
To educate and prepare #optometrists for today’s practice and the future of eye care.
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Drs. Jacob Lang, Melissa Barnett, and John Gelles explore strategies for recognizing keratoconus earlier, timing cross-linking appropriately, and using advanced imaging to help improve patient care.
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October is Halloween Eye Safety Awareness Month. What's the one Halloween eye safety tip you give every patient? Modern Optometry's News You Can Use looks at the OD's role. ow.ly/S6Z650ZVYW0 #Optometry #EyeSafety #Halloween
Where's the line between recommending and selling? Haley Perry, OD, on balancing patient and practice interests against insurance limits, plus Kianna Swanson, OD, on cancer meds and the eye. The MOD POD: ow.ly/Ilpg50ZVVS6 #Optometry #PracticeManagement
Are you correcting or managing myopia and presbyopia? Modern Optometry's Chief Medical Editors make the case for managing both, and for ODs leading as the experts. How do you frame it with patients? ow.ly/KE6U50ZVUk6 #Optometry #MyopiaManagement #Presbyopia
The BMC Ocular Surface Networking Reception at #AAOpt brought the eyecare community together. Thank you to our incredible sponsors: #Dompé, #SunPharma, #Azura, #Tarsus, & #TenpointTherapeutics for helping make the evening possible! 💙
📸 PC: Alexandria Court Photography
Modern Optometry Sept/Oct is out:
Correcting vs managing myopia and presbyopia
Halloween eye safety
Becoming a TEDx speaker
New contact lens technology
Personalizing myopia care
Presbyopia patient scripts
Oculomics
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#Optometry #Myopia #Presbyopia
Nidek announced the launch of the LM-1 series auto lensmeter, featuring a larger display, redesigned icons and simultaneous measurement at 161 data points for ophthalmic lenses.
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Catch up on the latest Eye Care Insiders videos, with discussions on 𝘋𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘹 blepharitis, the future of dry eye treatment, and lifestyle factors in slowing AMD progression. Joseph J. Allen, OD, FAAO, Dipl ABO, has you covered: ow.ly/WBts50ZR7AZ
#demodex #ded #amd
A myopia treatment plan is only as good as the family's follow-through. Zachary D. Lancaster, OD, on getting parent buy-in, in the July/August issue of Modern Optometry. ow.ly/LJGP50ZUCjM #Optometry #MyopiaManagement #PediatricEyeCare
Visioneering Technologies reported 3-year PROTECT results showing 1.06 D less myopic progression and 0.58 mm less axial elongation in children using NaturalVue Multifocal 1 Day.
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Optometrist Jennifer Bilek is excited about the future of treatment after attending, the “Rapid Fire: Ready for Launch! New Approvals You Should Know About” lecture on Thursday during the American Academy of Optometry meeting. ow.ly/E0xu50ZTXsq #Academy26 #Optometry
Dr. Tony Chan, who practices at UCLA, just attended #Academy session, “Advanced IOLs: The Quest for the Holy Grail.” Here are his thoughts! For more, visit: ow.ly/BBen50ZTWwi #optometry #IOL
Milliona Yohannes, a 4th-year student at Rocky Mountain University College of Optometric Medicine, shares her take on the "Rapid Fire: Advanced Imaging Decisions in Eye Care" lecture at @aaopt #Academy26. More on imaging: ow.ly/LJbg50ZTLgQ
Walk through the American Academy of Optometry Academy 2026 exhibit hall floor with us in under 90 seconds! (You can find us at booth 217). @aaopt #Academy2026 #Optometry
Dr. Chelsea May, Chief of Optometry at the Ross Eye Institute in Buffalo, New York, had this to say about #Academy session, “Photobiomodulation in Age-Related Macular Degeneration: Evidence, Mechanisms, and Clinical Integration.”
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Dr. Ken Uesugi shares his thoughts on the #Academy lecture on using AI and machine learning to diagnose MGD and glaucoma. @aaopt
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#optometry #AI #glaucoma
Patching isn't the only tool for amblyopia anymore. Joseph Allen, OD, FAAO, on newer treatment options, in the newest Eye Care Insiders on EyeTube. ow.ly/XreL50ZPEFm #Optometry #Amblyopia #PediatricEyeCare
A new practice opening nearby doesn't have to mean a turf war. Ada Noh, OD, and Shelby Brogdon, OD, on turning competition into collaboration, revisited from Modern Optometry's archive. ow.ly/oLWh50ZPCVZ #Optometry #PracticeManagement #Collaboration
From the archive: Joseph J. Allen, OD, revisits prepping the ocular surface before cataract/refractive surgery — approaches to preop prep and post-surgery protocols to manage symptoms. ow.ly/Z9Iv50ZMEJB #EyecareInsiders #Optometry
The AMA adopted a resolution supporting myopia’s formal classification as a disease, citing goals of improving pediatric treatment access, insurance coverage, education and screening.
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