In this episode, recorded prior to the most recent lockdown restrictions, we spoke with Aman Chandra, a Consultant Vitreoretinal surgeon about his experiences, dating from the beginning of the pandemic to now, about the use of PPE for ophthalmic surgery and whether vitrectomy/phacoemulsification truly is an aerosol generating procedure --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/eyetoeye/message

In this episode we speak with Kavita Aggarwal, an Ophthalmology Trainee from Oxford. She talks about wellbeing, how to stay healthy during the latest lockdown and provides some top tips on how to avoid burnout. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/eyetoeye/message

In this episode with speak with Melanie Hingorani, a Consultant Ophthalmologist from Moorfields Eye Hospital and the Clinical Lead for the National Outpatient Programme (NOTP) in Ophthalmology. We discuss the NOTP, why Ophthalmology has been chosen by NHS England to be the first specialty to take part in this programme and what it will mean for the future of the hospital eye service. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/eyetoeye/message

In this episode we speak with Andy Pyott, a Consultant Ophthalmologist from Inverness. He shared with us his experience of becoming involved with international Ophthalmology and summarised his achievements in Indonesia where he has focussed most of his efforts. He also shared a collection of pearls for Ophthalmologists who want to be involved with Ophthalmology overseas. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/eyetoeye/message

In this episode with speak with Bhavin Shah, an Optometrist from North London with a special interest in myopia management. He provides an overview of the literature regarding existing and future treatments and provides a personal insight into how he manages patients in whom progressive myopia is suspected. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/eyetoeye/message

In this episode we have a conversation with Professor Gordon Dutton about Cerebral Visual Impairment (CVI) and Functional Visual Loss. Professor Dutton provides a step by step guide to managing patients with CVI and provides some invaluable pearls of wisdom for approaching patients with suspected functional visual deficits. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/eyetoeye/message

In this episode we talk with Simerdip Kaur, an Ophthalmology trainee from the Kent, Surrey and Sussex Deanery. She provides an in-depth overview of the most commonly used herbal remedies in Ophthalmology and summarises the evidence behind the claims we often hear from patients. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/eyetoeye/message

In this episode we speak with Samantha Hunt, an Ophthalmology registrar who works at the Bristol Eye Hospital. We discuss the topic of regional funding variations in Ophthalmology and hear about her paper which investigated the variations in policy from CCGs across the country with regards to how they fund oculoplastic procedures. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/eyetoeye/message

In this episode with speak with Mr. Saurabh Jain, a Consultant Ophthalmologist as well as the Training Programme Director for North London and the Clinical Lead for Ophthalmology for the Royal Free Hospital in London. We discuss his experience of coming to the UK, the level of diversity in Ophthalmology in the UK and what needs to be done to improve equality and diversity within our specialty and medicine in general. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/eyetoeye/message

In this episode we speak with Yu Jeat, an ST6 Trainee from the West-Midlands Deanery and Kate Silvester, a healthcare systems engineer on how to apply the principles of quality improvement to enact change in a hospital eye service. We discuss specific examples of changes that have been made in light of COVID-19. Both Yu Jeat and Kate Silvester would be happy to be contacted for advice on this topic, their contacts are [email protected] and [email protected] respectively. The link...

In this episode we talk to Marina Roizenblatt, a vitreoretinal surgeon from São Paulo, Brazil about her paper which investigated the effect of caffeine and propranolol on the surgical performance of vitreoretinal fellows using the EyeSi surgical simulator. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/eyetoeye/message

In this episode we hear from Mariantonia Ferrara a Medical and Surgical Retina Fellow from Newcastle and Kerr Brogan, a Glaucoma Fellow from Glasgow, about the results from surveys that they conducted during the pandemic that investigated the impact of COVID-19 on Ophthalmologists in Training. Varo Kirthi, the Chair of the Ophthalmologists in Training Group (OTG) then shares with us an overview of the role of the OTG and its importance during these challenging times. --- Send in a voice...

In this episode we hear from Nimish Shah, the regional diabetic screening lead for Bath and North East Somerset. He talks to us about how COVID-19 affected the running of the diabetic screening service. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/eyetoeye/message

In this episode we hear from Vidushi Golash, a trainee from the Kent, Surrey and Sussex deanery about her experiences of setting up and running virtual consultations for Oculoplastics patients. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/eyetoeye/message

In this episode we hear from Nada Burgess, a trainee from West-Midlands who shares her highly personal experience of suffering from PTSD following being deployed during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/eyetoeye/message

In this episode we spoke with Helen Devonport, a Consultant Ophthalmologist from Bradford who shared her experience of how the COVID-19 crisis affected her medical retina service and the steps taken to ensure patients were kept safe. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/eyetoeye/message

In this episode we bring you the remaining interviews from what would have been the 'Everything you wanted to ask about keratoconus but were too afraid to ask’ at College Congress. This episode features four interviews with leading clinicians. Firstly we spoke with Riccardo Vinciguerra about corneal biomechanics. We then spoke with Damian Lake about surgical advances in keratoconus. Trusit Dave then gave us an overview of the use of contact lenses in keratoconus. To conclude the session we...

In the third episode we speak with Ankur Barua who would have chaired the session, ‘Everything you wanted to ask about keratoconus but were too afraid to ask’. Interviews with the other speakers from this symposium will be featured in the next episode of Eye to Eye.  We then spoke briefly with two abstract holders about their work.  Andrew Swampillai spoke about his paper, 'Confidence of UK ophthalmic trainees in managing posterior capsular rupture: results from a national Trainee Clinical...

In this special series of episodes we cover content from the Congress that would have been. In the fourth episode we speak with Mr. Mike Burdon, the current president of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists and Mr. Bernie Chang, the incoming and newly elected president of our college. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/eyetoeye/message

In this special series of episodes we cover content from the Congress that would have been. In the third episode we speak with Professor Uday Devgan, the founder of cataractcoach.com and renowned Ophthalmic educator. We discussed top tips for junior cataract surgeons and advice for maintaining your skills during extended periods without operating. We then spoke briefly with two abstract holders about their work. Chris Way spoke about his paper, 'Technician assisted glaucoma virtual review...

In this special series of episodes we cover content from the Congress that would have been. In the second episode Christina Rennie chairs her session entitled controversies in diabetic retinopathy. We then spoke briefly with three abstract holders about their work. Ketan Kapoor spoke about his paper, 'A clinical audit to evaluate an optometrist led rapid-access wet-AMD referral service'. Meriam Islam spoke about her paper, 'Home monitoring for patients with diabetic macula oedema: my...

In this special series of episodes we cover content from the Congress that would have been. In the first episode we hear from Professor Andrew Lotery who talked about the VICI study which evaluated the use of Eplerenone as a treatment for chronic central serous retinopathy (CSCR). He also shared some clinical pearls for the management of CSCR.  We then spoke briefly with three abstract holders about their work.  Conor Lyons spoke about his paper, 'A Retrospective Analysis of MicroPulse...

In this episode we spoke with Hani Hasan, an Ophthalmologist at the Great Western Hospital in Swindon. We talked his work related to the prediction and early identification of hydroxychloroquine maculopathy. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/eyetoeye/message

In this episode, Aman Chandra, a consultant vitreo-retinal surgeon and the Awards and Scholarships Lead at the college spoke with Professor Mario Romano, a vitreo-retinal surgeon working in the epicentre of the European COVID19 crisis in Milan. This extensive interview discusses a wide range of topics in regard to the current pandemic including Professor Romano's recent publication, 'Facing COVID-19 in Ophthalmology Department' which is linked...

In this episode we spoke with Anthony Khawaja, a Consultant Ophthalmologist at Moorfields Eye Hospital in London. We talked about the genetic basis of glaucoma, genetic testing and personalising the management of glaucoma. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/eyetoeye/message