Eyeluminaries

In the last episode from this year's Live from Hawaiian Eye series,  Jim Mazzo and John A. Hovanesian, MD, FACS, sit down together to discuss the podcast's annual drug name awards. ·        Vizz or the Mazzo "rizz." 02:37 ·        Qlosi gets the "cutesy" award. 04:01 ·        Tryptyr. 05:35 ·        Encelto. 06:57 We'd love to hear from you! Send your comments/questions to eyeluminaries@healio.com...

In this special edition episode of Eyeluminaries,  Jim Mazzo is live from Hawaiian Eye 2026 with special guest Cathleen McCabe, MD, host of Healio's Mend the Gap. They discuss what shaped their careers and how to be good mentors. ·         Cathleen McCabe, MD   01:17 ·         An important career shift. 01:48 ·         "Grab every minute you can." 11:01 ·         Mentors and mentees. 13:55 Be sure...

In this episode of Eyeluminaries,  John A. Hovanesian, MD, FACS, and Jim Mazzo are live from Hawaiian Eye 2026 with guests Elizabeth Yeu, MD, and Allen C. Ho, MD. They discuss cataract and retina surgery, managing work-life balance and more. ·         Welcome to Eyeluminaries. 00:01 ·         Elizabeth Yeu, MD, 00:11 ·         How do you see Implantable Collamer Lens (ICL, STAAR Surgical) surgery...

In this episode of Eyeluminaries,  John A. Hovanesian, MD, FACS, and Jim Mazzo are live from Hawaiian Eye 2026, with guests Baruch D. Kuppermann, MD, PhD and L. Jay Katz, MD. They discuss everything from their unique career journeys to the current treatments and procedures in eye care. Welcome to Eyeluminaries 00:10 Recap of AAO episode 00:34 Intro of Baruch D. Kuppermann, MD, PhD 01:28 What made...

In this special episode of Eyeluminaries,  John A. Hovanesian, MD, FACS, and Jim Mazzo are live from Hawaiian Eye 2026, with guest Peter N. Slack, president and CEO of the Wyanoke Group, who was honored with the annual Lindstrom Leadership Award and Lecture . Welcome to Eyeluminaries 00:42 Hawaiian Eye 2026 – Peter Slack receives the Lindstrom Leadership Award 01:08 Intro of Peter Slack 02:42 What...

In the second installment of this 2-part episode, John A. Hovanesian, MD, FACS, and Jim Mazzo are live from the AAO Eyecelerator with guest Thomas Burns. Welcome to the Eyeluminaries podcast 00:01 Quick recap of Part 1 00:08 Intro of Thomas Burns 00:30 How do we foresee the adoption of IDose?   02:02 Where do you see the field of keratoconus going? 04:36 What advice do you have for young people ju...

In the first installment of this 2-part episode, John A. Hovanesian, MD, FACS, and Jim Mazzo are live from the AAO Eyecelerator with guests Julia A. Haller, MD, CEO, and David F. Chang, MD. Welcome to the Eyeluminaries podcast 00:10 Quick recap of episode 34 00:52 Intro of Julia A. Haller, MD, CEO 01:47 Tell us about changes you're seeing in leading a large academic center 02:16 How has residency...

In this episode, John A. Hovanesian, MD, FACS, and Jim Mazzo are live from Octane's Ophthalmology Technology Forum with guests Tibor Juhasz, PhD, Richard L. Lindstrom, MD, Sumit "Sam" Garg, MD and Jean-Pierre Hubschman, MD. Welcome to the Eyeluminaries podcast 00:05 Review of episode 33 00:49 Intro of Tibor Juhasz, PhD 01:35 Tell us about your background and how you changed LASIK, cataract and gla...

In this episode John A. Hovanesian, MD, FACS, and Jim Mazzo are live from SightLine at the ASCRS meeting with guests Nicole R. Fram, MD, Kerry D. Solomon, MD, Vance Thompson, MD, and Steve Speares . Welcome to the Eyeluminaries podcast 00:02 Review of episode 32 00:55 Intro of Nicole Fram, MD 01:16 Tell us why the MAHRVELS team is likely to be the leading fundraisers and why you picked your charac...

In this episode, John A. Hovanesian, MD, FACS, and Jim Mazzo discuss the latest news from Washington with guest Mark Leahey . Welcome to the Eyeluminaries podcast :02 Review of episode 31 :40 BVI Medical names a new CCO 2:20 GE HealthCare names Jeannette Bankes president and CEO, Patient Care Solutions 5:42 Tenpoint submits new drug application for presbyopia combination therapy 7:33 Alcon acquire...

In this episode, John A. Hovanesian, MD, FACS, and Jim Mazzo are live from the Hawaiian Eye meeting with guests Paul Singh, MD, Candy Simerson,   Jeffrey Goldberg, MD, PhD, and Roger Goldberg, MD, MBA . Welcome to the Eyeluminaries podcast :02 Review of episode 30 3:23 Intro of Paul Singh, MD 3:40 What are the future trends in glaucoma you're most excited about? 5:10  What challenges do you see in...

In this episode,  John A. Hovanesian, MD, FACS , and Jim Mazzo discuss the latest news and trends and chat with Steven Dell, MD, about his career and the creation of markets in the field of ophthalmology. Welcome to the Eyeluminaries podcast :02 Review of episode 29 1:28   Bausch + Lomb acquires Elios Vision 2:07   ImprimisRx awarded $34.9 million in trademark infringement suit against OSRX 5:00  ...

In this episode, Jim Mazzo and John A. Hovanesian, MD, FACS, are live from Eyecelerator with Mend the Gap hosts Susan MacDonald, MD, and Cathleen McCabe, MD, discussing their humanitarian work. Welcome to the Eyeluminaries podcast :02 In this episode :31 Intro of  Susan MacDonald, MD, and Cathleen McCabe, MD 1:00 What started you on this journey to do humanitarian work? 2:18 MacDonald discusses th...

In this episode, John A. Hovanesian, MD, FACS, and Jim Mazzo discuss the latest news and trends and chat with Tom Mitro about his career and impact in ophthalmology. Welcome to the Eyeluminaries podcast :02 Review of episode 26 :58 FDA grants fast track designation to brepocitinib for noninfectious uveitis 1:42   I. Howard Fine, MD, esteemed ophthalmologist, dies 3:54 First subjects dosed in phase...

In this special throwback episode, John Hovanesian, MD, and Jim Mazzo revisit their discussions with Steven Schwartz, MD, and Sean Ianculev, MD, about innovations, treatments and entrepreneurship in eye care. Welcome to the Eyeluminaries podcast :10 About Steven Schwartz, MD 2:32 The interview  3:16 Discussion of current innovation in cataract surgery including use of AI, imaging and robotics 4:05...

In this episode,  John A. Hovanesian, MD, FACS , and Jim Mazzo chat with Cathleen McCabe, MD, about the ASCRS Foundation and role models in ophthalmology; plus, the latest news in eye care. •    Welcome to the Eyeluminaries podcast :05 •    Review of episode 25 :46 •     Bausch + Lomb acquires Trukera Medical 1:32  •     CMS proposes cutting physician payments for fifth straight year 4:09 •     FD...

In this episode,  John A. Hovanesian, MD, FACS , and Jim Mazzo are live from the Octane OTF with Euan Thomson, PhD, Barry Kuppermann, MD, Jeffry Weinhuff, Ehsan Sadri, MD, FACS, and a special announcement from Rich Small . Welcome to the Eyeluminaries podcast :05 Review of episode 24 1:38 Intro of Euan Thomson, PhD 2:10 What kind of companies did you like working for the most? 3:14 Can you comment...

In this episode, John A. Hovanesian, MD, FACS, and Jim Mazzo discuss leadership in eye care with guest Jack T. Holladay, MD, MSEE, FACS . Brought to you by Johns Hopkins University. •  Welcome to the Eyeluminaries podcast :21 •  Review of episode 23 1:19 •  Blog by John A. Hovanesian, MD, FACS 3:10 •  Merck to acquire EyeBio 4:14 •  FDA approves aflibercept biosimilars Yesafili, Opuviz 6:26 •  Aur...

In this episode,  John A. Hovanesian, MD, FACS , and Jim Mazzo chat with Terry Kim, MD, and Stephen Lane about their careers and transitions at Alcon. Brought to you by Johns Hopkins University. Welcome to the Eyeluminaries podcast :21 Review of episode 22 1:27 Intro of Stephen Lane 2:41 Intro of Terry Kim, MD 6:02 Lane: Why retire? What's next? 7:54 Kim: Why the move to the industry? 10:35 Lane:...

In this episode,  John A. Hovanesian, MD, FACS , and Jim Mazzo discuss the latest news in eye care and chat with Wiley A. Chambers, MD, about his career in the FDA and his plans for retirement. Brought to you by Johns Hopkins University Welcome to the Eyeluminaries podcast :21 Review of episode 21 :50 Clobetasol propionate ophthalmic suspension 0.05% approved for postop inflammation, pain 2:49 Pul...

Quick episode summary John A. Hovanesian, MD, FACS , and Jim Mazzo sit down with guests Eric D. Donnenfeld, MD, Calvin C. Roberts, MD, Mark L. Baum and Jeannette Bankes to discuss private equity, industry breakthroughs and more. Welcome to the Eyeluminaries podcast :00 Review of episode 20 1:16 Intro of Eric D. Donnenfeld, MD 2:06 Understanding the role of private equity: where does it stand and w...

Hosts Jim Mazzo and John A. Hovanesian, MD, FACS , chat with Vance Thompson, MD, Adrienne Graves, PhD, Sean Ianchulev, MD, and Kristen Harmon Igenito, live from AAO Eyecelerator. Welcome to the Eyeluminaries podcast :01 Review of episode 19 1:31 Intro of Vance Thompson, MD 2:13 What is the secret to your success? 3:54 How many fellows have you trained? 5:20 How has having a fellowship training pro...

Hosts Jim Mazzo and John A. Hovanesian, MD, FACS , chat with Peter Slack, Greg Kunst, Rich Small and Uday Devgan, MD, FACS, FRCS, live from OSN New York. Welcome to the Eyeluminaries podcast :01 Review of episode 18 :18 Intro of Peter Slack 1:47 How did OSN start? 2:35 When did you get into meetings and where do you see meetings going? 5:40 Where do you see media going? 7:46 How did you end up run...

Hosts Jim Mazzo and John A. Hovanesian, MD, FACS , chat with Julia Haller, MD, about the latest developments in retina, residency training and more. Welcome to the Eyeluminaries podcast :01 Review of episode 17, live from Octane OTF :41 Bausch + Lomb makes a number of big moves under the new Brent Saunders regime 1:40 Mark Baum and Harrow Health have also been making a number of acquisitions 3:59...

Hosts Jim Mazzo and John A. Hovanesian, MD, FACS , are live at OCTANe OTS with Mark Leahey, Brent Saunders, Yari Mitchell and Robert Dempsey , discussing their experiences and influence across the ophthalmic space. ·        Welcome to the Eyeluminaries podcast :01 ·        Review of episode 16 with Stephen McLeod, MD :28 ·        Preview of episode 17, live at Octane OTS 1:00 ·        Introduce Ma...