4 Topic Commentaries

Diagnosis Gaps Mark Retinopathy Care

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  Joshua D. Stein, MD, MS

  Ophthalmology

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  Kellogg Eye Center, University of Michigan

  The study found 65% of children with Type 1 Diabetes and only 42% of those with Type 2 Diabetes receive recommended eye exams during the next five or six years

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  David Myung, MD, PhD

  Ophthalmology/Teleophthalmology

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  Byers Eye Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine

  In ophthalmology, many clinical decisions are based on some sort of image, where other fields are more apt to use lab results. An amazing amount of research and development has gone toward using AI to read ocular images, which led to the first-ever FDA approval for AI-based disease detection.

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  Theodore Leng, MD, MS

  Retina/Vitreoretinal Ophthalmology

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  Byers Eye Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine

  Being able to detect disease earlier and intervene when we can actually turn things around and preserve vision is what is really important.

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  Carl Kupfer, MD

  Ophthalmology

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  National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health

  These findings clearly show that African Americans with diabetes who receive educational messages about the importance of dilated eye exams are more likely to seek an eye exam than those who do not receive those messages.

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