Return guest appearance on the AAO's "Experts InSight" podcast

I was asked to do another guest appearance on the American Academy of Ophthalmology’s podcast, “Experts InSight,” recently. I joined my friend and fellow pediatric ophthalmologist, Dr. Pavlina Kemp of the University of Iowa, and host Dr. Jay Sridhar of the University of Miami, to talk about two recent studies published in pediatric ophthalmology. The first looks at adjustable sutures in strabismus surgery, and the second at time spent outdoors as a way to limit progression of myopia.

Here’s a link to the podcast if you’d like to check it out.

Guest appearance on American Academy of Ophthalmology podcast

Recently, I joined my friends and colleagues Dr. Jay Sridhar of the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute and Dr. Pavlina Kemp of the University of Iowa on the American Academy of Ophthalmology’s podcast, “Experts InSight,” to discuss treatments strategies to slow down progression of myopia. Here’s a link to the podcast.

Some children who are nearsighted have a pretty stable prescription year after year, while others seem to get worse at a quick rate. If your daughter or son’s nearsightedness is getting worse and worse, talk with your eye doctor about options to slow this down.

Most of our discussion in this podcast centers around the use of dilute atropine eyedrops, which have been shown to be effective, well tolerated, and safe.

Podcast: Intravitreal Injection Treatment for CEP290-Leber Congenital Amaurosis

Hot off the press! Just last month, in December 2018, results from a clinical trial for a potential new treatment for patients with a blinding inherited eye disease were published in Nature Medicine.

This trial, which studied the effect of an intravitreal injection for patients with Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA) due to mutations in the CEP290 gene, showed promising results, and I was invited to join the popular “Straight From the Cutter’s Mouth: A Retina Podcast” this week to discuss the results. If you’d like to listen to the podcast, it is available at the link above, or directly via the stream below, or on iTunes. I come in around the 12:55 mark, but you should definitely listen to Dr. Ho first, one of the paper’s authors.

Between these results, and those that led to the development of a commercially-available treatment for another type of LCA, the future is bright for patients with inherited retinal disease!

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Podcast: Leber Congenital Amaurosis, CSNB, and Achromatopsia

It's Thanksgiving this week, and one of the things I'm thankful for is the blessing of great colleagues in ophthalmology. One of them, Dr. Jay Sridhar of the University of Miami, is the host of the rising star "Straight From the Cutter's Mouth" podcast, and I've enjoyed being a guest on his podcast, usually talking about inherited eye disease.

This week, we talked about Leber congenital amaurosis (a hot topic recently), as well as congenital stationary night blindness (CSNB), and achromatopsia. Happy Thanksgiving!

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Podcast: Retinitis Pigmentosa

I recently had the privilege of joining the Four-Timers Club as a guest on the excellent Straight From the Cutter's Mouth podcast. During this episode, host Dr. Jay Sridhar and I reviewed retinitis pigmentosa and some systemic syndromes, such as Usher syndrome and Bardet-Biedl syndrome, that include retinitis pigmentosa as part of the condition.

Here's a link to subscribe to this top-notch podcast on iTunes.

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Podcast: Review of Inherited Macular Dystrophies

I was honored to be invited back again as a guest on the Straight From the Cutter's Mouth Podcast this week. This time, host Dr. Jay Sridhar and I discussed one of my favorite subjects: inherited macular dystrophies. It's a succinct review covering the clinical essentials of conditions like Stargardt disease, Best disease, and pattern dystrophy.

Here's a link to subscribe to this top-notch podcast on iTunes.

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Podcast: Discussing What Went Wrong at the "Stem Cell Clinic"

The folks over at "Straight From the Cutter's Mouth: A Retina Podcast" invited me on today to talk about the article published this week in the New England Journal of Medicine describing three patients who went blind after receiving "stem cell" injections for treatment of macular degeneration. I wrote about this story in greater detail earlier this week here.

I come on at the 23:06 mark, but the entire podcast is well worth your time.

Here's the link to subscribe in iTunes.

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Guest on "Straight From the Cutter's Mouth" Podcast

I had the great honor of being invited on the "Straight From the Cutter's Mouth" podcast this past week. The host, Dr. Jayanth Sridhar MD, is a friend and colleague whom I met while we were both interviewing for ophthalmology residency positions.

We talked, among other things, about taking care of patients with inherited eye diseases like retinitis pigmentosa and Stargardt disease, as well as strabismus in patients with history of scleral buckle surgery to correct a retinal detachment. We had a great discussion, and I hope you like it!

The episode can be found here, and you can subscribe to the podcast on iTunes here.