Diagnosis Glaucoma
Episodes
Episode 50: Mental Health in Glaucoma featuring Dr. Ethan Lester
03 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr. Mona Kaleem speaks with Dr. Ethan Lester, a clinical psychologist and Assistant Professor of Psychology in Ophthalmology at Harva...
Episode 49: Cyclophotocoagulation featuring Dr. Sandra Sieminski
04 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr. Mona Kaleem speaks with Dr. Sandra Sieminski, a glaucoma specialist and expert in laser-based glaucoma surgery, who currently ser...
Episode 48: XEN Gel Stents featuring Dr. Reena Garg
01 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr. Mona Kaleem interviews Dr. Reena Garg, a glaucoma specialist and clinician-educator in Rockville, Maryland. They discuss the XEN ...
Episode 47: Engineering in Glaucoma featuring Dr. Bryce Chiang
06 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr. Harry Quigley interviews Dr. Bryce Chiang, a clinician-scientist at the Wilmer Eye Institute who studies glaucoma pathogenesis an...
Episode 46: Role of Nicotinamide and Pyruvate in Glaucoma featuring Dr. Aakriti Garg Shukla
04 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr. Quigley interviews Dr. Aakriti Garg Shukla, Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at Columbia University Medical Center. They disc...
Episode 45: Bottle Dropper Devices and Aids featuring Delcora Huggins
01 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr. Kaleem interviews Delcora Huggins, a 3rd year medical student conducting research in Ophthalmology. They discuss barriers to glau...
Episode 44: Family History and Glaucoma ft. Dr. Leon Herndon
03 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr. Kaleem interviews Dr. Leon W. Herndon Jr., MD about the importance of family history in the screening and treatment of glaucoma. ...
Episode 43: Drug Development Process for Glaucoma Eye Drops ft. Dr. Gary Novack
05 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr. Quigley interviews Dr. Gary Novack, PhD about the development and FDA approval process of eye drop medications for glaucoma. Towa...
Episode 42: Angle Closure Glaucoma ft. Dr. David Friedman
11 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr. Quigley talks with Dr. David Friedman, MD, PhD, about his research on angle closure glaucoma and how to best treat it. Dr. Friedm...
Episode 41: Uveitic Glaucoma
02 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr. Kaleem talks with Dr. Jennifer Thorne about uveitis (inflammation of the eye) and how it can lead to glaucoma. Jennifer Thorne, M...
Episode 40: Effect of Blood Flow on Glaucoma ft. Dr. Osamah Saeedi
07 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr. Quigley interviews Dr. Osamah Saeedi (Director of the Glaucoma Division and Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Maryl...
Episode 39: Changes in contrast sensitivity, motion sensitivity, and visual crowding in glaucoma ft. Dr. Larry (Lawrence) Geyman
03 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr. Kaleem speaks with Dr. Larry (Lawrence) Geyman about different types of visual changes that patients with glaucoma can experience...
Episode 38: Childhood Glaucoma ft. Dr. James Brandt
01 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr. Quigley talks with Dr. James Brandt, whose research focuses on childhood-onset glaucoma. Dr. Brandt is Professor of Ophthalmology...
Episode 37: Complementary Treatments for Glaucoma ft. Dr. Emily Schehlein
06 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr. Kaleem speaks with Dr. Emily Schehlein about an article she co-authored which reviews recent research studies about mindfulness a...
Episode 36: What should my eye pressure be? ft. Dr. Henry Jampel
02 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr. Kaleem talks with Dr. Jampel about how to determine a target intraocular pressure for patients with glaucoma.
Episode 35: A Patient’s Experience with Glaucoma ft. Beth Glassman
05 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr. Kaleem talks with Beth Glassman about her experience as a patient with glaucoma. They discuss various tips that Beth has found he...
Episode 34: Dropless Glaucoma Treatment ft. Dr. Jella An
07 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr. Kaleem speaks with Dr. Jella An about glaucoma treatments which are an alternative to daily eye drops. They discuss what these tr...
Episode 33: How Dry Eye Impacts Glaucoma ft. Dr. Anisa Gire
03 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr. Kaleem speaks with Dr. Anisa Gire about dry eye disease and how it impacts patients with glaucoma.
Episode 32: Artificial Intelligence and Glaucoma ft. Dr. Jithin Yohannan
05 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr. Kaleem talks with Dr. Jithin Yohannan about what artificial intelligence is and how it could add value to glaucoma care.
Episode 31: Frontiers in Glaucoma Surgery ft. Dr. Ian Pitha
01 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr. Quigley is joined by Dr. Ian Pitha to discuss recent advances in the area of glaucoma surgery research
Episode 30: Managing Challenges with Daily Activities ft. Dr. Pradeep Ramulu
01 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr. Quigley and Dr. Ramulu discuss how to manage the challenges with daily activities that can occur for patients with glaucoma.
Episode 29: Challenges with Daily Activities ft. Dr. Pradeep Ramulu
04 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr. Quigley talks with Dr. Pradeep Ramulu about the problems that patients with glaucoma can face in completing daily tasks such as d...
Episode 28: Measuring Intraocular Pressure at Home ft. Dr. Elyse McGlumphy
07 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr. Elyse McGlumphy talks with Dr. Kaleem about her research using iCare Tonometry, an innovative technology for measuring intraocula...
Episode 27: Lifestyle Recommendations for Patients with Glaucoma
02 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr. Kaleem and Dr. Quigley discuss what lifestyle habits patients with glaucoma can adopt to complement their regular treatments.
Episode 26: Medical Marijuana for Glaucoma
05 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr. Quigley and Dr. Kaleem discuss what the science says about the usage of medical marijuana for glaucoma.
Episode 25: Eye trauma and glaucoma
05 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Happy one year anniversary to Diagnosis Glaucoma and all its listeners! On this anniversary episode, Dr. Quigley and Dr. Kaleem answer a listener ques...
Episode 24: Low Vision and Vision Rehabilitation
07 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr. Quigley and Dr. Kaleem discuss the definition of "low vision" and what vision rehabilitation is, as well as when you mi...
Episode 23: Pregnancy and Glaucoma
03 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Quigley and Dr. Kaleem explain why it is important for glaucoma patients to let their eye doctors know about pregnancies, as well as how glaucoma ...
Episode 22: Potential stem cell therapies ft. Dr. Tom Johnson
05 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this special episode, Dr. Tom Johnson talks with Dr. Kaleem about his research and explains potential stem cell therapies for glaucoma.
Episode 21: Pediatric glaucoma
01 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
While previous episodes have focused on glaucoma in adults, in this episode, Dr. Quigley and Dr. Kaleem discuss how glaucoma manifests in infants and ...
Episode 20: Subconjunctival Minimally Invasive Glaucoma Surgeries
25 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Quigley and Dr. Kaleem continue to discuss minimally invasive glaucoma surgeries (MIGS) this week, this time focusing the surgeries that go in thr...
Episode 19: Minimally Invasive Glaucoma Surgeries
11 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this third part of the glaucoma surgery series, Dr. Quigley and Dr. Kaleem explain the Minimally Invasive Glaucoma Surgery (MIGS) procedures. They ...
Episode 18: Tube shunt surgery
28 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Quigley and Dr. Kaleem continue their discussion of glaucoma surgery options by explaining the tube shunt surgery. They compare it to the trabecul...
Episode 17: The trabeculectomy
14 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Quigley and Dr. Kaleem begin their discussion of glaucoma surgical treatment options with the trabeculectomy. They explain what the procedure invo...
Episode 16: Cataracts - Part 2
30 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this continuation of Episode 15, Dr. Quigley and Dr. Kaleem discuss how glaucoma and cataracts affect each other and surgical options to treat both...
Episode 15: Cataracts - Part 1
16 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr. Quigley and Dr. Kaleem discuss what cataracts are and the risk factors for developing them. They also explain options for treatin...
Episode 14: Laser treatment for closed angle glaucoma
02 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Following up on last week's episode, Dr. Quigley and Dr. Kaleem discuss laser treatments for closed angle glaucoma, as opposed to those for open ...
Episode 13: Laser treatment for open angle glaucoma
19 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr. Quigley and Dr. Kaleem discuss another type of treatment--the laser trabeculoplasty. They explain what it is, how it works, and w...
Episode 12: Glaucoma medications - Part 2
05 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In part two of this two episode series, Dr. Quigley and Dr. Kaleem answer many of the most common questions about glaucoma medications, including cost...
Episode 11: Glaucoma medications - Part 1
21 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In part one of this two episode series, Dr. Quigley and Dr. Kaleem describe some of the most commonly used medications to treat glaucoma and ocular hy...
Episode 10: The visual field test
07 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr. Quigley and Dr. Kaleem discuss the importance of visual field testing, how often to do it, and directions for how to take it........
Episode 9: Eye pressure
24 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Quigley and Dr. Kaleem discuss what affects eye pressure, how to measure it, and why it's important in glaucoma. .....To support Dr. Mona Ka...
Episode 8: The optic nerve
10 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The optic nerve is the brain tissue that gets damaged in glaucoma, but there are other conditions that can also affect the optic nerve. In this episod...
Episode 7: Closed angle glaucoma
27 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This is an extension of episode 6, where we go over details of what it means to have closed angle glaucoma......To support Dr. Mona Kaleem’s and Dr....
Episode 6: Open angle glaucoma
13 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This is an extension of episode 5, where we go over details of what it means to have open angle glaucoma......To support Dr. Mona Kaleem’s and Dr. H...
Episode 5: Angles of the eye
29 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we define the term "angle" as it relates to glaucoma, and explain how you can determine whether you have "open angle&q...
Episode 4: What is glaucoma?
15 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we talk about the signs, symptoms, risk factors, and causes of glaucoma......To support Dr. Mona Kaleem’s and Dr. Harry Quigley’s...
Episode 3: COVID and the eye
03 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this special episode, Dr. Quigley and Dr. Kaleem discuss all the things glaucoma patients should know regarding coronavirus and the eye. .....To s...
Episode 2: Glaucoma eye exam basics
02 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we'll review all the members of the eye health care team who you may come across during your visit, and we'll go over what ...
Episode 1: Who are we?
01 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this first episode of Diagnosis Glaucoma, Dr. Quigley and Dr. Kaleem introduce themselves and the mission of the podcast......To support Dr. Mona K...