"That every patient with a narrow occludable angle needs to undergo laser peripheral iridotomy—as soon as possible or they will go blind from an attack of acute angle-closure glaucoma.”

H. George Tanaka, MD

  • Co-Director, Glaucoma Service, California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco
  • ghtanakamd@gmail.com

"That trabeculectomy is still the gold standard glaucoma surgery; I now consider it a 'third-world' treatment option.”

Steven R. Sarkisian Jr, MD

  • Founder and CEO, Oklahoma Eye Surgeons, Oklahoma City
  • Member, GT Editorial Advisory Board
  • admin@okeyesurgeons.com

"That glaucoma medications are much safer than glaucoma surgery—I have encountered several patients who have lost vision from noncompliance to glaucoma medications.”

Chelvin Sng, MBBChir, MA, MMed, FRCS(Ed)

  • Adjunct Associate Professor, National University of Singapore
  • Medical Director, Chelvin Sng Eye Centre
  • Adjunct Clinician Investigator, Singapore Eye Research Institute
  • Visiting Consultant, National University Hospital, Singapore
  • Member, GT Editorial Advisory Board
  • chelvin@gmail.com

"That patients with narrow angles need laser peripheral iridotomy.”

Lauren S. Blieden, MD

  • Associate Professor, Alkek Eye Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston
  • lblieden@gmail.com

"That many patients with advanced glaucoma need IOPs lower than12 mm Hg.”

Arsham Sheybani, MD

  • Associate Professor, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis
  • Associate Medical Editor, GT
  • sheybaniar@wustl.edu

"“That patients with glaucoma should be followed for years before undergoing surgical intervention—ophthalmologists can intervene early with MIGS, and exciting work on cellular biomarkers for glaucoma may lead to even earlier diagnosis and treatment.”

Zeynep Aktas, MD, FEBO, FGS