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Dr. Mali’s Top 5 in Ophthalmology
Every year since 2016, retina specialist Joshua Mali, MD, FASRS has published his Top 5 predictions for the year ahead in Ophthalmology Times. Here is the complete archive.
A decade of forecasting the field
Dr. Mali’s Top 5 has become an annual tradition followed across ophthalmology and the industry that serves it. Each edition looks ahead at the treatments, technologies and business forces most likely to shape eye care in the coming year, drawing on his work as a practicing retina surgeon, clinical trial investigator and entrepreneur.
Over the years the series has tracked the rise of new anti-VEGF agents and bispecifics, the arrival of biosimilars, the first treatments for geographic atrophy, sustained drug delivery, home monitoring and artificial intelligence. His forecasts have been picked up by the business press, including Becker’s ASC Review, which also covered his 2021 prediction on AI.
The archive
- 2026Top 5 predictions in ophthalmology for 2026Artificial intelligence, IOL innovation, biosimilars, geographic atrophy and postoperative eye protection.
- 2024Top 5 predictions for 2024“The anti-VEGF war has begun.”
- 2023Top 5 predictions for ophthalmology in 2023Vabysmo, geographic atrophy approvals and the SNAPS Eyeshield. Also released as an Eye Care Insider podcast episode.
- 2022Top 5 predictions in ophthalmology for 2022Including Susvimo as a major innovation in wet AMD management.
- 2021Top 5 predictions for ophthalmology in 2021Including the rise of AI in clinical ophthalmology. Also released as a video and podcast episode.
- 2019Top 5 stories in ophthalmology for 2019Year-end review.
- 2019Top 5 predictions in ophthalmology for 2019Including brolucizumab’s approval and the M&A cycle.
- 2018Top 5 stories in ophthalmology for 2018Year-end review.
- 2018Top 5 predictions in ophthalmology for 2018Anti-VEGF growth, home AMD monitoring and gene therapy.
- 2017Top 5 stories in ophthalmology in 2017 (so far)Mid-year review.
- 21st c.Top 5 greatest innovations of the 21st century in ophthalmologyEye Care Insider podcast.
Read every column on Dr. Mali’s Ophthalmology Times author page.
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