Liliana Werner

Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Ralph and Mary Tuck Presidential Endowed Chair, Co-Director at Intermountain Ocular Research Center, John A. Moran Eye Center, University of Utah, USA

What industry trends are catching your attention right now?

Accommodating IOLs still generate a lot of interest, and we are currently evaluating different accommodating IOL projects under development in our laboratory at the Moran Eye Center. I am also particularly interested in technologies allowing for non-invasive, postoperative IOL power adjustment.

What is a little-known fact about you?

I am a citizen of Brazil, Italy, and the US, and therefore have three passports.

Make a bold prediction for the future of ophthalmology.

I hope that accommodating IOLs will become available, which will also be amenable to non-invasive, postoperative power adjustment without time constraints.

If you weren’t an ophthalmologist, what would you be doing instead?

I love to travel, so perhaps something related to tourism.

How do you think AI and machine learning will impact ophthalmology?

The potential for an impact in different areas in ophthalmology is tremendous; we are already witnessing it in areas such as IOL power calculation.

What global trends in eye health should ophthalmologists be aware of?

Advancing sustainability is currently a major goal in ophthalmology and other specialties.