The Myopia Podcast

104: Mastering Specialty Lens Practice: Efficiency, Training, and Referral Strategies With Zach Holland

About Dr Zac Holland is the owner of the Cornea and Contact Lens Institute of Minnesota, a practice dedicated to over 500 specialty contact lens fittings per year. He actively participates in many surgical, drug and device FDA clinical trials and beta testing along with lecturing as a KOL and is published regularly on the topics of myopia control, scleral lenses, keratoconus management, corneal crosslinking and practice management. Dr Holland is an adjunct faculty member at multiple optometry sc...

103: Slowing Down the Growing Eyeball: A Myopia Management Deep Dive with Dr. Matthew Martin

About Matthew J. Martin, OD, FIAOMC After graduating with honors in Pre-Optometry at Ferris State University, Dr. Martin Attended the Michigan College of Optometry graduating with honors in 1999. Dr. Martin has been serving the Mid-Michigan area for 20 years providing comprehensive care, managing ocular disease, and fitting specialty contact lens designs. He specializes in pediatric eye care and all types of myopia management, with an emphasis on Ortho-K. Dr. Martin is a Fellow of the Internatio...

#102: How to turn a cell phone into a biometer and how OcuDoc is changing everything With George Crothall

About George Crothall, Chief Technology Officer Technology leader, 30+ years of experience innovating, iterating, and implementing to requirements, schedules and budgets within quality systems and regulated environments. Moving programs from first sketch to production ready while enabling and growing teams, building requirements & test infrastructure and growing organizations. Build and Grow Functional Teams that Thrive and Commit to Excellence Bring Accountability and Demand Results to meet...

#101: Humanizing Myopia Management with Dr. Joelle Holland

Looking Back, Looking Forward: The Myopia Podcast Turns 100!

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#99: Low-Dose Atropine for Myopia with Patrick Johnson

#98: How to get more people to do Myopia Management (Dave Kading Special)

97: Ortho-K, Myopia, and Keratoconus: Insights from Jagrut Lallu, Refractive Specialist

96: Bridging Myopia and Refractive Surgery: A Conversation with Dr. Brandon Baartman (at Vision By Design)

#95 Myopia Management is Standard of Care With Dr. Michael Lipson

About Michael J. Lipson OD FAAO FSLS Dr. Michael Lipson is recently retired from his position as an optometrist/associate professor at University of Michigan. His clinical practice involves specialty contact lenses: OrthoK, keratoconus, post-corneal transplant, post-refractive surgery and severe dry eye patients. He has published peer-reviewed clinical research studies on OrthoK, vision-related quality of life, myopia management and new lens designs. He lectures nationally and internationally at...

#94 How to Increase Your Myopia Management Conversions With Bob Miglani

#93 Microbial keratitis Dr. Loretta Szczotka-Flynn at GSLS 2024

#92 Myopia Management Topography with Randy Kojima at GSLS 2024

#91 Myopia and Specialty Division Evolution with Tony Sommer (Vision By Design Special)

#90 What’s happening to the Eyeball with Myopia Management with Langis Michaud (Vision By Design Special)

#89 Are you Undervalued? with Brianna Rhue (Vision By Design Special)

#88 AI in Vision with Dr. Eef van der Worp at GSLS 2024

The Myopia Podcast Year Three

#87 Dr. Maria Liu: Red Light Therapy – Are we there yet?(Vision By Design Special)

#86 Anith Pillai:Tools to reduce Myopia Management Barriers (Vision By Design Special)

#85 Global Myopia Management: Innovations, Challenges, and the Future with Monica Jong (Vision By Design Special)

About Dr. Monica Jong Dr. Monica Jong is the Global Director of Professional Education, Myopia at Johnson & Johnson Vision where she leads practitioner education initiatives around the world to support evidence-based myopia management. She was the former Executive Director of the International Myopia Institute, an organization she helped co-found. In this role Monica led the development of white papers and key initiatives to bring consensus to the field of myopia management by bringing t...

#84 What Happens When You Stop Myopia Management Treatment With Azinda Morrow

About Azinda Morrow Dr. Azinda Morrow is currently an Associate Optometrist at Silicon Valley Eyecare Optometry & Contact Lenses in Santa Clara, CA. She earned her Doctor of Optometry degree from SUNY College of Optometry in 2017 and completed her residency in Cornea and Contact Lenses at the Illinois College of Optometry in Chicago, IL in 2018. After completion of her residency, she was an Assistant Clinical Professor at the SUNY College of Optometry / University Eye Center and responsible ...

#83 Dealing with Retina! with Rishi Singh and Brianna Rhue from Sydnexis

About Dr. Rishi P. Singh MD, Dr. Rishi P. Singh MD is a staff surgeon, vice president, and chief medical officer at the Cleveland Clinic Martin Health and Professor of Ophthalmology at the Lerner College of Medicine in Cleveland Ohio. He received his bachelors and medical degrees from Boston University and completed his residency at the Massachusetts Eye and Infirmary Harvard Combined Program in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Singh then completed a medical and surgical fellowship at the Cole Eye Ins...

#82 A Talk with Sherman Tung (Vision By Design Special)

About Dr. Sherman Tung, Dr. Sherman Tung, OD FAAO FIAOMC IACMM graduated from Illinois College of Optometry. As a 4th Year ICO externship preceptor, he is dedicated to mentoring future optometrists. A former president of BC Doctors of Optometry and recipient of the 2019 Optometrist of the Year award, Dr. Tung is celebrated for his contributions to advancing optometric standards. In addition to his role as co-chair for the accreditation team at the AAOMC (American Academy of Orthokeratology and M...

#81 The Need to Treat Myopic Children in the US with Justin Kwan (Vision By Design Special)

About Dr. Justin Kwan Dr. Justin Kwan is a 2009 graduate of Berkeley Optometry and went on to do a contact lens and dry eye residency at SCCO. He taught and saw patients there for eight years before moving to Chicago in 2018, joining a private practice. In April 2020, he transitioned to CooperVision full time, dedicated to myopia management. He has given over 100 hours of continuing education. Dr. Kwan is the current president of the Chicago North Side Optometric Society, past Editor in Chief of...

#80 The Latest Advancements in Myopia Management with Jeff Walline (Vision By Design Special)

#79 What do we know about Atropine! with Mark Bullimore and Patrick Johnson from Sydnexis

I want to give a special thank you to Syndexis for being a sponsor of The Myopia Podcast. If you're not aware Syndexis is a biopharmaceutical company that was founded in 2014, they're based in Del Mar California. Their mission is to develop a proprietary stable accurate effective safe topical eye drop to treat the progression of myopia in children and to minimize the risk of co-morbidities later in life. They're on the cusp of a new treatment paradigm to fight myopia progression in children, the...

#78 Myopia Research on With Dr. Shane Kannarr

About Dr. Shane Kannarr, OD Shane R. Kannarr, OD, practices in Pittsburg, Kansas. He opened Kannarr Eye Care in 2009. The practice has grown into a busy three doctor-three location practice. Much of this growth can be attributed to embracing patient needs first and foremost and utilizing technology to differentiate the practice. Dr. Kannarr has lectured regionally and nationally to both staff and colleagues on a variety of optometric topics including: contact lenses, disease, and practice manage...

#77 Expanding Horizons in Myopia and Specialty Lenses: A Conversation with Jackson Lau (Vision By Design Special)

About Jackson Lau, OD, FAAO, FSLS Dr. Jackson Lau is the Senior Manager of Professional Relations at Euclid Vision Corporation. He obtained his Doctor of Optometry from the UC Berkeley School of Optometry. After completing a residency in Cornea and Contact Lenses at the Illinois College of Optometry, he joined a high-volume specialty contact lens and myopia management practice in Sunnyvale, CA. Dr. Lau has conducted research on dry eyes and scleral contact lenses and has lectured on topics of co...

#76 Myopia Management in New Zealand With Adele Jefferies

About Adele Jefferies MSc(Hons) BOptom(Hons) CertOcPharm(Therapeutics) Adele is a clinical optometrist working in independent practice in Auckland, New Zealand, with special interests in Dry Eye & Ocular Surface Disease, Myopia Management, Contact Lenses and Ocular Therapeutics. She is the National Clinical Manager for Matthews Eyecare; she holds positions on the CPD Accreditation Committee for the New Zealand Optometrists and Dispensing Opticians Board and the Health Practitioners Disciplin...