Podcasts by Eye to Eye: An Ophthalmology Podcast from the Royal College of Ophthalmologists

Eye to Eye Ophthalmology: Curriculum 2024 from 2023-05-21T23:28:35

In this episode we speak with Kim Scrivener, the curriculum coordinator and Vikas Chadha, a consultant ophthalmologist from Gartnavel Hospital, Glasgow and the chair of the curriculum sub-commit...

Eye to Eye Ophthalmology: Ophthalmology under the sea from 2023-04-24T10:45:56

In this episode we speak with Guy Hunter, a military ophthalmologist in training who speaks to us about his career choices as well as his experience of being the responsible medical officer on a...

Eye to Eye Ophthalmology: How Big Tech & Smartphones Can Empower Ophthalmologists from 2023-03-26T22:25:41

In this episode we speak to Dr Tommy Korn, an Ophthalmologist from San Diego, California about how he uses technology, particularly smartphone technology, to improve the efficiency of his practice,...

Eye to Eye Ophthalmology: Is Goldmann Applanation Tonometry still the 'gold standard' method of measuring intraocular pressure? from 2023-03-13T08:00:25

This week is World Glaucoma Week. In this episode we speak with Neeru Vallabh and Andrew Tatham, Consultant Ophthalmologists with a special interest in Glaucoma. We discuss the relevance of Gold...

Eye to Eye Ophthalmology: How to stay out of trouble - medico-legal advice from an expert witness from 2023-03-01T11:43:42

In this episode we speak with Amar Alwitry, a Consultant Ophthalmologist from Nottingham who has significant experience as an expert witness. He shares his advice on how to prevent medico-legal ...

Eye to Eye Ophthalmology: Recruitment 2023 from 2023-02-01T15:01:18

In this episode with speak with Adam Bates, the lead for recruitment at the Royal College of Ophthalmologists and get an insight into changes for the recruitment process for this year.

Eye to Eye Ophthalmology: Should human factors be learned or taught? from 2023-01-16T12:26:05

In this episode we speak with Sundas Maqsood about the importance of considering human factors in complication management as well as her experience of developing a programme for training human f...

Eye to Eye Ophthalmology: INSPIRE – The RCOphth Online Learning Platform from 2022-11-07T23:38:14

In this episode with hear from Melanie Corbett and Rebecca Ford, Consultant Ophthalmologists who have been a part of the team developing the College's all new learning platform that has arrived ...

Eye to Eye Ophthalmology: How to get your paper published in Eye from 2022-10-03T22:18:49

In this episode we speak with Steve Beet, the Editorial Office Coordinator and Professor Sobha Sivaprasad, the Editor in Chief at the Eye to get a behind the scenes insight into the running of t...

Eye to Eye Ophthalmology: Have we found a cure for Demodex Blepharitis? from 2022-09-05T03:38:01

In this episode with speak with Dr Elizabeth Yeu, an Ophthalmologist from Virginia with a special interest in corneal, cataract and refractive surgery who tells us everything we need to know abo...

Eye to Eye Ophthalmology: Can handheld OCT transform our understanding of eye diseases in children? from 2022-03-24T15:42:24

In this episode we speak with Sohaib Rufai, an NIHR Doctoral Fellow and Academic Ophthalmology Registrar, about his work in Leicester and Great Ormond Street Hospital using handheld OCT in child...

Eye to Eye Ophthalmology: How can assistive technology help patients with visual impairment? from 2021-12-15T23:46:16

In this episode we speak with Julian Jackson, the founder of an independent social enterprise called Vision Bridge and a patient with Retinitis Pigmentosa himself. We spoke about his work and th...

Eye to Eye Ophthalmology: The MOLES score: a system for risk stratifying choroidal lesions from 2021-10-27T21:19:33

In this episode we speak with Ocular Oncologist and Consultant Ophthalmologist Bertil Damato and A&E Service Director, deputy director of education and Consultant Ophthalmologist Gordon Hay both fr...

Eye to Eye Ophthalmology: How to write a text book from 2021-09-02T00:00

In this episode we speak with Venki Sundaram, a Consultant Ophthalmologist working at the Luton & Dunstable University Hospital. We talk about the journey he took in creating and curating th...

Eye to Eye Ophthalmology: How to reduce the risk of endophthalmitis in patients attending for intravitreal injections from 2021-07-07T23:42:08

In this episode we speak with Quresh Mohamed, a Consultant Ophthalmologist from Cheltenham. We discuss his paper entitled, 'Post-injection endophthalmitis rates with reduced povidone-iodine prop...

Eye to Eye Ophthalmology: How common is hypotony after deep sclerectomy? from 2021-06-10T14:05:17

In this episode with speak with Alessandro Rabiolo, a glaucoma fellow from Cheltenham about his recent paper, 'Hypotony-associated Complications after Deep Sclerectomy: Incidence, Risk Factors, ...

Eye to Eye Ophthalmology: Artificial Intelligence in Ophthalmology - a conversation with Pearse Keane from 2021-05-13T11:32:05

In this episode we speak with Pearse Keane, a leader in AI within Ophthalmology and a Consultant Ophthalmologist at Moorfields Eye Hospital. We talked about the differences between self-driving car...

Artificial Intelligence in Ophthalmology - a conversation with Pearse Keane from 2021-05-13T11:32:05

In this episode we speak with Pearse Keane, a leader in AI within Ophthalmology and a Consultant Ophthalmologist at Moorfields Eye Hospital. We talked about the differences between self-driving ...

Eye to Eye Ophthalmology: A day in the life of a high volume cataract surgeon with pearls for success from Neto Rosatelli from 2021-04-28T22:32:56

In this episode we speak with Neto Rosatelli, a cataract surgeon and YouTube channel host from Brazil. He shares his experiences in Ophthalmology, including his journey of becoming a high volume...

Eye to Eye Ophthalmology: Are we under diagnosing glaucoma in patients with wet-AMD? from 2021-04-14T23:30:21

In this episode with speak with David Ramsey, an Ophthalmologist from the Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Beth Israel Lahey Health, in Massachusetts, USA. We speak about his recent paper, '...

Eye to Eye Ophthalmology: How technology is going to change surgical training in Ophthalmology as we know it from 2021-03-31T23:00

In this episode we speak with Abison Logeswaran, a Topol Digital Fellow and Registrar at Moorfields Eye Hospital and George Saleh, a Consultant Ophthalmologist and the Director of Simulatio...

Eye to Eye Ophthalmology: How to succeed in your CESR application from 2021-03-17T23:49:32

In this episode we speak with Mr Soupramanien Sandramouli, a Consultant Ophthalmologist in Wolverhampton and the previous CESR lead at the college. Mr Sandramouli shares his experiences and advi...

Eye to Eye Ophthalmology: The Arclight Project - Frugal, Disruptive Eye Care Engineering from 2021-03-03T20:29:45

In this episode we speak with Andrew Blaikie, a Consultant Ophthalmologist who works with NHS Fife and a Senior Lecturer in Infection and Global Health at the University of St Andrews. We spoke abo...

Eye to Eye Ophthalmology: The Future of Surgical Simulation in Ophthalmology from 2021-02-14T22:46:39

In this episode with speak with David Lockington, one of the newly appointed simulation leads at the college and Jennifer Hind, the trainee simulation lead for the West of Scotland. We speak abo...

Eye to Eye Ophthalmology: Specialty Recruitment Your Questions Answered from 2021-02-04T02:25:07

In this episode we speak with Sarah Maling, the lead for specialty recruitment. She provides an overview of what has changed for recruitment this year due to the pandemic and also answers questi...

Eye to Eye Ophthalmology: Personal Protective Equipment for Ophthalmic Surgery from 2021-01-21T01:33:59

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 p...

Eye to Eye Ophthalmology: Finding Calm Amongst the Chaos from 2021-01-07T00:53:59

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 t...

Eye to Eye Ophthalmology: The National Outpatient Transformation Programme - Coming to a Clinic Near You from 2020-12-17T00:00

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. ...

Eye to Eye Ophthalmology: The Indonesian Experience from 2020-12-02T22:27:48

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 a...

Eye to Eye Ophthalmology: The past, present and future of myopia management from 2020-11-18T23:17:53

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 futur...

Eye to Eye Ophthalmology: Cerebral Visual Impairment and Functional Visual Loss from 2020-11-05T01:15:45

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 ...

Eye to Eye Ophthalmology: Herbal Remedies in Ophthalmology from 2020-10-21T23:23:05

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 Opht...

Eye to Eye Ophthalmology: Is there a postcode lottery for oculoplastic procedures? from 2020-10-07T23:00

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...

Eye to Eye Ophthalmology: BAME doctors in Ophthalmology from 2020-09-23T23:00

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 F...

Eye to Eye Ophthalmology: How to redesign a hospital eye service from 2020-09-09T23:14:08

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 en...

Eye to Eye Ophthalmology: The use of performance enhancing drugs in ophthalmic surgery from 2020-08-26T22:43:51

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 performanc...

Eye to Eye Ophthalmology: The true impact of COVID-19 on Ophthalmologists in Training from 2020-08-13T01:21:48

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 conduc...

Eye to Eye Ophthalmology: The impact of COVID-19 on the Diabetic Retinopathy Screening Service (DRSS) from 2020-07-29T23:00:43

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 ...

Eye to Eye Ophthalmology: Virtual Consultations for Oculoplastics from 2020-07-16T00:43:20

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.<...

Eye to Eye Ophthalmology: A Personal Account of PTSD Following Redeployment During COVID-19 from 2020-07-01T20:17:47

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 ...

Eye to Eye Ophthalmology: The Impact of COVID-19 on the Medical Retina Service in Bradford from 2020-06-18T10:16:26

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 t...

Eye to Eye Ophthalmology: Everything You Wanted to Ask About Keratoconus But Were Too Afraid To Ask Part 2 of 2 from 2020-06-04T11:39:45

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 e...

Eye to Eye Ophthalmology: Content from College Congress Day 5 from 2020-05-22T12:55:48

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...

Eye to Eye Ophthalmology: Content from College Congress Day 4 from 2020-05-21T08:20:02

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...

Eye to Eye Ophthalmology: Content from College Congress Day 3 from 2020-05-20T01:00:10

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 ...

Eye to Eye Ophthalmology: Content from College Congress Day 2 from 2020-05-19T00:04:18

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 re...

Eye to Eye Ophthalmology: Content from College Congress Day 1 from 2020-05-17T23:59:56

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...

Eye to Eye Ophthalmology: The Prediction and Early Identification of Hydroxychloroquine Maculopathy from 2020-05-11T23:18:21

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...

Eye to Eye Ophthalmology: Views from an Ophthalmologist in the European epicentre of the COVID-19 pandemic from 2020-05-01T10:45:13

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 ...

Eye to Eye Ophthalmology: The Genetic Basis of Glaucoma from 2020-04-22T21:30:35

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...

Eye to Eye Ophthalmology: How is COVID-19 affecting Ophthalmologists in training? from 2020-03-27T13:00

In the latest episode of Eye to Eye, the podcast from the Royal College of Ophthalmologists, Miss Fiona Spencer, Chair of the Training Committee spoke about the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on ...

Eye to Eye Ophthalmology: Trends in Microbial Keratitis and the RCOphth review service from 2020-02-11T09:00

In this episode we hear from Shokufeh Tavassoli who talked to us about her paper related to trends in microbial keratitis. We then spoke with Jonathan Baker, Quality Improvement Manager at The R...

Eye to Eye Ophthalmology: Tips for National Recruitment for Ophthalmology 2020 from 2020-01-22T10:46:27

In this special episode we hear with Sarah Maling, RCOphth National Recruitment Sub-Committee Chair, on the set-up for national recruitment into ophthalmic specialist training and some top tips ...

Eye to Eye Ophthalmology: The benefits of sight impairment registration and how to deal with workplace stress from 2020-01-06T10:57

Welcome to the brand new series of the Eye to Eye Podcast. Following our successful pilot series we’re bringing the podcast back for monthly episodes starting with Series 1 Episode 1 in which we...

Eye to Eye Ophthalmology: The impact of EyeSi virtual reality training on cataract surgery complication rates and who is eligible for a free sight test from 2019-11-29T10:25:47

This is the third episode of Eye to Eye, the podcast of The Royal College of Ophthalmologists. In this episode we have two interviews. Firstly we spoke with Mr. John Ferris, a Consultant Ophthal...

Eye to Eye Ophthalmology: The Safety of Oil and Liquid devices in Vitreoretinal Surgery and the Newly Published Strategic Plan from the RCOphth from 2019-09-29T23:14:51

This is the second episode of Eye to Eye, the podcast of The Royal College of Ophthalmologists. In this episode we have two interviews. Firstly we speak with Mr. Aman Chandra a consultant Ophtha...

Eye to Eye Ophthalmology: Laser Pointer Maculopathy and Prescribing Trends in Glaucoma from 2019-07-28T00:00

This is the first episode of Eye to Eye, the podcast of The Royal College of Ophthalmologists. The first episode launches with two interviews recorded at the RCOphth Annual Congress in May and a...

Trailer from 2019-07-21T23:11:24

The first episode of Eye to Eye will be launching next week, on the 29th of July.

We are really excited and hope you can join us.

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