BCLA@Yours - podcast series

In this latest BCLA podcast, hosts Karin Brown-Balvert and Fakhruddin Barodawala are joined by Sarah Farrant, the current President of the British Contact Lens Association. Sarah shares an overview of dry eye diagnosis and management.

In this latest BCLA podcast, hosts Karin Brown-Balvert and Fakhruddin Barodawala are joined by Professor Shehzad Naroo from Aston University in the UK. Professor Naroo is the Editor-in-Chief of the Contact Lens and Anterior Eye (CLAE) Journal. CLAE is the official journal of the British Contact Lens Association and is currently ranked in the top three of all ranked ophthalmology journals and number 1 of all optometry journals. The conversation dives deep into the insights of CLAE and also about the latest research areas and topics that are submitted for review and publication to CLAE. Professor Naroo also provides information of the review process and the submission guidelines for researchers to consider prior to the submission of their papers.

In this latest BCLA podcast, hosts Karin Brown-Balvert and Fakhruddin Barodawala chat with Neema Ghorbani who is an academician at the University of Bradford. Neema was the moderator for the scientific track at the Netherlands Contact Lens Congress (NCC) which was held in Eindhoven, Netherlands. BCLA worked together with the NCC to facilitate the Scientific track during the congress. Neema Ghorbani shares the updates about the scientific papers and posters that were presented with some key findings form a couple of those presentations.

In this latest BCLA podcast, hosts Karin Brown-Balvert and Fakhruddin Barodawala chat with Helen Liaw. She shared insights from the recent BCLA ASIA conference held in Chengdu, China. The BCLA ASIA was held in collaboration with the 2024 West China International Myopia Control and Eye Care Symposium from March 8th -9th, 2024. Helen shares the updates about the myopia practice's in the different regions which were presented as research presentations during the conference.

In this podcast, hosts Karin Brown-Balvert and Fakhruddin Barodawala chat with Dr Marta Vianya-Estopa and Dr Byki Huntjens about their recent article: "Current approaches to soft contact lens handling training – Global perspectives". They share key findings from the survey covering different contact lens teaching methods and strategies global partitioners incorporate when teaching neophyte soft contact lens wearers. If you wish to explore more in-depth findings, the open-access paper is available in the December 2023 edition of the Contact Lens and Anterior Eye (CLAE) Journal.

In this podcast, hosts Karin and Fakhruddin chats with Karin Van Hees about the role of axial length measurement in myopia management. Karin shares insights on how Axial Length measurement can play a crucial role in determining Myopia Management efficacy and also how the data of Axial Length measurement can be used in patient counselling. She invites everyone to join Daisy Laan and herself during the webinar on the 27th February where they will explain in detail about the use of Axial Length and how to use the growth charts for patient education. This webinar is free for everyone to attend and you can register here.

The first podcast of the year 2024 where hosts Karin and Fakhruddin discuss about the contact lens industry with the BCLA President, Rakesh Kapoor. Rakesh shares his thoughts on the CL industry and the role of practitioners to make patients aware that they can wear contact lenses. He related this discussion to his presidential address and also the Editorial which was published in CLAE in the February 2024 edition.

In this podcast hosts Karin Brown-Balvert and Fakhruddin Barodawala interview the Dr Sònia Travé Huarte. Dr. Sonia recently delivered the IRVING FATT MEMORIAL LECTURE  at the BCLA Clinical Conference that was held in Manchester in June 2023. This podcast gives an overview of the session moderated by Dr. Sonia on Contact lens discomfort. She also dives deep into the evidence of the different management options available for our patients suffering from dry eyes and provides insight into how this evidence-based approach can be used in clinical practice.

In this podcast hosts Karin Brown-Balvert and Fakhruddin Barodawala interview the recent BCLA Dry Eye Practitioner of the Year 2023 - Sharon Flora. Sharon

In this podcast hosts Karin Brown-Balvert and Fakhruddin Barodawala interview Dr Jacinto Santodomingo-Rubido about the Myopia Free Paper Session held at the BCLA Clinical Conference earlier in June 2023. Dr. Santodomingo briefly summarised the findings of his presented research, he also gave an overview of the other papers which were presented during the session which he moderated. He was also pleased to share with us the newer findings of his research on the efficacy of orthokeratology lens wear in reducing the axial elongation of the eye in children.