Alimera Sciences: Optimizing the Treatment of DME
Episode 1: DME: What’s Inflammation Got To Do With It?
Jorge Fortun, MD, Christina Weng, MD, MBA, and Mitul Mehta, MD discuss the role of systemic inflammation in diabetic eye disease and specifically how chronic low-grade inflammation effects the pathophysiology of diabetic macular edema.
Episode 2: DME: The Cost of Chronic Low-grade Inflammation
Jorge Fortun, MD, Christina Weng, MD, MBA, and Mitul Mehta, MD discuss the influence of chronic low-grade inflammation on DME patient clinical outcomes.
Episode 3: DME: Are We Treating It Optimally?
Jorge Fortun, MD, Christina Weng, MD, MBA, and Mitul Mehta, MD will discuss how the presence of chronic low-grade neuroinflammation should influence DME treatment decisions. Treatments that suppress chronic low-grade inflammation and subsequent edema can help prevent retinal damage and permanent vision loss.