Editorial 
Tor Paaske Utheim

Best Paper Awards 2024

Dissertations from the Nordic Region: CXL: A game-changer in the future of keratoconus & corneal transplantation
Anne Marie Hagem

Dissertations from the Nordic Region: Know thyself? Risk factors for glaucoma and the use of self-reported health in risk assessment
Jens Rovelt Andreasen

Overlooked in plain sight?
Atle Einar Østern

Dissertations from the Nordic Region: Is there a canary in the coal mine? OCT in the diagnosis and follow-up of OPG
Urszula Arnljots

Dissertations from the Nordic Region: Looking into dry eye disease through the lens of machine learning
Andrea Theomine Marheim Storås 

Oftalmolog congratulates Nordic stars on a global stage

Dissertations from the Nordic Region: Just scratching the surface:The Oxygen Delivery Index (ODIN) concept for visualizing ocular surface microcirculation
Anne Kari Kvernebo  

Primary open-angle glaucoma: Insights into risk factors and disease mechanisms
Jens Rovelt, Zaynab A. Mouhammad, & Miriam Kolko

Dissertations from the Nordic Region: The price of vision: Economic costs and health benefits of retinal disorder treatments
Silvia Nanjala Walekhwa Hertzberg

Dissertations from the Nordic Region: Risky business: Understanding risks related to rhegmatogenous retinal detachment
Joakim Thylefors

Evaluation criteria for Outstanding PhD Awards

Dissertations from the Nordic Region: Zooming in to see the big picture: Investigating the ocular microbiome
Maria Naqvi

Dissertations from the Nordic Region: Seeing differences: Why is dry eye disease more common in women?
Sara Tellefsen Nøland

Dissertations from the Nordic Region: Beyond the surface: Novel techniques for monitoring skin oxygenation
Josefine Bunke

When the eyes make you dizzy: Unpacking visual vertigo
Tobias Wibble

Editorial 
Elin Bohman & Richard Allen

The basic oculoplastic examination
Elin Bohman  

Facial nerve palsy: Paying attention to the details
Richard Allen

Hypothesis: Is orbicularis weakness an under-recognized component of meibomian gland dysfunction?
Richard Allen

Under the microscope— The usual suspects in eyelid malignancies
Richard Allen 

Infections in the lacrimal drainage system – Symptoms, clinical signs, & treatment
Elin Bohman 

Corneal neurotization – a viable option for treating neurotrophic keratopathy?
Richard Allen

What All Ophthalmologists Need to Know About Anophthalmic Sockets
Elin Bohman

Congenital ptosis— New concepts and new treatments
Richard Allen

Editorial 
Tor Paaske Utheim

Outstanding PhD Awards 2023

Dissertations from the Nordic Region: What the eye can tell us about the brain
Abbas Gorgah Al-Hawasi

Dissertations from the Nordic Region:Getting a head start? Optic nerve head morphology in Northern Finland
Joel Pitkänen

Vision 2.0: The impact of modern artificial intelligence on ophthalmology
Leif Hynnekleiv, Fredrik Andreas Fineide, Hugo Lewi Hammer, Chris Hammond, & Michael A. Riegler

See the world: Conferences in 2025

Dissertations from the Nordic Region:Stem cell therapy for dry eye disease
Michael Møller-Hansen

Highlights from NOK2024

NOK2026

Dissertations from the Nordic Region:Clearing a path: Highlighting the way forward for retinal artery occlusion
Nanna Vestergaard Azuz 

Evaluation Criteria for Best Paper Awards

In the spotlight: Professor Morten C. Moe 

Dissertations from the Nordic Region: Sticky situations: Ocular findings in patients with carotid stenosis
Marianne Ala-Kauhaluoma

Dissertations from the Nordic Region: You have your mother’s eyes: The genetics of open-angle glaucoma in Finland
Perttu Johannes Liuska

Dissertations from the Nordic Region: More than meets the eye: Herpes virus retinitis
Joanna von Hofsten

Editorial 
Tor Paaske Utheim

Best Paper Awards 2023

Dissertations from the Nordic Region: Revealing the whole iceberg—Visuopathy of prematurity
Sigrid Hegna Ingvaldsen 

The Boston keratoprosthesis: 10-year experience from Denmark  
Nina Gedbjerg and Jesper Hjortdal

Evaluation criteria for Outstanding PhD Awards 

Perspective on uveitis diagnosis and management in 2024 
Sue Lightman, Douglas A. Jabs, Peter McCluskey and Oren Tomkins Netzer

Dissertations from the Nordic Region: A cut above the rest: A novel surgical technique for the reconstruction of large eyelid defects 
Kajsa Tenland 

NOK 2024

Dissertations from the Nordic Region: The extraocular muscles: More than meets the eye?
Nils Dennhag 

Dissertations from the Nordic Region: Eyes on the Prize: Illuminating Diabetic Retinopathy through a Screening Database
Anne Suhr Thykjær

Dissertations from the Nordic Region: Nerves of steel? Retinal vessel diameter and retinal nerve fiber layer thickness
Mohamed Geneid

Dissertations from the Nordic Region: Making of a mouse model: Mitochondrial damage and clearance in retinal pigment epithelial cells in AMD
Iswariyaraja Sridevi Gurubaran

Dissertations from the Nordic Region: Seeing the whole picture: Every vessel counts
Maria Garcia Collado

Editorial 
Tor Paaske Utheim

Outstanding PhD Awards 2022

Dissertations from the Nordic Region:Can a Fish a Day Keep the Doctor Away? Omega-3 fatty acid–derived resolvins on the ocular surface
Nora Botten 

Dissertations from the Nordic Region:Screening for a brighter future: Aspects of screening for open-angle glaucoma 
Johan Aspberg

The power of science:Research leads to change in generic-substitution law 
Anne Hedengran & Miriam Kolko

In the spotlight: Jakob Grauslund— balancing theory and practice in Odense 

Evaluation Criteria for Best Paper Awards

Dissertations from the Nordic Region:Surgery of dislocated intraocular lenses 
Laura Armonaite 

Dissertations from the Nordic Region: One size does not fit all: Tailoring treatment for eye diseases 
Heidrun Elisabeth Lode 

What happens when circadian rhythms go wrong, and why we should care 
Hanagh Winter & Eleni Beli 

Taking it up a notch: Scientific advances from the Nordic Region 

Top-notch research: Antibody blockade of Notch ligand Jagged1 attenuates choroidal neovascularization 
Torleif Tollefsrud Gjølberg & Eirik Sundlisæter 

RESTOR(E)ing VISION across Europe: a consortium collaborating to conquer seven rare anterior eye diseases
Thomas Ritter 

Welcome to Kuopio: NOK2024

Dissertations from the Nordic Region: The eye as a window to the brain
Frederik Pedersen 

Editorial 
Tor Paaske Utheim

Best Paper Awards 2022

Dissertations from the Nordic Region:Looking for an Oasis in a Desert: Clinical Aspects & Potential Biomarkers of Dry Mouth and Dry Eye
Håvard Hynne

Disturbed Energy Metabolism and Proteostasis in Age-related Macular Degeneration
Kai Kaarniranta

Evaluation Criteria for Outstanding PhD Awards

Dissertations from the Nordic Region: Spring Cleaning: Waste Clearance in the Human Visual Pathway
Henrik Holvin Jacobsen

Dissertations from the Nordic Region: Human papillomavirus– a Contributor to Ocular Cancer Development
Ingvild Ramberg

Our New Peer Review Process

Dissertations from the Nordic Region: Trading Places: Shifting a Surgical Task from Physicians to Nurses
Stine Bolme

Dissertations from the Nordic Region: Can Porcine Collagen Replace Human Donor Cornea?
Maria Xeroudaki 

New Perspectives on Vision
Atle Østern

Fake it ’til You Make it: Does Generative Artificial Intelligence Have a Place in Ophthalmology?
Ivan Potapenko & Morten la Cour

Dissertations from the Nordic Region: Finding the Right Time: Optimizing Anti-VEGF Treatment and Quality of Life after Cataract Surgery
Claudia Emilia Taipale

Dissertations from the Nordic Region: Keeping an Eye on Endophthalmitis
Kathrine Blom

The First World Society of Ophthalmic Plastic, Reconstructive, and Aesthetic Surgery Conference 
Elin Bohman

Dissertations from the Nordic Region: Pro-resolving Mediators—the Future Treatment in Inflammatory Eye Disease?
Markus Olsen

Seeing the path to FOREVER— Finding Ophthalmic Risk and Evaluating the Value of Eye exams and their predictive Reliability (FOREVER)
Jens Rovelt, Josefine Freiberg, & Miriam Kolko

Serial Intravitreal Injections— A Friend or Foe from a Dry Eye Perspective?
Vilde Thomseth, Agni Malmin, & Vegard A. Forsaa

Editorial 
Tor Paaske Utheim

Outstanding Nordic PhD Awards 2021

Dissertations from the Nordic Region: Seeing clearly without glasses: Orthokeratology lenses (OKL) reduce myopic progression in Danish children
Trine Møldrup Jakobsen

Dissertations from the Nordic Region: Why is Grandma Crying? Epiphora – Impact on vision, outcomes of current treatments, and challenging paradigms
Elin Bohman

Optical aberrations, adaptive optics, and neuroadaptation: How adaptive optics can be used to assess how the brain is accustomed to the eyes’ imperfect optics after refractive surgery
Jesper Hjortdal & Anders Gyldenkerne

Oftalmolog’s Portrait of Excellence: Sten Kjellström

Highlights from the Nordic Congress of Ophthalmology 2022

Advances in glaucoma surgery: how far have we come?
Niklas Telinius, Mika Harju, Olav Kristianslund, Maria Soffia Gottfredsdottir, & Mario Economou

Dissertations from the Nordic Region: New insights into ocular findings in Marfan syndrome
Gunhild Falleth Sandvik

Dissertations from the Nordic Region: Seeing the Unseen: Novel Perfusion Monitoring in Oculoplastic Surgery
Johanna V. Berggren 

Evaluation Criteria for Best Paper Awards

Dissertations from the Nordic Region: A hot topic: RPE cells as critical player in the retina
Niina Harju

SOE 2023

Editorial 
Tor Paaske Utheim

A Nordic Research Team Addressing Global Challenges: How the work of researchers in Sweden can bring sight to those most in need around the world

The absolute maximal vision:How well can humans see?
Atle Einar Østern

Bioengineered corneal tissue: a new hope for advanced keratoconus?
Neil Lagali 

Work smarter, not harder: Automated anterior chamber angle assessment
Matthew Johnson & David Friedman

Editorial 
Tor Paaske Utheim

Best Nordic Paper Awards 2021

Oftalmolog’s Portrait of Excellence

Our dubious decisions: How to improve decision strategies in ophthalmology 
Atle Einar Østern

Evaluation Criteria for Outstanding PhD Awards

Dissertations from the Nordic Region: Correcting the correction: Intraocular lens calculations after laser refractive surgery
Bjørn Gjerdrum

A rising star
Yousif Subhi

Dissertations from the Nordic Region: Let’s detect progressive keratoconus correctly 
Ingemar Gustafsson

NOK2022

Dissertations from the Nordic Region: Dr. AI will see you now…
Ivan Potapenko

Dissertations from the Nordic Region: Taking a sneak peek: Preterm birth and long-term vision
Dýrleif Pétursdóttir

007 is best at poker. What is best for VKC?
Yousif Subhi, Marie Louise Roed Rasmussen, & Line Kessel

Dissertations from the Nordic Region: Fuchs’ endothelial corneal dystrophy: Heredity behind common corneal disease
Andreas Viberg

Editorial 
Tor Paaske Utheim

Outstanding Nordic PhD Awards 2020

Dissertations from the Nordic Region. Optical coherence tomography of retinal vessels, blood flow, and blood composition
Anne Willerslev

Dissertations from the Nordic Region. How to get straight about torsion
Sara Flodin

Dissertations from the Nordic Region. Getting ahead of the curve: Epidemiology and biomarkers of keratoconus
Sashia Bennett, née Bak-Nielsen

Dissertations from the Nordic Region. TNF inhibitors: A magic bullet for juvenile idiopathic arthritis-uveitis treatment?
Sanna Leinonen

Thyroid Eye Disease: A challenging field in oculoplastic surgery
Hans Olav Ueland

Dissertations from the Nordic Region. The quest for better diagnostics & treatments of dry eye disease
Behzod Tashbayev

Dissertations from the Nordic Region. Molecular mysteries of melanoma:Markers of conjunctival melanoma
Lauge Hjorth Mikkelsen

A drop too much? Anti-inflammatory prophylaxis in cataract surgery
Jesper Høiberg Erichsen

Seeing what is absent: The science of vision and reality
Atle Einar Østern

Evaluation Criteria for Best Paper Awards

Dissertations from the Nordic Region. The patients’ perspective on neovascular AMD treatment outcomes
Elma Jelin

NOK2022

Dissertations from the Nordic Region. Quality of vision following refractive surgery
Anders Gyldenkerne

Dissertations from the Nordic Region. Rewriting the story of inherited retinal disease in Norway
Josephine Prener Holtan

Dissertations from the Nordic Region. Seeing into the future: Virtual-reality to ensure technical competence in cataract surgery
Mads Forslund Jacobsen

Dissertations from the Nordic Region. Regenerative retinal cells: The optimal environment to improve graft quality
Ayyad Zartasht Khan

Dissertations from the Nordic Region. Never too late? Reflections on outcomes of intraocular lens dislocation surgery
Marius Dalby

Dissertations from the Nordic Region. Childhood cataract: Effects on health and life
Moug Al-Bakri

Editorial 
Tor Paaske Utheim

Best Nordic Paper Awards 2020

Power List: Two Nordic colleagues honored on the Ophthalmologist’s Power List 

MicroRNAs: the new frontier in personalized medicine for AMD?
Juha M. T. Hyttinen, Szabolcs Felszeghy, Mikko Liukkonen, & Kai Kaarniranta

Evaluation Criteria for Outstanding PhD Awards

Refractive riddles and surprises: How far can you get with ocular aberrometry?
Jakob Bjerager & Michael Larsen 

Treatment of choroidal neovascularization in wet AMD: Comparative experiences and new perspectives
Sami Dabbah, Michaella Goldstein, & Michael Larsen

Dissertations from the Nordic Region. Localizing and tracking proliferative activity in the rabbit corneal endothelium
Mette Hedegaard Correll 

Editorial
Tor Paaske Utheim

In the middle of (K)nowhere where medicine, science, and discovery come together. Kai Kaarniranta

Professor Kai Kaarniranta – appointed new chief editor of Acta Ophthalmologica. Szabolcs Felszeghy, Mikko Liukkonen and Tor Paaske Utheim

Dissertations from the Nordic Region. Lenticule implantation and intrastromal lenticule rotation for treatment of hyperopia and high mixed astigmatism. Iben Bach Damgaard

Acanthamoeba keratitis – use of in vivo confocal microscopy in clinical examination and diagnosis. Neil Lagali

Dissertations from the Nordic Region. Micrometastasis in uveal melanoma-relevance for dormancy. Nils Eide

Evaluation criteria for article prizes in 2021

Scandinavian perspectives on ensuring medical retina care in the time of COVID-19. Monica Lövestam Adrian, Øystein Kalsnes Jørstad, Vegard Asgeir Forsaa, David Epstein and Jakob Grauslund, Best Nordic

The Swedish Association of the Visually Impaired bestows the 2020 Eye Care Award for significant contributions

Dissertations from the Nordic Region. Effect and side effects of individualized laser treatment for proliferative diabetic retinopathy. Anna Stage Vergmann

Early Career Award of NOK 150,000 to Olav Kristianslund

How you recognize Mona Lisa. Atle Einar Østern

Dissertations from the Nordic Region. Diabetic retinopathy in Western Norway and early markers of disease progression. Regnhild Wivestad Jansson

Young Ophthalmologists of Norway, Leif Hynnekleiv

Editorial
Tor Paaske Utheim

The light we (don’t) see. Atle Einar Østern

New rare disease European Network led by Sweden. Neil Lagali

Dissertations from the Nordic Region. The role of the omega-3 fatty acid biosynthetic products resolvin D1 and resolvin E1 in maintenance of ocular surface health. Marit Lippestad.

Internetbaseret perimetrien mulig screeningsmetode for uopdagede synsfeltsdefekter. Alvilda T. Steensberg, Ane Sophie Olsen og Miriam Kolko

Screening for diabetisk retinopati – etablering af en regional screeningsklinik. Jakob Grauslund

Dissertations from the Nordic Region. Congenital Aniridia. Erlend Christoffer Sommer Landsend

COVID-19: Do’s and Don’ts. Daniel Tiedemann, Zaynab Ahmad Mouhammad, Steffen Heegaard og Miriam Kolko

Best Nordic Paper Awards 2019

Forside: Illustration from the article COVID-19: Do’s and Don’ts on page 28

Editorial
Tor Paaske Utheim

“Goblet cells suffer from glaucoma treatment”. Daniel Tiedemann, Zaynab Ahmad Mouhammad and Miriam Kolko

“Anti-VEGF-behandling av aldersrelatert makuladegenerasjon”. Eirik Sundlisæter og Magne Sand Sivertsen

“Corneal tissue engineering: a personal perspective”. Che John Connon

“Bästa avhandling inom svensk ögonforskning 2017-2018”. Anthony Mukwayas

Disputatser fra Norden “Inhibitors of corneal inflammation and angiogenesis: Prospectives and challenges”. Pierfrancesco Mirabelli

“Corneal collagen cross-linking: Studies on a treatment modality for progressive corneal ectasia”. Andreas Thorsrud

“Lebers hereditære optikusnevropati”.  Emilia Kerty

“Kongens gullmedalje”. Olav Kristianslund

“Jannik Petersen Bjerrum (1851-1920)”. Helene Laukeland

“Dr. Jon S. Larsens Stiftelse”. Hans Petter Brinck   

Forside:
Illustration fra artiklen: Goblet cells suffer from glaucoma treatment, side 4

Editorial
Tor Paaske Utheim

“Regulation of ocular inflammation and angiogenesis using corneal models – new insights based on recent research”. Anthony Mukwaya and Neil Lagali

Velkommen til nordisk kongress i Oslo 29.-31. august

Disputatser fra Norden. “Perifer immunologi ved geografisk atrofi sekundært til AMD”. Marie Krogh Nielsen

“Pris for fremragende originalartikkel ved Oslo universitetssykehus”. Magne Sand Sivertsen, Algirdas Grevys, Stian Foss, Øystein Kalsnes Jørstad, Morten Carstens Moe og Jan Terje Andersen

Vurderingskriterier for artikkelprisene i 2019

Vurderingskomitéen artikelpriser 2018

Best Nordic Paper Award 2018

Forside: Voringsfossen vandfald, Colourbox

Editorial
Tor Paaske Utheim

“Hva øyebevegelsene kan avsløre om oss” .  Atle Einar Østern

Kunstig intelligens og screening af diabetisk retinopati. Jakob Kristian Holm Andersen, Thiusius Rajeeth Savarimuthu og Jakob Grauslund

Nordic Glaucoma Meeting Bergen

Conjunctival Goblet Cells are Direct Targets of Allergic Mediators. Robin R. Hodges and Darlene A. Dartt

Disputats Aldring, neovaskulær AMD og PCV. Yousif Subhi

Disputats Kirurgisk behandling av IOL-dislokasjoner. Olav Kristianslund

Miriam Kolko Receives the Lions Prize 2018

Editorial
Tor Paaske Utheim

Synets hastighet Annerledes enn du trodde? Atle Einar Østern

The European Leadership Development Programme. Nikolaos E. Bechrakis

En brillefri hverdag efter kataraktoperation – drøm eller realitet? Ivan Potapenko, Aurore Marie-Laurence Mensah

The 43rd Nordic Congress of Ophthalmology 2018 in Oslo. Morten C. Moe, Bente Haughom

Dry labs in the Nordic Congress of Ophthalmology 2018. Helgi Davíð Björnsson

Editorial
Tor Paaske Utheim

Automatisk diagnostik af anterior uveitis med OCT. Thea Salomon Pedersen, Christine Stampe Hvidtfeldt, Birgit Sander og Henrik Lund-Andersen

Toriske intraokulære linser – optimering af beregning. Søren Javadi-Ottosen

Verdens ældste yngre øjenlægeforening – FAYO. Marie Louise Roed Rasmussen, Danson V. Muttuvelu

Currrent trends in the management of uveal melanoma. Nikolaos E. Bechrakis

Nordic Congress of Ophthalmology, Oslo, 22-25 August 2018. Morten C. Moe, Bente Haughom

The Blue and The Green – and Oslo in Between. Martine Eriksen

Forside
Operaen i Oslo
Foto: Colourbox

Editorial
Tor Paaske Utheim

Slik barna ser det – sådan ser to gamle børneøjenlæger det. Hans Ulrik Møller og Olav H. Haugen

Nordic Congress of Ophthalmology. Bente Haughom og Morten C. Moe

The Blue and The Green – and The City in Between. Martine Eriksen

Vurderingskomiteen – artikelpriser 2017

Vurderingskriterier for artikkelprisene i 2018

Å være eller ikke være” er ikke alltid spørsmålet. Erlend Sommer Landsend

Disputatser fra Norden

Editorial
Tor Paaske Utheim

Kan øjenundersøgelse af et barn gøres til en leg? – både for patient og øjenlæge? Jon Peiter Saunte

Disputatser fra Norden. Dragana Drobnjak Nes

Nordisk Oftalmologisk Kongres

Nordisk Glaukom Kongres

Regenerativ behandling av netthinnesykdommer. Lara Pasovic

Den indre nethinde. Anne Katrine Toft-Kehler

Femtosecond Laser-Assisted Cataract Surgery. Erlend Sødal, Xiangjun Chen, Aleksandar Stojanovic and Jon Erik Slagsvold

Kongens Fortjenstmedalje til øyelege Jon Erik Slagsvold

Professor Hjalmar Schøitz’ minnemedalje til professor Anna Midelfart og professor Emilia Kerty

Editorial
Tor Paaske Utheim

Fremtidens oftalmologer. To be or not to be? Atle Einar Østern

Et besøg i Cambridge giver altid stof til eftertanke. Per Nellemann Bang

Kvantering af nethindens blodgennemstrømning med Doppler OCT. Toke Bek

Cannabis og glaukom – en fremtidig løsning? Zaynab Ahmad Mouhammad og Miriam Kolko

Bästa avhandling inom svensk ögonforskning, 2015-2016

Hæderslegat til Per Nellemann Bang, Redaktør af oftalmolog, 2006-2016

Editorial
Tor Paaske Utheim

Alzheimers sygdom kan afsløres ved undersøgelse af nethinden FUP ELLER FAKTA? Nadia Dyremose, Anna Bryndís Einarsdóttir, Steen Hasselbalch og Michael Larsen

Katarakt-kirurgi og forebygging av glaukom. Olav Kristianslund

TIPS OG TRICKS
Hvilket øje er det dominerende? Hvordan afgøres det enkelt? Per Nellemann Bang

Multtifokalt visuelt evokerede potentialer ved synsnervebetændelse og multipel sklerose. Mathias Falck Schmidt, Gorm Pihl-Jensen og Jette Lautrup Frederiksen

Rygning under graviditeten og tykkelsen af nervefiberlaget hos 12-årige børn. Håkan Ashina og Inger Christine Munch

Martin Davanger (1927-1994). En biografisk skisse. Amund Ringvold

Disputatser fra Norden: Behandling av blindhet med bruk av munnslimhinne. Rakibul Islam

Disputatser fra Norden Kirurgisk behandling av barn med medfødt hengende øyelokk. Dag Krohn-Hansen

Artikelpris

Editorial
Tor Paaske Utheim

Velkommen til Våtlab i Stavanger. Liliane Skeiseid og Vegard Forsaa

Hans Goldmann. Helene K. Laukeland

Disputatser FRA NORDEN. Xiangjun Chen og Aleksandar Stojanovic

Øyeavdelingen i Drammen innfører ny teknologi i behandling av glaukom. Aleksandar Pavlovic, Goran Randjelovic og James Eide Macpherson

Hvordan behandles glaukom i 2017? Line M. Dalgaard, Jan Simonsen og Miriam Kolko

Niels Ehlers og hornhindebanken i Aarhus. Jesper Hjortdal , Anne-Grete Hansen og Lone Hauritz