Welcome to Optometry Simplified. In this weekly newsletter, I've curated the best resources to help you grow personally and professionally. My mission is to find what's best for my patients and my practice. Here's what I've found... Yes, you read that correctly. Optometry Simplified is now weekly. Same depth and value, but a little shorter and delivered to you every Wednesday. - Kyle Links I Liked 3 newly FDA-approved presbyopia drops, 1 in the works Most of us have been watching the...
11 days ago • 3 min read
Welcome to Optometry Simplified. In this biweekly newsletter, I've curated the best resources to help you grow personally and professionally. My mission is to find what's best for my patients and my practice. Here's what I've found... Links I Liked Making “kid contacts” a reality: when and how to fit children in CLs safely This article reviews the evolving landscape of pediatric contact lenses, covering indications ranging from high anisometropia to myopia control and aphakia, and offers best...
25 days ago • 3 min read
Welcome to Optometry Simplified. In this biweekly newsletter, I've curated the best resources to help you grow personally and professionally. My mission is to find what's best for my patients and my practice. Here's what I've found... Links I Liked Everyone needs a refresher. We've all likely used OCT and taken fundus photos for a while now. So reviewing the basics may feel unnecessary. I beg to differ. Read the Fine Art of Retinal Photography and the OCT Bootcamp to "get a grip on the...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
Welcome to Optometry Simplified. In this biweekly newsletter, I've curated the best resources to help you grow personally and professionally. My mission is to find what's best for my patients and my practice. Here's what I've found... Links I Liked Defeat contact lens discomfort. They come in saying, “My contacts bother me.” Too often, we treat that as a lens problem. However, to me, contact lens discomfort is dry eye until proven otherwise. I think the writers of this article agree with me....
about 2 months ago • 2 min read
Welcome to Optometry Simplified. In this biweekly newsletter, I've curated the best resources to help you grow personally and professionally. My mission is to find what's best for my patients and my practice. Here's what I've found... Links I Liked Which is more important? Axial length or refractive error?I admit, I use refractive error only to manage my myopia patients. I don't deny the benefits of measuring axial length, but there are significant costs to the practice in terms of cost and...
2 months ago • 4 min read
Welcome to Optometry Simplified. In this biweekly newsletter, I've curated the best resources to help you grow personally and professionally. My mission is to find what's best for my patients and my practice. Here's what I've found... Links I Liked Should OCT angiography be performed on all patients with diabetes? Watch as Nate Lighthizer, OD, and Mile Brujic, OD, discuss two clinical cases where the OCTA findings led to interesting and contrary management plans. Optometric Insights...
3 months ago • 2 min read
Welcome to Optometry Simplified. In this biweekly newsletter, I've curated the best resources to help you grow personally and professionally. My mission is to find what's best for my patients and my practice. Here's what I've found... Links I Liked Should you bill the vision plan or the medical insurance? Chris Wroten, OD gives some practical advice on this common dilemma. Optometry Times How much hydroxychloroquine should our patients be taking? Randall Thomas, OD helps us find the sweet...
3 months ago • 3 min read
Welcome to Optometry Simplified. In this biweekly newsletter, I've curated the best resources to help you grow personally and professionally. My mission is to find what's best for my patients and my practice. Here's what I've found... Links I Liked They've Fit Over 5000 Patients With Scleral Lenses. Learn From Them. Scleral lens fitting isn't something I do every day, so refreshing my knowledge from those who do it all day, every day is extremely helpful. Here are some great clinical pearls...
4 months ago • 4 min read
Welcome to Optometry Simplified. In this biweekly newsletter, I've curated the best resources to help you grow personally and professionally. My mission is to find what's best for my patients and my practice. Here's what I've found... My Favorite Links How Do You Manage These Macular Disorders in Primary Eye Care? In primary eye care, one of the top dozen or so chronic conditions to manage are vitreomacular interface disorders, i.e., epiretinal membranes (ERMs), vitreomacular traction (VMT),...
4 months ago • 3 min read