You’ve heard the term, but what exactly does it mean? Most people have heard the term glaucoma, but many don’t know what it means. Even people that have glaucoma often don’t have a good understanding of what it is. Let’s break down this disease into its key components. Glaucoma is a chronic eye disease that leads to slow progressive vision loss and blindness...if untreated. High eye pressure leads to optic nerve damage, causing peripheral vision loss. 1) High eye pressure Jus

​Here at Peninsula Eye Physicians and Surgeons we strive to keep ourselves educated with the latest that science has to offer you. I routinely try to attend multiple Medical Society Meetings every year and so I wanted to write this post to explain some of the new techniques and treatments that we offer. I attended the American Academy of Ophthalmology meeting last year and earlier this year I attended the Hawaiian Eye Society Meeting. At the meetings I learned about new dev