Sustained-release injectables may be key to addressing the greatest obstacles in glaucoma.

Oluwatosin Smith, MD, reviews different applications of minimally invasive glaucoma surgeries (MIGS) to find the best option, with the best outcome, for every patient.

Risk factors take priority

The future is sustained-release injectables

Industry keenly focused on innovations

Glaucoma 360's co-founders and co-chairs Andrew G. Iwach, MD, and Adrienne L. Graves, PhD, offer a sneak peek on what attendees can expect from this year's annual meeting.

Sandra Block, OD, M Ed, MPH, speaking at the American Academy of Optometry 2021 annual meeting in Boston, discusses movements that have identified the scope of visual impairment worldwide.

During a presentation at the American Academy of Optometry 2021 annual meeting in Boston, Sherry Bass, OD, FAAO, described for attendees the circuitous path that clinicians have had to negotiate to establish a diagnosis in patients with inherited retinal diseases, how that path has become more straightforward, and examples of how genetic testing can help in the diagnosis of IRDs in tricky cases.

In a presentation at the American Academy of Optometry 2021 annual meeting in Boston, Stuti Misra, BOptom, PhD, offered insight into her research, which found that bariatric surgery may result in more benefits than just weight loss for patients.

During a presentation at the American Academy of Optometry 2021 annual meeting in Boston, Micaela Gobeille, OD, MS, FAAO, discussed keys to the successful management of retinitis pigmentosa.

In a presentation at the American Academy of Optometry 2021 annual meeting in Boston, Kamila Mikos, OD, and Harriette Canellos, OD, FAAO, explain how oxymetazoline hydrochloride is not just for treating acquired blepharoptosis. It also can be used for ocular pathologies that cause blepharoptosis.

In a presentation at the American Academy of Optometry 2021 annual meeting, Erin Rueff, OD, PhD, and Elaine Chen, OD, detailed how habits surrounding spectacle use and contact lens wear changed during the COVID-19 pandemic among faculty, staff and the student population of the Marshall B. Ketchum University.

The important role of the optometrist and legal responsibilities

Connor Robbs and Yi Pang, OD, PhD, FAAO, in a presentation at the American Academy of Optometry 2021 annual conference in Boston, highlighted a study focusing on a link between COVID-19 vaccinations and a lower rate of stress in ophthalmic personnel and students.

Why ODs should consider their own culture and how it influences interactions with patients.

The in-person event is scheduled for November 3 to 6 at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, with a Best of Academy 2021 Boston virtual meeting scheduled for December 3 to 5.