Dr. Rukhsana Mirza interviews ophthalmology residents Drs. Rita Vought and Victoria Vought on their recent study investigating clinical characteristics that impact ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attack risk after the first retinal artery occlusion or amaurosis fugax among adults. From their Ophthalmology Retina article, "Stroke Risk after Ischemic Ocular Events: Insights from an Electronic Health Record Database."

Vought V, et al. Stroke Risk after Ischemic Ocular Events: Insights from an Electronic Health Record Database. Ophthalmology Retina, 2026. Volume 10, Issue 7, 764-773.

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How does a case of viral conjunctivitis lead to a study on ophthalmic drug shortages in the United States? Dr. Emily Schehlein finds out from Dr. Ian Pitha as they discuss his Ophthalmology article "Ophthalmic Drug Shortages in the United States: Survey of the University of Utah Drug Information Service Drug Shortage Database."

Ophthalmic Drug Shortages in the United States: Survey of the University of Utah Drug Information Service Drug Shortage Database. Eakins R T, Nguyen Lowrie L, Stagg B C, et al. Ophthalmology. In press.

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A special episode hosted by Ophthalmology's Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Bennie Jeng. He is joined by Associate Editor Dr. Aaron Lee to announce our new special collection on Artificial Intelligence in Ophthalmology. They discuss how AI is already changing the practice of ophthalmology and medical publishing. Dr. Lee then outlines the types of articles we are looking for in our new special collection.

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