Eyes On Tomorrow
Episodes
Christmas Special: How is DEWS III going to change your practice? With Sarah Farrant
12 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This festive episode, we’re joined by friend of the podcast Sarah Farrant for a fast-paced, clinically focused deep dive into DEWS III and what it r...
90 Years of Eye Healthcare Progress - with Patrick ‘Paddy’ Condon
13 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is ophthalmic history told by the man who lived it. Settle in.In this special episode of Eyes on Tomorrow, we’re celebrating a true giant of Ir...
World Sight Day Special: The Gender Lens - improving access to ophthalmic care for women and girls.
09 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When it comes to vision, inequality is still in sharp focus. So this World Sight Day, we’re putting a gender lens on the fight against avoidable bli...
The Evolution of a Cutting-Edge Refractive Surgery Clinic – with Arthur & Brendan Cummings and Cian Gildea
12 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A deep dive into the evolution of one of Ireland’s leading refractive surgery clinics – the Wellington Eye Clinic in Dublin. This is a must-listen...
The Perfect Poolside Episode
15 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Our finest moments from the past twelve months continue, as Lyndon Jones shares his thoughts on why optometrists should incorporate dry eye management...
One Year Of Podcasting 🎉 What Have We Learned?
18 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
With the summer holidays upon us what better way to relax and unwind by the pool with a highlights episodes of EOT, featuring some of our favourite co...
The Myopia Tsunami - can it be stopped? With Ian Flitcroft
25 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It is hard to believe that many children currently spend less time outdoors than prisoners! In this episode we talk about lifestyle changes that need ...
Uveitis Revolution, with Andrew Dick
20 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Thirty years ago children with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) were at high risk of not only crippling physical disability, but also visual loss s...
Disc swelling dilemmas with Lorcan Butler
17 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Nothing provokes more anxiety in optometric practice or in an ophthalmology emergency clinic than the patient presenting with headaches and suspected ...
Understanding the enigma that is Angle Closure Glaucoma, with Paul Foster
11 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Globally, half of glaucoma blindness is caused by angle closure glaucoma.To mark World Glaucoma Awareness week we are delighted to be joined on the po...
Scleral contact lens practitioners to the rescue! with Brian Tompkins
26 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
You may be surprised to learn how many corneal conditions can be treated with sclerals! Brian Tompkins, one of the Godfathers of scleral contact lens ...
The evolution of cataract surgery into a refractive procedure, with Kieren Darcy
22 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Improvements in biometry, the development of more refined multifocal IOLs like the Rayone Galaxy IOL, and societal changes, have led the evolution of ...
Thinking holistically about dry eye disease, with Sarah Farrant
18 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For heaps of practical tips about how to build a dry eye practice, join us in the midst of the Quantock Hills as we spend an evening at home with Sara...
The pioneering days of IOLs and Phaco, with Patrick Condon
02 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Patrick Condon is the man who brought phaco to Ireland and who’s father, a contemporary of Harold Ridley in London, implanted the 1st IOL in Ireland...
Happy Birthday Intraocular Lens Implants! With Larry Benjamin
28 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Shrouded in secrecy, 75 years ago, Sir Harold Ridley's first IOL implantations ignited political fall-out amongst the ophthalmological establishment. ...
The rapidly evolving field of Geographic Atrophy, with Prof. Robyn Gymer
18 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Spurred on by the seemingly hopeless plight of patients with AMD, professor Robyn Gymer is one of the leading lights in dry AMD research. Robyn expla...
World Sight Day special with Dr Hunter Cherwek
09 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Over 1 billion people around the globe suffer the burden of avoidable sight impairment. We talk to Hunter Cherwek, the VP of Clinical Services for ...
The expanding roles of optometrists, with Professor Lyndon Jones
20 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
From rugby-mad student DJ studying optometry in Cardiff, to a clinical scientist in Canada who has published over 450 papers, Professor Lyndon Jones...
Trabs, SLT & Elton John, with Prof. Keith Barton
21 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We meet the man behind much of the evidence base for the surgical management of glaucoma, Prof. Keith Barton. Recorded in Belfast this summer, John &...
AI in diabetic retinopathy screening (subscriber ep with Prof. Peter Scanlon)
04 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How can AI in diabetic retinopathy screening be introduced, and what are its potential benefits and pitfalls? Professor Peter Scanlon shares his exper...
The 'Founding father’ of diabetic retinopathy screening: Prof. Peter Scanlon
03 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What was the motivation that led Professor Peter Scanlon to develop a digital screening service in Gloucestershire? And how did he transform this into...