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Leslie O'Dell, OD, FAAO, talks with James Wolffsohn, BSc, MBA, PhD, and Orla Murphy, OD, PhD, about the various ways COVID-19 has affected optometry in their respective countries, and specifically, how it has affected their care of patients with dry eye. They also discuss how they are overcoming challenges, such as helping patients maintain their dry eye regimen in the current climate. This special episode of The MOD Pod is sponsored by Scope Ophthalmics and OPTASE.

Hosts Gary Wörtz, MD, and Blake Williamson, MD, MPH, check in with Neda Shamie, MD, and Daniel Durrie, MD, to hear about practice changes they have implemented in light of COVID-19.

Can clinical trials go forward during the COVID-19 crisis? If so, how? And if not, then how do we proceed? NRR host John Kitchens, MD, and special co-moderator Namrata Saroj, OD, invite clinical trial veterans Jeffrey Heier, MD; Carl Regillo, MD; and Charles Wykoff, MD, PhD, to discuss the future of one of retina's most important components.

Neda Shamie, MD; Dagny Zhu, MD; and Brett H. Mueller II, DO, PhD, share pearls and experiences with presbyopia-correcting technologies. Listen to learn how these technologies are used by surgeons who are newer to practice as well as those who are more seasoned ophthalmologists.

In this episode, the guests are married couples and they're all ODs. After weeks in quarantine together, Jessilin Quint, OD, MS, MBA, FAAO, tests their memories-and their wits-with fun questions sure to raise a few eyebrows and make you laugh.

Danica J. Marrelli, OD, FAAO, AAO Diplomate (Glaucoma) discusses etiologies that can masquerade as glaucoma (1:00). Leslie E. O'Dell, OD, FAAO, then explains how to manage patients who need concomitant treatment for glaucoma and dry eye (12:25). Scott Schachter, OD, ends the episode with his article on the effects of digital device use on the vision of young patients (20:13).

How will the COVID-19 crisis transform retina care in Europe? New Retina Radio asks these questions with Jordi Monés, MD, PhD (Spain), at the helm. He is joined by David H.W. Steel, MBBS, FRCOphth (United Kingdom); Murat Oncel, MD (Turkey); and Armin Wolf, MD, FEBO (Germany), to hear about the future of retina care in the wake of COVID-19.

Leaders in academia join cohosts Gary Wörtz, MD, and Blake Williamson, MD, MPH, to discuss the impact of COVID-19 on their training programs. Royce Chen, MD; Uday Devgan, MD; Kendall Donaldson, MD; Preeya Gupta, MD; and Thomas Oetting, MD, talk about how their programs have changed as well as how residents and fellows can keep their skills sharp during this unprecedented time.

Jessilin Quint, OD, MS, MBA, FAAO, and Frank Won, OD, speak with guests Jason R. Miller, OD, MBA, FAAO, Emilie Seitz, and Walter O. Whitley, OD, MBA, FAAO, about how meeting cancellations have affected the optometric profession (and industry), how ODs are fulfilling their CE credit requirements, and how optometry students are coping with distance learning.

Retina fellowships are one of the crown jewels of ophthalmology. But what happens to trainees during the COVID-19 crisis? NRR host John Kitchens, MD, is joined by attendings Sharon Fekrat, MD, from the Duke Eye Center; Thomas Albini, MD, from the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute; and Prithvi Mruthyunjaya, MD, MHS, from the Byers Eye Institute at Stanford University, to hash out the new realities of retina fellowship training.