Every month we host two webinars to bring you closer to the experts. We are joined by experts in macular disease who discuss the latest in treatments and research and answer your questions.

Register for our monthly webinars

The first of our monthly webinars takes place on the third Tuesday of every month at 7pm, with a focus on topics for patients with age-related macular degeneration (AMD).

The second webinar is uploaded directly to our YouTube channel on the last Thursday of every month, and focuses more specifically on inherited macular conditions as well as issues affecting anyone of working age.

Please share any questions you would like our guests to address in our upcoming webinars. Send them to mymacularandme@macularsociety.org.

Do magnifying intraocular lenses work for people with macular disease?

Magnifying lenses, which are implanted are available to help those with macular disease see better. But, no trials have been done to prove how useful they are or who they are most suitable for.

Dr Julie Silvestri from Royal Hospitals, Belfast, will be joining us for our first webinar of the month to discuss the first clinical trial being undertaken by her team, investigating the effectiveness of these lens implants.

As part of Dr Silvestri's Macular Society-funded project, 25 patients will be fitted with magnifying lenses. The researchers will then compare these patients to those without the lens, and those with a magnifying contact lens.

Learn how this trial could not only determine the efficiency of the lenses but also establish standardised guidelines for the use. The My Macular and Me webinar will be taking place live at 7pm on Tuesday 19 March.

Is it possible to slow myopia progression in childhood and adolescence?

Dr Annegret Dahlmann-Noor, who is director of the children's service at Moorfields Eye Hospital, will be joining our second webinar of the month to talk about myopic macular degeneration (MMD).

As well as the condition itself, Dr Dahlmann-Noor will discuss its prevalence, as well as her latest research into the condition on how to slow myopia progression in childhood and adolescence.

This session is pre-recorded and any questions can be sent in advance to mymacularandme@macularsociety.org

Watch this webinar on our YouTube channel from Thursday 28 March.