In this special episode of Eyeluminaries, John A. Hovanesian, MD, FACS, and Jim Mazzo are live from Hawaiian Eye 2026, with guest Peter N. Slack, president and CEO of the Wyanoke Group, who was honored with the annual Lindstrom Leadership Award and Lecture .

• Welcome to Eyeluminaries 00:42
• Hawaiian Eye 2026 – Peter Slack receives the Lindstrom Leadership Award 01:08
• Intro of Peter Slack 02:42
• What is the history of OSN and your involvement of the company? 04:09
• The philosophy of the editorial board 06:41
• Lindstrom Leadership Award/ Longevity of employees 08:43
• Healio meetings and lifelong friends 10:58
• Healio meetings and golf 12:40
• Sunshine Eye 14:18
• Thank you, Peter Slack and congratulations! 16:29
• Check out Healio AI 17:02
• Thank you! 18:00

Peter N. Slack, is the president and CEO of the Wyanoke Group.

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In the second installment of this 2-part episode, John A. Hovanesian, MD, FACS, and Jim Mazzo are live from the AAO Eyecelerator with guest Thomas Burns.

• Welcome to the Eyeluminaries podcast 00:01
• Quick recap of Part 1 00:08
• Intro of Thomas Burns 00:30
• How do we foresee the adoption of IDose? 02:02
• Where do you see the field of keratoconus going? 04:36
• What advice do you have for young people just starting out? 08:36
• Who is a mentor for you? 11:06
• Do you have a good Jim Mazzo story? 15:38
• Thank you, Tom Burns 16:44
• Thank you! 17:11

Thomas Burns is the chairman and CEO of Glaukos.

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In the first installment of this 2-part episode, John A. Hovanesian, MD, FACS, and Jim Mazzo are live from the AAO Eyecelerator with guests Julia A. Haller, MD, CEO, and David F. Chang, MD.

• Welcome to the Eyeluminaries podcast 00:10
• Quick recap of episode 34 00:52
• Intro of Julia A. Haller, MD, CEO 01:47
• Tell us about changes you're seeing in leading a large academic center 02:16
• How has residency changed in the last years? 06:23
• Why are you involved in the Ophthalmology Foundation? 13:05
• Intro of David F. Chang, MD 16:51
• What do you think about the future of robotics in cataract surgery? 17:51
• How do you continue to involve the patient in their care? 20:15
• Dr. Chang discusses premium lenses 22:43
• What's going on with EyeSustain and what are you excited about in the future? 27:00
• Thank you! 35:30

Julia A. Haller, MD, is ophthalmologist-in-chief and CEO at Wills Eye Hospital.

David F. Chang, MD, is a world-renowned cataract surgeon and innovator in the field. He is clinical professor of ophthalmology at the University of California, San Francisco, and is in private practice in Los Altos, Calif. He is also the chair of the EyeSustain advisory board.

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Disclosures: Hovanesian consults widely in the ophthalmic field. Mazzo reports being an advisor for Anivive Lifesciences, Avellino Labs, Bain Capital, CVC Capital and Zeiss; executive chairman of Neurotech, Preceyes BV and TearLab; and sits on the board of Crystilex, Centricity Vision, IanTech, Lensgen and Visus. Healio could not confirm disclosures for Garg, Hubschman, Juhasz, and Lindstrom at the time of publication.