July 11th 2025
A recent study reveals cannabis use may lower the risk of proliferative vitreoretinopathy after retinal detachment repair, suggesting potential therapeutic benefits.
Road Mapping the Treat-and-Extend Protocol in nAMD and DME – When Time Is Sight (CME Track)
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Road Mapping the Treat-and-Extend Protocol in nAMD and DME – When Time Is Sight (COPE Track)
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Burst CME Plus™ - Unveiling Pharmacological Advances in nAMD & DME: From Durability to Applicability
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Community Practice Connections™: Navigating Complexities in Neurotrophic Keratitis — A Roadmap for Advanced Patient Care (CME Credit)
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Community Practice Connections™: Navigating Complexities in Neurotrophic Keratitis — A Roadmap for Advanced Patient Care (COPE Credit)
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Retina Specialists: Join us in Long Beach
July 31, 2025 - August 2, 2025
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SimulatED™: Pioneering Treat-and-Extend Therapy—The Impact of Early Application
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Rapid Reviews in Retina™: Emerging Updates from Summer 2024 - Addressing the Wealth of New Data in Treatments for nAMD and DME
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3rd Annual IKA Keratoconus Symposium: Front to Back and Everything in Between
September 6, 2025
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Cases & Conversations™: Real World Review of Treat and Extend Strategies for Neovascular Retinal Disease
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Clinical Consultations™: Novel Therapeutic Targets in Neovascular Retinal Diseases – A Focus on the Roles of VEGF-C/D
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EyeCon 2025
September 26-27, 2025
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Optometrists: Earn COPE CE Credits in Portland or Virtually
October 16-17, 2025
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Join us at The Ophthalmology Meeting in Orlando this October
October 18, 2025
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Rapid Reviews in Retina™: Emerging Updates from Winter 2024 – Addressing the Wealth of New Data in Treatments for nAMD and DME (Cope Credit)
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Rapid Reviews in Retina™: Emerging Updates from Winter 2024 – Addressing the Wealth of New Data in Treatments for nAMD and DME (CME Track)
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Community Practice Connections™: Transforming Treatment in nAMD, DME, and DR – Keeping an Eye on Optimal Outcomes
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(CME) Optimizing Management of Ocular Toxicity in Cancer Patients: The Role of Ophthalmologists in the Spectrum of Care
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(COPE) Optimizing Management of Ocular Toxicity in Cancer Patients: The Role of Ophthalmologists in the Spectrum of Care
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Expert Perspectives on Technological Advances in Cataract Surgery
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Expanding Treatment Options for Demodex Blepharitis: Patient-Centric Approaches to Therapy
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Burst CME™ Part 3: Initiating Early Intervention in Patients With Glaucoma Who Fail Pharmacological Therapy
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(CME Credit) Community Practice Connections™: Applying Advances in Neovascular Retinal Disease - Expanding Treatment Intervals & Enhancing Outcomes
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(CME Track) Burst CME™ Part 1: Insights Into Glaucoma and the Need for Early Intervention
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Interventional Glaucoma Treatment: Evolving Paradigms for Addressing Unmet Needs
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(COPE Credit) Community Practice Connections™: Applying Advances in Neovascular Retinal Disease - Expanding Treatment Intervals & Enhancing Outcomes
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(CME Track) Neurotrophic Keratitis in Focus – From Early Recognition to Strategic Intervention
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(COPE Track) Neurotrophic Keratitis in Focus – From Early Recognition to Strategic Intervention
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(COPE Track) Leveraging Rho Kinase Inhibition in Glaucoma Management — How Can Novel Treatment Pathways Impact Patient Outcomes?
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(CME Track) Leveraging Rho Kinase Inhibition in Glaucoma Management — How Can Novel Treatment Pathways Impact Patient Outcomes?
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First patient enrolled in Phase 2 study of D-4517.2 for treatment of wet AMD, DME
September 8th 2022The first stage of the study will evaluate the safety and relative pharmacodynamic effect of different doses of subcutaneously administered D-4517.2 compared to intravitreal injection of aflibercept, an approved therapy, in both wet AMD and DME patients up to 12 weeks.
First US patient with dry AMD dosed with autologous stem cell therapy
September 8th 2022According to the National Institutes of Health, the therapy was derived from the patient’s blood by converting blood cells to iPS cells which were then programmed to become retinal pigment epithelial cells, which were surgically implanted as a patch of tissue.
OCS-01 improves macular thickness, visual acuity in patients with DME, according to Phase 2 data
September 7th 2022According to a presentation by Oculis at EURETINA, the dataset shows that OCS-01 eye drops were more effective than vehicle in reducing central macular thickness and improving visual acuity in patients with DME as per the pre-defined criteria for statistical superiority in the study protocol.
LIGHT study: First analysis of gene therapy for RPE65 inherited retinal dystrophies
September 3rd 2022At the 1-month evaluation, the full-field stimulus threshold had median decrease of -33.2 decibels (dB) (-33.7; -19.8) dB, which remained stable until the last assessment. Visual fields and visual acuity did not change significantly.
Investigating possible causes of myopia in schoolchildren aged 3-14 years in Tokyo
August 25th 2022Researchers have suggested numerous theories about the etiology of myopia that include accommodative-lag, peripheral hyperopic defocus, light environment, lifestyle, and environment, but the cause remains unknown.
Women in retina: Raising women to their full potential
August 22nd 2022The stated core foundation of the Women in Retina program is that “the best innovations happen when diverse people with different perspectives collaborate.” The program will help ESRS harness these perspectives and challenge the way things are done and allow for them to be done better.
APOE gene linked to Alzheimer disease may protect retinal ganglion cells, study finds
August 22nd 2022APOE4 gene associated with Alzheimer’s disease risk was found to protect mice from glaucoma. Research team also prevented retinal ganglion cell death by blocking the APOE signaling pathway, pointing to a potential treatment strategy for glaucoma.
Retina may provide clues to the severity of multiple sclerosis
August 17th 2022Researchers at the Medical University of Vienna are focusing on how the retina can be used as a prognostic marker. Analyses revealed that retinal layer thinning as a result of an MS relapse predicts the severity of future relapses and the likelihood of disability.