYE - General

Belfast hosted this year’s Royal College of Ophthalmologists’ (RCOphth) Annual Congress, a meeting dedicated to sharing advances, knowledge and clinical practice points in ophthalmic care. This article summarises selected talks by medical and surgical retina specialists during the Retina Subspecialty...

Photo showing Patrick’s grandfather (Nick Staropoli) racing in upstate New York in the 1950s.

East Bound and Down: Patrick Staropoli

2 August 2024 | Peter Cackett | EYE - General

One of my heroes growing up in the 70s was the iconic Formula 1 racing driver, James Hunt. At the time, if you had asked me and my primary school friends what we would most like to do for a...

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