Talking Euretina

In this episode, we explore the benefits of the Euretina Mentorship Programme. Guests are programme mentor and Euretina Board member, Dr Patricia Udaondo and Dara Conlon, Euretina Executive Vice President.

In January, The Lancet journal published studies showing that across 4 trials, faricimab improved and maintained vision in two leading causes of vision loss and reduced time between treatments. In this episode, we examine the results and implications of the research in an expert discussion chaired by Prof Anat Loewenstein (Tel Aviv Medical Centre) and Prof Reinier Schlingemann (Amsterdam Universit...

In this episode, Professors Heinrich Heimann (Liverpool University Hospital) and Jens Kiilgaard (Copenhagen University Hospital) chair a conversation about metastatic disease in uveal melanoma and a newly approved treatment, Tebentafusp. They’re joined by Dr Joseph Sacco (Liverpool University Hospital) and Dr Mette Bagger (Copenhagen University Hospital)

In this episode on inherited retinal diseases, we explore issues related to genetic testing: when it's needed, how access differs globally and when to refer patients to super specialist IRD centres. The discussion is chaired by Professor Bart LeRoy (Belgium) and Professor Isabelle Audo (Sorbonne France) with Dr Rola Ba-Abbad (Saudi Arabia) and Prof Graeme Black (UK).

In this Journal Club episode, Tunde Peto from Queen’s University, Belfast and Sebastian Wolf from Inselspital in Bern chair a discussion on key papers in retinal imaging and AI. First, Pearse Keane of University College London presents work on the use of AI in the detection of papilledema (1). Tariq Aslam from Manchester University then explores the issues arising from a 2021 paper comparing diffe...

In this episode, Professors Edoardo Midena (Padua University Hospital) and Reinier Schlingemann (Amsterdam UMC) chair a discussion around some of the hot topics in the subspecialty field of diabetic retinopathy. Joined by Professors Jennifer Sun (Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical School) and Jakob Grauslund (University of Southern Denmark), they discuss:   - The treatment of non-proliferativ...

In the first of our monthly Journal Clubs, Ferdinando Bottoni and Carsten Meyer present their publications on optic disc pit maculopathy and a retinal expansion technique for persistent macular holes respectively. A short synopisis of each paper is given below. The papers were discussed with the authors by a panel chaired by David Steel, Grazia Pertile and Marta Figueroa. Bottoni F, Cereda M, Seco...

In this first episode, Euretina’s new president Alistair Laidlaw discusses the future strategy and vision of the society with president-elect Ramin Tadayoni and General Secretary Professor Anat Loewenstein.