In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, medicine cannot forget about the raging opioid epidemic taking place in the United States. What role to retina specialists play in fueling the opioid crisis, and how has their behavior changed for the better over time? Yoshihiro Yonekawa, MD, shares his research about opioid prescribing rates among retina specialists, tracing the field's behavior over time, and offering a window into the specialty's role in the crisis.

Built on the trusted tobramycin/dexamethasone combination, TobraDex ST (Eyevance Pharmaceuticals) delivers rapid relief from symptoms of blepharitis and blepharoconjunctivitis. On this episode, Francis Mah, MD, and Mile Brujic, OD, FAAO, compare the benefits of TobraDex ST versus TobraDex, and discuss the value of XanGen™ suspension technology.

In this podcast episode, Jared R. Younger, MD, MPH†, discusses his adoption of the CATALYS™ Precision Laser System from Johnson & Johnson Vision and his 5 years of experience using the system to perform femtosecond laser cataract surgery.

Blake K. Williamson, MD, MPH, MS, moderates discussion on winning strategies and solutions that ophthalmologists can apply to this new phase of practice during the COVID-19 pandemic. Ranya Habash, MD; Sumitra S. Khandelwal, MD; Lance Kugler, MD; and I. Paul Singh, MD, touch on topics including office-based surgery, immediate sequential bilateral cataract surgery, interventional glaucoma, and telemedicine.

Protocols for clinical and surgical settings have been altered in the COVID-19 era. Which of those protocols are temporary, and which protocols will be a permanent part of practice? To answer this question, New Retina Radio host John W. Kitchens, MD, invites Marí a Ana Castellanos-Martinez, MD (Mexico) and Matteo Forlini, MD (Italy) for a roundtable discussion on the future of retina care in the wake of COVID-19-related changes.

In this episode, host Gary Wörtz, MD, is joined by Cherie Fathy, MD, and Nandini Venkateswaran, MD, along with special guest Bill Trattler, MD, for a discussion about how to network in a way that is enjoyable and leads to genuine and lasting relationships.

Conferences are an essential dynamic to the retina ecosystem that have been disrupted during the COVID-19 crisis. How will the field advance without in-person meetings? New Retina Radio host John W. Kitchens, MD, invites EURETINA General Secretary Anat Loewenstein, MD, and ASRS President Timothy G. Murray, MD, MBA, to discuss the future of in-person education, the evolving dynamics of physician-industry collaboration, and the solutions that retina societies have relied on to maintain retina's camaraderie.

Hosts Leslie and Jackie are joined by guest Damon Dierker, OD, FAAO, to share their experiences with intense pulsed light therapy for treating inflammation in patients with dry eye and meibomian gland dysfunction and discuss the procedure's limitations and positive cosmetic benefits.

The latest episode of The MOD Pod brings you three more articles from the May/June of Modern Optometry. Hear Ryan McKinnis, OD, FAAO, FSLS, talk about managing ocular trauma with scleral lenses. Christopher Lopez, OD, shares some tips he and his co-author, Marcus Noyes, OD, FAAO, FSLS, put together for fitting children with specialty contact lenses. In the last story of the episode, Lori L. Grover, OD, PhD, offers important takeaways about the COVID-19 pandemic from public health evidence.

In the first installment, Ranjan P. Malhotra, MD, FACS, and Eric T. Brooker, OD, FAAO, discuss safety and phase 3 data of ZERVIATE™, the first topical ocular formulation of cetirizine. ZERVIATE™ formulated with Hydrella is indicated for the treatment of ocular itching associated with allergic conjunctivitis.