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The future of binocular viewing systems?

1 December 2022 | | EYE - General
I recently had the pleasure to visit Vision Engineering’s headquarters and manufacturing facility in Woking, UK. Vision Engineering have built an international reputation for engineering microscopes that provide 3D visualisation without the use of traditional optical eyepieces. Although the company...

Lines, dots, spots and rings in ophthalmology: understanding eponyms

1 April 2015 | | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Cornea, EYE - General, EYE - Glaucoma, EYE - Imaging, EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology, EYE - Oculoplastic, EYE - Oncology, EYE - Orbit, EYE - Paediatrics, EYE - Pathology, EYE - Refractive, EYE - Strabismus, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
Eponymous names are familiar to all who have undergone undergraduate and postgraduate training in medicine. The ability to name a few allows one to stand out among your peers and rare, or not so rare, eponymous syndromes are a favourite...

The Duke-Elder exam: A medical student’s head start into ophthalmology

9 August 2021 | | EYE - General
The Duke-Elder exam is a specialist ophthalmology exam intended for medical students to sit during medical school. It is named after Sir Stewart Duke-Elder, a pioneering Scottish ophthalmologist who was active in the first half of the 20th Century by...

You want to do paediatric ophthalmology? Seriously?

1 August 2017 | | EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology
Completion of Core Training is approaching fast and you begin to wonder three things. One, where do you want to live? Two, is anyone going to be retiring there soon? Three, what subspecialty do you want to do? In an...

Professor Tariq Aslam leaves role as co‑editor of Eye News

1 June 2022 |
Professor Tariq Aslam, co-editor of Eye News for nearly a decade, will be stepping down from his role. Prof Aslam has been a guiding influence on the magazine since he first worked on a publication, the December / January issue...

My Top Five: Duke Elder Undergraduate Ophthalmology Prize Exam Tips

1 December 2022 | | EYE - General
The prestigious Duke Elder Undergraduate Ophthalmology exam in the UK is aimed at medical students who have completed their ophthalmology undergraduate teaching but is open to all medical undergraduates provided they have not graduated at the time of the examination....

My Top Five: Duke Elder Undergraduate Ophthalmology Prize Exam Tips

1 December 2022 | | EYE - General
The prestigious Duke Elder Undergraduate Ophthalmology exam in the UK is aimed at medical students who have completed their ophthalmology undergraduate teaching but is open to all medical undergraduates provided they have not graduated at the time of the examination....

The most memorable patient encounters and what they taught me

3 April 2026 | | EYE - General
In ophthalmology, some encounters blend quietly into the rhythm of clinic. Others stay with us, shaping how we practice and who we become as clinicians. These moments become the unexpected teachers of our training. They are subtle yet leave a...

Glaucoma: 30 years on

30 November 2023
Back in 1993, the late and great Barry Cullen FRCS (Cavan born, Dublin trained), the first editor of Eye News, asked me to write an article about the current treatment of chronic open angle glaucoma (COAG). At the time I...

Artistic vibes in Beijing

4 August 2021 | | EYE - General
For many of us all around the world, art is a form of storytelling, whether we link it to our work, our hobbies or our dreams. As a teenager growing up in the 90s, I loved ballet in high school....

Systemic sarcoidosis presenting with acute myopia and angle closure

1 June 2016 | | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Cornea, EYE - General, EYE - Glaucoma, EYE - Imaging, EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology, EYE - Oculoplastic, EYE - Oncology, EYE - Orbit, EYE - Paediatrics, EYE - Pathology, EYE - Strabismus, EYE - Refractive, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
Case report A 40-year-old Asian man presented to the Emergency Department with a one day history of sudden onset visual disturbance in his right eye. He complained of image distortion and noted that objects now appeared smaller. He also described...

Haag-Streit UK launches new METIS 900 ophthalmic microscope system

21 March 2025 | Research & Development
Haag-Streit UK is delighted to announce the launch of the new METIS 900 ophthalmic microscope system. The METIS combines Haag-Streit’s legendary optics with high-definition 4k visualisation and a stable coaxial red reflex, delivering superb clarity and detail for all surgical...