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My Top Five: Social movements changing eyecare awareness

2 April 2025 | | 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...

My Top Five: Ways in which LinkedIn can be useful for ophthalmologists

3 April 2023 | | EYE - General
LinkedIn is the world’s largest professional social networking site, that allows over 830 million users from over 200 countries from a variety of industries to connect. As a result, it is a powerful tool used by professionals to network, collaborate,...

The ghost of Christmas present

1 December 2022 | | EYE - General
“Ah, youth is wasted on the wrong people.” Some will recognise this as one of the many brilliant quotes from what is considered to be the best Christmas movie ever – Frank Capra’s tear-jerker It’s a Wonderful Life (1946), although...

An ophthalmology elective in the South Pacific

2 June 2025 | | EYE - General
For the four weeks of September 2024, I was lucky enough to embark on an ophthalmology elective in the Kingdom of Tonga, a small island nation in the South Pacific Ocean. The Tongan people are incredibly friendly and upbeat, and...

The symbolism of eyes in Halloween traditions and popular culture

31 October 2025 | | EYE - General
Halloween is a festival steeped in symbolism. Pumpkins, skeletons, ghosts and witches dominate the seasonal iconography, each representing broader cultural anxieties about death, darkness and the supernatural. Among these motifs, the eye, often depicted as glowing, disembodied or grotesquely exaggerated,...

From spine to eye: The benefits of multidisciplinary research

10 April 2025 | | EYE - Glaucoma, EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology
What have spinal and vision research got in common? More than you’d think. Dr Richard Eva. Funded by Fight for Sight, Dr Richard Eva came to vision from spinal cord research and is now co-lead on a project related to...

Navigating an Ophthalmology Lab-Based Research Elective: Reflections and Insights from Johns Hopkins Wilmer Eye Institute

10 November 2025 | | EYE - Cornea
Medical school electives offer valuable opportunities to gain exposure to different healthcare systems and bridge specific gaps in training. While clinical electives are often the primary choice for medical students, research-focused electives also present unique benefits, particularly for those interested...

Behind the curtain: What trainees wish they knew before starting in ophthalmology

10 November 2025 | | EYE - General
As a foundation year doctor, I didn’t expect ophthalmology to feature much in acute medicine or surgery. Yet it kept appearing at the periphery – and when it did, it was often complex and unexpectedly urgent. A confused older patient...

Coaching: Supporting doctors’ development and wellbeing

20 October 2025 | | EYE - General
Supporting and retaining the workforce is a top priority for all NHS organisations, but it’s not clear how best to do this, or how such support should be funded. Junior doctors have clinical and educational supervision, and the quality of...

When science meets art: Creating brilliant sparks

4 February 2025 | | EYE - Glaucoma
I was honoured to have the privilege of reconnecting with the Tongren Eye Center team in Beijing, China. Digital art in mainstream media has showcased some glorious works and it is humbling to see and hear about some creative new...

What's trending Oct/Nov 2025

2 October 2025 | | EYE - General
A round-up of the eye-related hot topics that have been trending on social media over the last few weeks. #AlienEarth #TheEye One of the best shows to recently start streaming is, in my opinion, Alien: Earth. The cosmic horror of...

What's trending Dec/Jan 2026

4 December 2025 | | EYE - General
A round-up of the eye-related hot topics that have been trending on social media over the last few weeks. #SciFi #Vision Growing up at home, it was my job to read the crossword clues out to my parents. I usually...