EP16: Pioneering Myopia Management: Insights from Jagrut Lallu on Innovations, Research, and Practice Integration

The Focused View: Empowering Eye Care Professionals

As myopia rates surge globally, eye care professionals are faced with the growing challenge of looking for ways to control it. In this episode, Michael Nasser sits down with Jagrut Lallu, a leading expert in myopia management and founder of New Zealand's first myopia control clinic, to understand the science of myopia management and explore technological innovations and collaborative business models to prevent myopia progression.
Jagrut Lallu is an optometrist who is passionate about Myopia management and Keratoconus. He set up the first myopia control clinic in New Zealand in 2009 and is an owner of Rose Optometry (Home of the Rose K lens) in Hamilton, New Zealand. Jagrut also took on an IMI ambassador role for Myopia in New Zealand and the WCO Myopia ambassador role for Asia-Pacific.

Key Topics with Timestamps:

1:50 - Jagrut Lallu's Background as an Eye Care Professional

3:54 - The First Myopia Control Clinic in New Zealand

6:01 - Close Collaboration of Eye Care Professionals in New Zealand

8:28 - Correlation Between Myopia Control and Ortho-K

10:16 - Jagrut Lallu's Involvement with the International Myopia Institute and the World Council of Optometry as an Ambassador for Myopia Control

12:44 - Establishing New Zealand's First Myopia Control Clinic

15:21 - Key Learnings from Running a Myopia Control Clinic

17:25 - Innovations in Ortho-K and Myopia Management

19:44 - The Future of Myopia Control with Red Light Therapy

24:47 - Integrating Myopia Management into Optometry Practices

27:44 - Business Impact of Myopia Management

29:19 - Innovative Marketing Strategies

31:39 - Contributions to New Zealand Eye Research Centre for Myopia Control

35:13 - Collaborative Education and Outreach on Myopia Management

38:36 - Effective Patient Education Strategies

41:08 - Future of Myopia Management
Mentioned Resources:

Rose Optometry

Orthokeratology: Principles and Practice book by John Mountford, David Ruston, Trusit Dave

MiSight

MYOPIA MANAGEMENT NAVIGATOR

Myopia Profile

Children Myopia Management by Cooper Vision

Orthoklaunch

Connect with Jagrut Lallu:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jagrutlallu/

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