Braille Tales and CRADLE White Eye Detector App On July 18 Show

American Printing House For The Blind (Louisville, KY)

Dr. Bryan Shaw (Baylor University - Waco, TX)

Jayma Hawkins , American Printing House For The Blind National Prison Braille Senior Director and Christine Genovely, Prison Braille Coordinator, discuss a collaboration between APH and Dolly Parton Imagination Library called Braille Tales, which provides free print/Braille books to children, who are blind or visually impaired.

Then, Dr. Bryan Shaw, professor of chemistry and biochemistry at Baylor University, talks about the CRADLE White Eye Detector App, which identifies leukocoria that can lead to retinoblastoma and other eye disorders.

July 18 Podcast (Click Image Below)

Gelatin and Resin Protein Molecule Models and Information About Cataracts On Father's Day Show

Dr. Bryan Shaw (Baylor University - Waco, TX)

Dr. Calvin Roberts (Lighthouse Guild - New York, NY)

Dr. Bryan Shaw, professor of chemistry and biochemistry at Baylor University, explains how the tongue is an excellent tactile sensor and gelatin and resin protein molecule models, which blind chemistry students use to conceptualize images.

Then, Dr. Calvin Roberts of New York's Lighthouse Guild discusses cataracts, how they form, and the surgery to replace cataracts.

6/20/2021 Podcast (Click Image Below)

New Corneal Laser For AMD In Canada and First 3D Human Retina Lab Model Mimicking Macular Degeneration

Dr. Raymond Stein (Bochner Eye Institute - Toronto, ON)

Dr. Ruchira Singh (University of Rochester Flaum Eye Institute - Rochester, NY)

Dr. Raymond Stein, medical director at Toronto's Bochner Eye Institute, discusses a new corneal laser used to treat those afflicted with late stage dry and wet age-related macular degeneration.

Then, Dr. Ruchira Stein, assistant professor of ophthalmology at University of Rochester's Flaum Eye Institute, explains the findings from a 3D human retina lab model that mimics the effects of macular degeneration.

6/6/2021 Podcast (Click Image Below) 

Alabama VIP Older Driver Study and Tebentafusp To Treat Uveal Melanoma On May 23 Show

Dr. Cynthia Owsley (University of Alabama at Birmingham - Birmingham, AL)

Dr. Bartosz Chmielowski (University of California at Los Angeles - Los Angeles, CA)

Dr. Cynthia Owsley, Nathan E. Miles Chair of Ophthalmology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, discusses the Alabama VIP Older Driver Study, which used unobtrusive sensors and cameras in vehicles to link older drivers' visual impairment to at-fault traffic accidents.

Then, Dr. Bartosz Chmielowski, an assistant clinical professor of hematology and medical oncology at UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, explains a drug, tebentafusp, that could be used to be treat uveal melanoma, a form of eye cancer.  

 5/23/2021 Podcast (Click Image Below)

Citicoline To Help and Glaucoma and Results From Ocular Hypertension Treatment Study On May 9 Show

Dr. Kevin Chan (NYU Langone Health - New York, NY)

Dr. Michael Kass (Washington University School of Medicine - St. Louis, MO)

Dr. Kevin Chan, an assistant professor of ophthalmology and radiology, at NYU Langone Health in New York, discusses a compound called citicoline, which contains choline, that has proven to assist rats to regain nerve connection between the brain and the eye in treating glaucoma.

Then, Dr. Michael Kass, the Bernard Becker Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, goes over the results of the Ocular Hypertension Treatment Study, which purpose was to determine how necessary treatment for elevated eye pressure was to prevent vision loss from glaucoma.

5/9/2021 Podcast (Click Image Below) 

Presbyopia With New Eye Drop Treatments and Innovega's New Patent Applications For Novel Extended Reality Eyewear

Dr. Gina Wesley (Complete Eye Care of Medina - Medina, MN)

Dr. Jerry Legerton (Innovega, Inc. - Bellevue, WA/San Diego, CA)

Dr. Gina Wesley, an optometrist, at Minnesota's Complete Eye Care of Medina discusses presbyopia, its traditional treatments, and new eye drops used to treat it.

Then, Dr. Jerry Legerton, Chief Clinical and Regulatory Officer and Co-Founder of Innovega, Inc., explains three new patent applications for novel extended reality eyewear with features for those with sensory impairment.

4/25/2021 Podcast (Click Image Below) 

Louisiana Association for the Blind Partnership To Distribute Sunu Band And Treating Glaucoma During Pandemic, the SLT Procedure

Audra Muslow (Louisiana Association for the Blind - Shreveport, LA)

Dr. Arsham Sheybani (Washington University - St. Louis, MO)

Audra Muslow , Vice President of Community Services, of Louisiana Association for the Blind in Shreveport, explains the Sunu Band, which is a smart band that protects the head and upper body by giving warnings through vibrations, when objects get too close.  Muslow also explains L.A.B.'s partnership to distribute the Sunu band throughout five states, including Tennessee and Mississippi.

Then, Dr. Arsham Sheybani, an associate professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences at Washington University in St. Louis discusses treating glaucoma during the COVID-19 pandemic, the selective laser trabeculectomy (SLT) procedure, and the XEN.

4/11/2021 Podcast (Click Image Below)