ASRS’s Journal of Vitreoretinal Diseases (JVRD) Author’s Forum

On this episode, Dr. Timothy Murray welcomes Sharon Fekrat, MD, FACS, FASRS, Duke University, to discuss a case involving a 29-year-old, obese, hypertensive man who presented with a 10-day history of progressive vision loss in the left eye with no history of trauma. The visual acuity was 20/25 OD and hand motions OS. Learn the importance of one condition in association with PLR does not exclude the presence of another concurrent etiology.
For more information visit www.ASRS.org/JVRDForum.
Welcome to ASRS’s Journal of Vitreoretinal Diseases (JVRD) Author’s Forum. JVRD is the official scientific peer-reviewed journal of the American Society of Retina Specialists (ASRS) offering the highest quality and most impactful research and clinical information in the field. Join host Dr. Timothy Murray, Editor-in-Chief for JVRD as he discusses cutting-edge developments featured in JVRD with the lead authors who share clinical pearls and explore their significance for advancing patient care.

On this episode, Dr. Timothy Murray welcomes Dr. Caroline Awh, an ophthalmology resident, to discuss a recent JVRD case report from the July/August issue on a rare cause of fungal endophthalmitis. Learn how this case poses significant diagnostic and management challenges.
For more information visit www.ASRS.org/JVRDForum.
Welcome to ASRS’s Journal of Vitreoretinal Diseases (JVRD) Author’s Forum. JVRD is the official scientific peer-reviewed journal of the American Society of Retina Specialists (ASRS) offering the highest quality and most impactful research and clinical information in the field. Join host Dr. Timothy Murray, Editor-in-Chief for JVRD as he discusses cutting-edge developments featured in JVRD with the lead authors who share clinical pearls and explore their significance for advancing patient care.
Audio episodes are available on Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify and other podcast directories. Or visit our YouTube channel to watch the dynamic conversation in each episode.

On this episode, Dr. Timothy Murray welcomes Dr. Ella Leung, from Georgia Retina, to discuss Medicare reimbursements for the physician work component of vitreoretinal surgeries as a significant opportunity cost for the physician relative to office-based patient care of equivalent time. Explore how the current analysis compares Medicare physician reimbursements for the most common vitreoretinal surgeries against the potential reimbursements the physician could have generated by managing patients in the office.
For more information visit www.ASRS.org/JVRDForum.
Welcome to ASRS’s Journal of Vitreoretinal Diseases (JVRD) Author’s Forum. JVRD is the official scientific peer-reviewed journal of the American Society of Retina Specialists (ASRS) offering the highest quality and most impactful research and clinical information in the field. Join host Dr. Timothy Murray, Editor-in-Chief for JVRD as he discusses cutting-edge developments featured in JVRD with the lead authors who share clinical pearls and explore their significance for advancing patient care.
Audio episodes are available on Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify and other podcast directories. Or visit our YouTube channel to watch the dynamic conversation in each episode.

On this episode, Dr. Timothy Murray welcomes Dr. Audina Berrocal from Bascom Palmer Eye Institute to discuss a recent JVRD case report from the July/August issue on preterm newborns with ROP and vitreous opacification thought to be caused by hyperbilirubinemia. Because of vitreous opacification, these patients could not be properly examined for ROP. Explore how treatment with an intravitreal antivascular endothelial growth factor injection might be considered to delay disease development.
For more information visit www.ASRS.org/JVRDForum.
Welcome to ASRS’s Journal of Vitreoretinal Diseases (JVRD) Author’s Forum. JVRD is the official scientific peer-reviewed journal of the American Society of Retina Specialists (ASRS) offering the highest quality and most impactful research and clinical information in the field. Join host Dr. Timothy Murray, Editor-in-Chief for JVRD as he discusses cutting-edge developments featured in JVRD with the lead authors who share clinical pearls and explore their significance for advancing patient care.
Audio episodes are available on Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify and other podcast directories. Or visit our YouTube channel to watch the dynamic conversation in each episode.

On this episode of ASRS’s Journal of Vitreoretinal Diseases (JVRD) Author’s Forum, Dr. Timothy Murray welcomes David S. Boyer, MD, of Retina Vitreous Associates Medical Group (LA Retina) Los Angeles, CA, to discuss real-world outcomes for use of the 0.19 mg fluocinolone implant in treating diabetic macular edema in 148 eyes, documenting stable VA, decreased central subfield thickness, and a reduced need for intravitreal anti-VEGF. Tune in for a discussion on why the 0.19 mg fluocinolone acetonide intravitreal implant provided long-term stabilization of VA and macular anatomy in patients with DME, despite a significant reduction in treatment frequency.
For more information, visit www.ASRS.org/JVRDForum.
Welcome to ASRS’s Journal of Vitreoretinal Diseases (JVRD) Author’s Forum. JVRD is the official scientific peer-reviewed journal of the American Society of Retina Specialists (ASRS), offering the highest quality and most impactful research and clinical information in the field. Join host Dr. Timothy Murray, Editor-in-Chief for JVRD as he discusses cutting-edge developments featured in JVRD with the lead authors who share clinical pearls and explore their significance for advancing patient care.