Bioptic Driving Training and Requirements and VR Headsets Used To Examine Geographic Atrophy

Dr. Terri Call (University of Alabama at Birmingham)

Dr. Jesse Smith (University of Colorado Anschutz - Aurora, CO)

 

Dr. Terri Call, Associate Professor and Service Director, Primary Care Clinic, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Optometry, discusses the training and requirements in the state of Alabama for bioptic driving, which uses special glasses with a small telescopic lens to enhance distance vision for driving purposes.

Dr. Jesse Smith, Associate Professor, Ophthalmology and Vitreoretinal Surgery, University of Colorado Anschutz, Aurora, explains how virtual reality headsets can be used to test the vision of geographic atrophy patients.

2/15/2026 Podcast (Click Image Below)

Targeting ELOVL2 Gene To Improve Visual Function and Stem Cell Based Retinal Implant To Treat Dry AMD

 

Dr. Dorota Skowronska-Krawczyk (University of California - Irvine)

Dr. Sun Young Lee (University of Southern California - Los Angeles, CA)

Dr. Dorota Skowronska-Krawczyk, Associate Professor, Physiology and Biophysics, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Brunson Center For Translational Vision Research, University of California-Irvine, discusses how targeting the ELOVL2 "aging gene" with fatty acids in mice could possibly reverse age-related vision loss.

Then, Dr. Sun Young Lee, Retina Specialist, USC Roski Eye Institute, part of Keck Medicine, University of Southern California, explains how a stem cell based retinal implant could possibly treat the dry form of age-related macular degeneration.

2/8/2026 Podcast (Click Image Below)