Nick Mamalis

Professor of Ophthalmology, Calvin and JeNeal Hatch Presidential Endowed Chair Co-Director, Intermountain Ocular Research Center; Director, Ocular Pathology, John Moran Eye Center, University of Utah, USA

What industry trends are catching your attention right now?

The rapid expansion of IOLs that may possibly provide accommodation, as well as in vivo adjustment, of the IOL power following cataract surgery.

What is a little-known fact about you?

I still enjoy mountain biking in my late sixties – even if that means using an electric assist bike!

Make a bold prediction for the future of ophthalmology.

In our lifetime, ophthalmic surgeons will have truly accommodating IOLs available for placement into patients eyes following cataract surgery, allowing for clear and unencumbered distance, intermediate and near vision post op.

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

If I wasn’t an ophthalmologist, I would probably be a surgeon of some kind so I could still put my medical degree to use in the operating room.