BrightFocus Chats Archive
Join us and guest speaker Dr. Veeral Sheth, who will discuss geographic atrophy, an advanced and severe form of dry age-related macular degeneration, and the landscape of treatments that are currently available.
Guest moderator Jullia A. Rosdahl, MD, PhD, interviewed occupational therapist Omar Mohiuddin, OTR/L, MS, MPH, CLVT, and Ed Haines from the organization Hadley on the topic of vision rehabilitation. They discussed providers and services that specialize in helping to maximize your remaining vision.
This event featured Thomas V. Johnson, MD, PhD, who discussed the current research on neuroregeneration & neuroprotection using stem cells for glaucoma.
Katherine Freund, Founder and President of Independent Transportation Network of America, discusses how aging impacts our driving skills, explores alternatives to driving, as well as what you can do if there are no currently driving resources in your area.
This event featured two glaucoma experts, Amy Zhang, MD and Amy Mehta, MD, who discussed important questions you should ask your doctor about your glaucoma diagnosis.
Join us and guest speaker Preeti Subramanian, PhD, who will highlight some of the exciting research currently funded by BrightFocus.
Our guest speakers, Rob Howden and Diane Marshall are both currently living with geographic atrophy, the advanced form of dry macular degeneration. They will give a firsthand account of daily living with geographic atrophy and discuss the importance of diagnosis.
Join us and guest speaker Dr. Nazlee Zebardast who will explain narrow-angle glaucoma and how it is diagnosed. She will also discuss a procedure called Laser Peripheral Iridotomy (LPI) used in narrow-angle glaucoma.
Join us and guest speaker Surendra Sharma, MD, who will discuss the basics of wet AMD, how wet AMD differs from dry AMD, and how to manage your wet AMD through treatments.
Michael Lin, MD discusses some of the tests you may experience during your glaucoma appointments including, eye pressure checks, visual field test, and other imaging tests.
