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1 June 2018
| Gwyn Samuel Williams
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EYE - General
It is one of the great trials of medical life trying to get things published. Where once upon a time a few case reports and being eighth author on a paper or two was more than sufficient to secure a...
COMMENT ON: Watch your back: Ergonomics and Ophthalmology
21 September 2022
| Jim Innes
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EYE - General
Jim Innes. Dear Editors, I write to congratulate Aadil Hussain on his excellent Trainees article “Watch your back: Ergonomics and Ophthalmology”. Please can I reassure him that, at least in the Yorkshire School of Ophthalmology, the importance of good posture...
Glaucoma-NET: a novel way of improving glaucoma management in sub-Saharan Africa
1 June 2022
| Fatima Kyari, Affiong Ibanga, Adeola Onakoya, Heiko Philippin, Winifred Nolan, William Dean, Marcia Zondervan, Covadonga Bascaran, Andrew Tatham
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EYE - Cornea, EYE - General
Background Glaucoma is the second most common cause of blindness worldwide [1]. People with untreated glaucoma suffer from irreversible, progressive loss of sight. The disease is characterised by progressive loss of visual field, with pathological cupping of the optic disc...
The approach to trabeculectomy postoperative complications
1 August 2016
| Kaivon Pakzad-Vaezi
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EYE - Glaucoma
Performing a trabeculectomy is like giving birth to a baby. It may be traumatic and there is scope for devastating error but once the operation is completed only then does the real work begin. The bleb must be nurtured into...
The butterfly effect
2 December 2019
| Gwyn Samuel Williams
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EYE - General
One of the most fascinating aspects of being a consultant is seeing the workings of the machine that is medical training from the other side. For two years now I have taken part in the specialty recruitment interviews and it...
A focus on Pakistan’s growing eye care needs: over 43 million patients treated for curable blindness free of charge
5 February 2020
| Salina Zaheen, Yasmin Riaz
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EYE - General
With 90% of the world’s visually impaired living in developing countries, Pakistan is no exception to this on-going global healthcare challenge. Despite massive leaps over the last few decades in targeting this issue, the World Health Organisation (WHO) reports that...
Unravelling ocular motility
1 April 2016
| Damien CM Yeo
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EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology
Ocular motility can often be a slightly abstract concept during the earlier years of ophthalmology training. A large variance on what embodies normality; mythical concepts like fusion and binocular vision, examination techniques that can be fiddly, and complex neuroanatomy all...
Conference Report: OSI Dry Eye Masterclass & Symposium 2025: A first-hand experience
6 June 2025
| Ahlam-Nourelhouda Boussaid Othmani, Diya Baker
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News, Events, Meetings, Report, Ocular Surface Insight
The Ocular Surface Insight (OSI) Dry Eye Masterclass & Symposium took place on the 27th and 28th of March 2025 at the Copthorne Tara Hotel in London, with the attendance of 186 delegates, bringing together experts, researchers, and clinicians from...
Exeter clinic manager wins VCHP Volunteer Award
Exeter VCHP clinic manager, Zoe Haigh, has been recognised for her outstanding contribution to the charity during the past six years.Orbis Brings Sight-Saving Glaucoma Training to Rural Peru
19 July 2024
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charity, international, Orbis, Latin America, South America, Peru, rural, humanitarian
International eyecare charity Orbis has kicked off a five-day, on-site hospital training programme in Trujillo, Peru, to enhance the skills of local eyecare professionals in treating glaucoma.
Mind the gap
4 February 2025
| Peter Cackett
As a medical student in London many moons ago, the only thing that I was mindful of was the gap between the platform and the train as I traversed the city on the underground. I first became aware of mindfulness...
In conversation with Andy Pyott
4 October 2023
| Baljean Dhillon (Prof)
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EYE - General
Discussing a detour into ophthalmology from zoology in 1988, experiences in Asia, sub-Saharan Africa and Europe and the National Treatment Centre – Highland, Baljean Dhillon interviews his newest guest on the Eye Views podcast, Andy Pyott. Take us back to...
