The Myopia Exchange
Episodes
Myopia SOS with Prof Ian Flitcroft - Episode 3 - Screens, simple details and seagulls
14 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Myopia SOS! Dr Kate Gifford and Professor Ian Flitcroft are back with advice as your Agony Aunt and Agony Uncle, in part three of this six-part series...
Myopia SOS with Prof Ian Flitcroft - Episode 2 - Stride into the water
23 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Myopia SOS! Advice from your Agony Aunt Dr Kate Gifford (optometrist), and Agony Uncle Professor Ian Flitcroft (ophthalmologist), helps you tackle the...
Myopia SOS with Prof Ian Flitcroft - Episode 1 - Off the naughty step
25 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Myopia SOS! In the first of this six part series, join your 'agony aunt' Dr. Kate Gifford, an optometrist, researcher, and co-founder of Myo...
Atropine, Engaging With Science And Responsible Practice – With Prof Karla Zadnik
26 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Karla Zadnik, Dean of the Ohio State University College of Optometry in the USA, guides us through a variety of fascinating topics. In her c...
What’s next for the International Myopia Institute? – with Dr Monica Jong
24 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Monica Jong, Executive Director of the International Myopia Institute, founded by the Brien Holden Vision Institute, tells us all about the IMI’s...
Myopia Management in Practice – with Philip Cheng
09 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Philip Cheng, well-known clinical optometrist from Melbourne, Australia and prolific contributor to the Myopia Profile Facebook group, takes us throug...
More on 0.01% atropine treatment for myopia control - with Prof Mark Bullimore
29 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Mark Bullimore of the University of Houston, Texas USA, tells us more on the complex topic of 0.01% atropine, including its stability as a c...
What MiSight FDA approval means to eye care practitioners - with Prof Lyndon Jones & Prof Debbie Jones
21 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Lyndon and Debbie Jones from the Centre for Ocular Research and Education and University of Waterloo, Canada, highlight the impact that FDA approval f...
Atropine 0.01% for myopia management - with Prof James Loughman
15 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Professor James Loughman from Technological University Dublin, and the Centre for Eye Research Ireland, challenges us to think differently about low d...
IMI definitions report paper with Prof Ian Flitcroft
05 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Kate Gifford chats to Professor Ian Flitcroft about the International Myopia Institute (IMI) paper on Defining and Classifying Myopia, of which he was...
Progressive vs bifocal spectacles - which is best
28 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Are progressive addition lenses and bifocals created equal for myopia control? How should we pick which lens type to prescribe, and what's on the...