Save Sight Institute Archives

Australian ophthalmologists have published the first independent head-to-head comparison of two leading minimally invasive glaucoma surgery (MIGS) devices, finding no ...

Figure 3: A retinal organoid used for functional genomic investigations for variant classification. Image: Prof Robyn Jamieson.

Inherited retinal diseases – the patient journey

by Staff Writer

February 1, 2022

At the completion of this CPD activity, optometrists will have developed their knowledge of the patient journey following referral ...

Dry eye disease prevalence ranges from 5% to 50% globally.

Aussie-led dry eye registry paints fuller picture of disease landscape

by Staff Writer

January 18, 2022

Eyecare professionals are being reminded to participate in a new dry eye registry, led by Sydney’s Save Sight Institute (SSI), ...

Luxturna being delivered to one of the recipients via a subretinal injection. Image: A/Prof Matthew Simunovic

Siblings treated with Luxturna gene therapy in Australian first (video included)

by Myles Hume

October 11, 2021

Teenage siblings from Sydney with an inherited retinal disease have become the first in Australia to receive the Luxturna ocular ...

Prof Stephanie Watson (from left), A/Prof Mark Roth, Chloe Davies, Larry Kornhauser, Michelle Pritchard and Dr Himal Kandel.

KeraClub 2021 to have COVID focus, details announced

by Myles Hume

October 6, 2021

Organisers of KeraClub 2021 have unveiled the speaker line up for this month’s event, which will have a particular focus ...

The study is being led by the Save Sight Institute's Macular Research Group, within the University of Sydney.

Infrared light could replace injections for macular oedema

by Staff Writer

July 28, 2021

A clinical trial at Sydney Eye Hospital is evaluating the safety and efficacy of using infrared light to treat macular ...

As an academic eye surgeon, Prof Stephanie Watson is one of only three female professors out of 34 in Australia.

Sole Australian among world’s top 100 female ophthalmologists

by rhiannon bowman

April 7, 2021

The Save Sight Institute’s Professor Stephanie Watson has been recognised as one of the world’s top 100 female ophthalmologists. She ...

Dr Kenneth Ooi and Prof Stephanie Watson say the research needs to overcome funding hurdles to advance further.

’90 seconds without blinking’ – Sydney ophthalmologists repurpose cholesterol drug into dry eye therapy

by Myles Hume

March 17, 2021

Two Australian ophthalmologists are repurposing a common cholesterol-lowering drug into a topical ocular therapy for dry eye and blepharitis, which ...