IOLs: What Every Surgeon Needs to Know | Ep. 1: IOL Biomaterials

About this episode

In this episode, Douglas D. Koch, MD, and Liliana Werner, MD, PhD, discuss IOL biomaterials and emerging lens technologies.

IOLs: What Every Surgeon Needs to Know is an editorially independent video and podcast series from Ophthalmology Times , hosted by Douglas D. Koch, MD, Professor and Allen, Mosbacher, and Law Chair in Ophthalmology at the Cullen Eye Institute, Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. In each episode, Koch will be joined by different expert guests to discuss cutting-edge advancements in intraocular lens (IOL) technology and cataract surgery. In this inaugural episode, Koch is joined by Liliana Werner, MD, PhD, Benning Presidential Endowed Chair and co-director of the Intermountain Ocular Research Center at the Moran A. Eye Center at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, to explore IOL biomaterials. 🎧 Listen as Douglas D. Koch, MD, and Liliana Werner, MD, PhD, discuss IOL biomaterials and emerging lens technologies.

People in this episode

Host: Douglas D. Koch, MD

Guest: Liliana Werner, MD, PhD

Topics covered

• IOL biomaterials
• cataract surgery
• intraocular lens technology
• medical advancements
• ophthalmology

Keywords

• IOLs
• biomaterials
• cataract surgery
• lens technologies
• ophthalmology

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Ophthalmology Times, Baylor College of Medicine, University of Utah

Places: Houston, Texas, Salt Lake City

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