A Global COVID-19 Dashboard

A dashboard created by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University provides a comprehensive up-to-date overview of the COVID-19 pandemic on a global scale. The tool can be used to view cumulative cases, active cases, incidence rates, case-fatality ratios, and testing rates on a global map, and it includes links to the latest research published on the novel coronavirus.

Visit: bit.ly/GTdashboard

Global Outreach in the Era of COVID-19

Recently on GT: The Podcast, Hunter Cherwek, MD, Vice President of Clinical Services with Orbis International, discussed the launch of the virtual Flying Eye Hospital training program for eye care providers around the world and shared an update on Cybersight, Orbis’ telemedicine platform. GT: The Podcast is available on Eyetube, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and Spotify.

Listen: bit.ly/GTcherwek

Meeting Updates

  • Postponed: European Glaucoma Society (EGS) Annual Meeting | December 13–15, 2020
  • Virtual: Glaucoma 360: New Horizons Forum | January 23, 2021
  • Virtual: American Glaucoma Society (AGS) Annual Meeting | March 4–7, 2021
  • Postponed: American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS) Annual Meeting | August 13–17, 2021

One Piece of a Complex Puzzle

On a recent episode of MIGS Unplugged, hosts Iqbal Ike K. Ahmed, MD, FRCSC, and Arsham Sheybani, MD, sat down with Peter T. Chang, MD, to discuss the importance of IOP in the management of glaucoma. Dr. Chang shared why he feels this measurement may be overemphasized and how he encourages his patients to see a fuller picture of their disease.

Watch: eyetu.be/jmceh

Picture of Progress

For the first time in his 25 years at Duke University, Leon W. Herndon, MD, recently performed a surgical case with an all-Black OR team of medical students, residents, and fellows—a sign of progress

commemorated on Twitter by team member and medical student Nicholas A. Johnson, MS.