A Chat with Anat

In this special episode filmed in Hong Kong at the 2026 Joint Vision Academy Steering Committee and Barometer Leadership Coalition meeting, I am joined by Professor Tien Yin Wong, Vice Provost and Chair Professor at the University of Tsinghua, Beijing, China, and previous Chairman of the Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore. Join us as we explore the concept of oculomics, including history...

In this special episode filmed at the 2026 Joint Vision Academy Steering Committee and Barometer Leadership Coalition meeting in Hong Kong, I am joined by Prof. David Wong, Professor at the University of Toronto and Ophthalmologist-in-Chief at St. Michael's Hospital in Canada. Tune in as we discuss the interim findings from the HCP Barometer Survey – the first comprehensive and holistic analy...

In this special episode, I am joined by my friend and fellow Barometer Program member, Professor Focke Ziemssen, Director of the University Eye Clinic at the University Hospital Leipzig, Germany.  Join us as we discuss the findings of the Barometer Global Survey, a worldwide study capturing the experiences of patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, and dia...

In this episode, I am joined by my fellow Vision Academy member Professor Sobha Sivaprasad, Professor of Retinal Clinical Studies at the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology and Consultant Ophthalmologist at Moorfields Eye Hospital in the United Kingdom.  Join us as we discuss key aspects of the diagnosis and treatment of central serous chorioretinopathy (CSC). In this episode, we summarize published ev...

In this special episode filmed in Paris at EURETINA 2025, I am joined by a very special guest, my fellow Vision Academy and Barometer Program member Prof. Adrian Koh, who is founding partner and senior consultant at the Eye & Retina Surgeons, Camden Medical Centre, Singapore, and Director of Retinal Centre International. Tune in as we dive into the current understanding of the well-being of he...

In this special episode filmed in Paris at EURETINA 2025, I am joined by Professor Gemmy Cheung, Professor and Senior Consultant Ophthalmologist at the Singapore National Eye Centre, Duke-NUS Medical School, National University of Singapore, and my fellow Vision Academy and Barometer Program.  Join us as we explore current guidance for the diagnosis and management of simultaneous geographic atroph...

In this special episode, I am joined by two of my long-time friends and collaborators, Professor Jean-François Korobelnik, my Co-chair of the Vision Academy and Professor of Ophthalmology at the University Hospital of Bordeaux, France, and Dr Jane Barratt, my Co-chair of the Barometer Program, and former Secretary General and Global Advisor at the International Federation of Ageing. Tune in as we...

In this special episode, the roles have been reversed! Your host is Professor Tariq Aslam, Professor of Ophthalmology and Interface Technologies at the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom, who asked me questions sent in by my retinal community colleagues. Tune in to hear how I balance my busy career with my well-being, the pep talks I give to nervous first-time patients and trainees, my...

My guest for this special episode is Professor Paolo Lanzetta, Chair of the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Udine, Italy. In this episode, Paolo and I explore the importance of monitoring the fellow eye of patients with nAMD. We also discuss methods and techniques for early detection of disease, the difference in monitoring for patients with DME, and the Vision Academy’s evidence-...

My guest for this special episode is Prof. Jean- François Korobelnik from the Department of Ophthalmology at the University Hospital, and at CHU Bordeaux, in Bordeaux, France. In this episode, Jean-François and I explore the importance of choosing the right regimen for our patients with nAMD. We discuss the evidence we can gather from clinical trials, and the lessons we learn from patients we see...

My guest for this special episode is Dr. John Kitchens, Vitreoretinal Surgeon with Retina Associates of Kentucky in the USA. In this episode, John and I explore the importance of holistic patient care. We also highlight the latest advances in home monitoring technologies in retinal disease, and how artificial intelligence (AI) can be used to aid in disease monitoring and optimization of clinic org...

My guest for this episode is Professor David Wong from the Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences, University of Toronto and Unity Health Toronto in Toronto, Canada. In this episode, David and I discuss the Vision Academy’s algorithms for suspending treatment for nAMD in the context of treatment futility and success.  Our conversation highlights the monitoring considerations and criteria...

My guest for this special episode is Peter Holland, Chief Executive of the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB). We speak about the importance of World Sight Day, and discuss how different initiatives, such as the Love Your Eyes campaign, have helped put eye health on the global agenda in collaboration with members and partners. We also highlight how clinicians can leverage...

My guests for this episode are Professor Sobha Sivaprasad, Consultant Ophthalmologist at Moorfields Eye Hospital and Professor of Retinal Clinical Studies at the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology in London, and Professor Gemmy Cheung, Professor and Senior Consultant Ophthalmologist at the Singapore National Eye Centre, Duke-NUS Medical School, National University of Singapore. In this special episode...

In this episode, my guests Vision Academy and Barometer Program member Professor Jean-François Korobelnik, Professor and Head of the Ophthalmology Department at the University Hospital of Bordeaux in France, and Vision Academy member Professor Robyn Guymer, Deputy Director at the Centre for Eye Research and Professor of Ophthalmic at the University of Melbourne in Australia, discuss considerations...

In this episode, Vision Academy members Professor Annabelle Okada, Professor of Ophthalmology and Director of the Ocular Inflammation Service and the Macular Disease Service at the Kyorin University School of Medicine in Japan, and Professor Ian Pearce, Consultant Ophthalmologist and Vitreoretinal Surgeon at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital in the UK, discuss the pachychoroid spectrum. Usin...

My guest for this special episode recorded live at the 15th Annual Congress on Controversies in Ophthalmology (COPHy) is Professor Tariq Aslam, Professor of Ophthalmology and Interface Technologies at University of Manchester, United Kingdom.   In this episode, Tariq and I discuss whether the introduction of next generation therapies for the clinical management of retinal diseases will open the do...

My guest for this episode is Professor Nicole Eter, Professor of Ophthalmology and Chair of the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Münster, Germany. In this episode, Nicole and I chat about the different macular neovascularization (MNV) subtypes, discussing the diagnostic tools used to classify MNV subtypes, their defining characteristics and variants, and the impact of these on our...

In this episode, Professor Paul Mitchell, Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Sydney in Australia, and Dr Andrew Chang, Principal Retinal Specialist at the Sydney Retina Clinic and Day Surgery in Australia, share their thoughts on the optimal anti-VEGF therapy regimens to treat retinal vascular diseases, including nAMD and DME. They discuss how the best regimen should be effective in m...

We are delighted to announce that we are expanding A Chat with Anat! We will be partnering with the Vision Academy, a group of retinal experts who collaborate to provide guidance to the retinal community. I will be joined by internationally renowned Vision Academy experts to discuss practice-focused topics covering clinical challenges in ophthalmology and controversies in care.  In this episode of...

My guest for this episode is Professor Tariq Aslam, Professor of Ophthalmology and Interface Technologies at the University of Manchester and a Consultant Ophthalmologist specializing in the management of retinal disease. In this episode, we speak about how important it is to consider anxiety and depression when managing our patients with nAMD, and hear about the quick and effective measures that...

My guest for this episode is Professor Richard Gale, Professor of Ophthalmology at Hull York Medical School, University of York, UK, and Honorary Consultant Medical Ophthalmologist at the National Health Service’s York Teaching Hospital. In this episode, Richard and I will chat about how patients’ emotions, experiences, and perceptions related to anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (anti-VEGF)...

My guest for this episode is Professor Paul Mitchell, Emeritus Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Sydney, Consultant Ophthalmologist at the Western Sydney Local Health District, and Principal of Sydney West Retina Pty Ltd in Australia. As treatment for neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) has evolved through the 21st century, so have the expectations of our patients. Pa...

My guest is Dr. Jane Barratt , Secretary General of the International Federation on Ageing. In this episode, Jane and I discuss ways in which we can improve our communication with our patients to enable realistic expectation-setting. We also speak about how we can meaningfully engage with, and empower, our patients to support them in managing their nAMD. Speaker disclosures: Professor Anat Loewens...

Today my guest is Mr James Talks, Consultant Ophthalmologist at the Newcastle Eye Centre in Newcastle , UK. He joins me to discuss how clinic organization can impact adherence and persistence and what aspects we can modify to ensure a better patient experience and optimize adherence to treatment. Speaker disclosures: Professor Anat Loewenstein Consultancy, Research grants: Allergan, Bayer, Beyeoni...