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The Retina Channel Podcast

The Retina Channel is an ophthalmology journal club discussing new scientific articles focused on retina. The target audience are eye care professionals who are interested in the most recent advances in retina.

“Our mission is to facilitate transmission of knowledge from researchers to their target audience.

May 9, 2023

Dr. Jason Hsu from Wills Eye Hospital returns to The Retina Channel to discuss his groups' retrospective study of eyes with advanced retinal detachement (PVR grade C or worse) that underwent retinectomy without lensectomy. Their study showed that 75% of these eyes at 3 months (and 68% at 6 months) had single...


Apr 10, 2023

Dr. Jay Duker speaks about the results of the DAVIO trial which was a phase 1 trial investigating an intravitreal implant (EYP-1901) containg vorolanib (a VEGF and receptor blocker) in a bioerodible Durasert implant for the treatment of wet AMD. 


Mar 7, 2023

Dr. Noemi Lois from Queens University in Belfast, UK discusses results of the DIAMONDS study, which was a prospective trial that looked into the effectiveness, safety, and cost-effectiveness of subthreshold micropulse laser (SML), compared with standard laser (SL), for diabetic macular edema (DME) with central...


Dec 1, 2022

Dr. Xuejing Chen discusses her group's retrospective analysis of the incidence and risk factors of delayed retinal breaks following a symptomatic posterior vitreous detachment.

Discussed article:

Jindachomthong KK, Cabral H, Subramanian ML, Ness S, Siegel NH, Chhablani J, Hsu SX, Chen X. Incidence and risk factors for...


Oct 30, 2022

Dr. Jhavery discusses results of DRCR Retina Protocol AC study which compared DME response to anti-VEGF injections in patients who received Aflibercept monotherapy vs those who started with Bevacizumab first and then switched to Aflibercept if needed. 

Discussed article:

Jhaveri CD, Glassman AR, Ferris FL 3rd, Liu D,...