Talking Euretina

In this episode we look at two very interesting papers published in the latest editions of Ophthalmologica - Martin Busch presents his work on using microRNA as biomarkers for retinal disease and the panel discuss Christina Weisheit 's paper on Co2 emissions from the ophthalmic OR. Chaired by Patricia Udaondo, Matias Iglicki and Andreas Ebneter.   Links to papers:  https://karger.com/oph/article/2...

Fresh from his exciting win of the Lasker Award - often dubbed the American Nobel Prize - Professor David Huang (USA) - the inventor of optical coherence tomography (OCT) - joins Prof Pearse Keane (UK) and Tunde Peto (Hungary/UK) to talk about how he and colleagues developed the technology and about the impact it has had on retinal medicine

As applications open for the Euretina Retinal Medicine Clinical Research Award, we hear about the award from Euretina EVP, Dara Conlon. We also gain interesting insights from previous winners Camiel Boon (Netherlands) and João Pedro Marques (Portugal) to see how the award has furthered their research.

In this podcast Euretina President, Mr Alistair Laidlaw and Euretina EVP Dara Conlon explore the highlights of this year's congress which is on track to be the biggest and most exciting meeting yet!

In this episode, journalist Ramadan Younis and his executive producer Simon Cox tell us about their far-reaching BBC documentary. "Blind Faith" exposes the international practice of defrauding patients of Retinitis Pigmentosa with false hopes of treatment or cure with little or no evidence of efficacy. They are joined by Prof Robert McLaren of the University of Oxford, who consulted on the documen...

In this episode, we’re going to dig into the subject of this year’s Ophtalmologica lecture which will be delivered on the Saturday afternoon at this year’s congress in Amsterdam. Professor Maximilan Pfau is a clinician with a specialism in AMD and Inherited Retinal diseases in the Department of Ophthalmology at the University Eye Hospital, Basel, Switzerland. He's joined by Editor in Chief of the...

In this episode, we head to Asia to hear from colleagues in Japan, Singapore and South Korea about their experiences treating PCV and Pachychoroid in different populations. The podcast is chaired by Prof Taiji Sakamoto (Japan) and Prof SeungYoung Yu (South Korea) who are joined by Prof Gemmy Cheung and Prof Adrian Koh (Singapore)

In this podcast, we hear from Euretina Keynote Bertil Damato (UK/Sweden) about his upcoming talk on OncoVR at the 2023 Euretina Congress. He is joined by colleague Carl Groenewald (UK) and Heinrich Heimann (Chair - UK)

In this podcast, we'll be hearing about an exciting new event taking place in Amsterdam at the Euretina Congress in October; the inaugural Euretina Innovation Summit (EIS). Kourous Rezaei (USA) and Anat Loewenstein (Israel) - two members of the organising committee - will discuss the programme and motivation behind the event with chair Frank G Holz (Germany)

In this podcast, we’ll explore two areas in the subspecialty of myopia: Aude Couturier will share her expertise in macular holes and Dr Yves Lachkar will discuss glaucoma in highly myopic patients. Chaired by David Gaucher and Jost Jonas

In this episode, Editor in Chief at Ophthalmologica, Professor Martin Zinkernagel discusses two featured papers from Euretina’s official journal. The first paper discussed covers choroiditis and the second covers effective treatment regimen in macular degeneration. Faculty are Dr Jeannette Ossewaarde-van Norel and Evianne de Groot (University Medical Center Utrecht) and Mathis Thibaud, Red Cross U...

In this episode, we explore how to diagnose and treat intraocular lymphoma with a panel of leading retinal surgeons and oncologists. Dr Hibba Quhill chairs the discussion with Professors Carlos Pavesio and Mandeep Sagoo from Moorfields Eye Hospital, London.

In this episode, we will hear all of the tips and tricks to success when looking to submit your research to Ophthalmologica. Faculty: Martin Zinkernagel (Ophthalmologica editors) and Marco Casola (Karger). Chaired by Jonathan McCrea

In this episode, Edoardo Midena (Italy) chairs a discussion with four leading experts in Diabetic Retinopathy from across the world: Jakob Grauslund (Denmark), Carol Cheung (Hong Kong), Enrico Borrelli (Italy) and Daniel Ting (Singapore)

In this episode, Siegfried Priglinger (Germany) and Roxane Hillier (UK) take a look at treatment for macula-off RRD. They're joined by David Yorston (Scotland) and Julian Klaas (Germany) and will ask - how do we best define "macula-off" and when should we start treatment?

Treating rare diseases can sometimes be challenging due a the lack of literature. In this episode, Carlos Pavesio (UK) asks leading experts Sara Touhami (France) and Moncef Khairallah (Tunisia) about their approaches to the diagnosis and treatment of Acute Retinal Necrosis (ARN).

In this podcast, David Steel tells Alistair Laidlaw what he's learned from zeroing in on individual patient data and how factors like posture and hole size affect his decision-making in the treatment of macular holes

In this podcast, Mark Penessi is joined by Isabelle Audo and Bart Leroy to discuss the impact of Luxturna and how gene therapy products will affect the treatment of inherited retinal diseases (IRD) in the future.  

In this episode, Euretina President Alistair Laidlaw chairs a discussion with Nicole Eter (München University Medical Centre) and Brendan Strong, Head of Education at Agenda about the new EBO examination.

In this podcast, we hear from author and leadership coach Sally Helgesen, author of Why Women Rise about the challenges facing aspiring women leaders. The interview is followed by a discussion with Prof Anat Loewenstein (Israel) and Dr Ruth Freeman (Science Foundation Ireland) about the Women in Retina programme and how to move the dial when it comes to equality of opportunity in medical research....

In this in-depth podcast, Euretina President-Elect Ramin Tadayoni (France) chairs a discussion with Kyoko Ohno Matsui (Japan) and David Gaucher (France) exploring everything you need to know when dealing with the “bad guy” in myopia - Staphyloma.   Panel: Prof Ramin Tadayoni, University Of Paris Cite, Lariboisière, Saint Louis And Adolphe De Rothschild Foundation Hospitals, France Kyoko Ohno Matsu...

In this episode, Hibba Quhill (UK) explores each of the components that make up the MOLES system used for management of melanocytic choroidal tumours with the system's originator, Bertil Damato (UK/Sweden).

 In this episode we will look at the Derby and Oaks trials; two trials looking at geographic atrophy associated with AMD. The session is chaired by Professor Frank Holz (Germany), featuring Professors Adnan Tufail (UK) and Sandrine Zweifel (Switzerland).

Worried you missed out on some great content at EURETINA? Don't worry! In this episode, we look back on the best Euretina sessions from the Congress. Joining us to give us their highlights from Hamburg are: Alistair Laidlaw, Euretina President, Ramin Tadayoni (France) and Kourous Rezaei (USA)

In this episode, we catch up with Professors Camiel Boon, Tunde Peto and Dr Patricia Udaondo (New University and Polytechnic Hospital La Fe, Valencia) fresh from an incredible event in Hamburg to hear all about their highlights of the congress. They'll share their standout sessions that you need to catch up on via the Euretina portal at www.euretina.org   Euretina 2022 Hamburg highlights:   Tunde...