To the Point
To the Point is a podcast aimed at helping optometrists build their dry eye practices.
Episodes
July 6, 2026 • 27 mins
Co-hosts Jackie Garlich, OD, FAAO, and Jessilin Quint, OD, FAAO, sit down with Damon Dierker, OD, FAAO, on To the Point to talk about his approach to conjunctivochalasis. Dr. Dierker notes that he prefers to start the dry eye management process by addressing more common patient symptoms, such as inflammation. If symptoms persist, it’s time to introduce conjunctivochalasis as a diagnosis into the conversation. Dr. Dierker cove...
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April 2, 2026 • 33 mins
Co-hosts Jackie Garlich, OD, FAAO, and Jessilin Quint, OD, FAAO, invite Mila Ioussifova, OD, CNS, FAAO, FOWNS, back on the To the Point podcast to talk about in-office allergy testing. Dr. Ioussifova has built her dry eye and ocular allergy treatment armamentarium over the course of 13 years in practice. She notes that combined, dry eye and ocular allergy can be part of a vicious cycle if the underlying dysregulated immune system i...
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January 13, 2026 • 36 mins
Kicking off the first episode of the To the Point podcast in 2026, co-hosts Jackie Garlich, OD, FAAO, and Jessilin Quint, OD, FAAO, continue the dry eye conversation with DED pearls to implement in clinic. They cover everything from patient signs, symptoms, and side effects to in-office tools, treatments, and therapeutics and OTC options.
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December 18, 2025 • 24 mins
In the final 2025 episode of the To the Point podcast, co-hosts Jackie Garlich, OD, FAAO, and Jessilin Quint, OD, MS, MBA, FAAO, take a moment to look back on the innovations, learnings, and FDA approvals in ocular surface disease over the past year. They also share their vision for dry eye management in 2026, including advances they’re looking forward to and goals they plan to implement in their practices.
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November 12, 2025 • 30 mins
Jackie Garlich, OD, FAAO, and Jessilin Quint, OD, MS, MBA, FAAO, welcome Alfonso L. Sabater, MD, PhD, on this episode of To the Point to share his expertise on the use of autologous serum drops in the treatment
of ocular surface and corneal disease. Dr. Sabater describes some of the clinical benefits and challenges, which patients may be ideal candidates, and what clinicians should know when getting started with this treatment opti...
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October 24, 2025 • 29 mins
Tracy Doll, OD, FAAO, joins co-hosts Jackie Garlich, OD,
FAAO, and Jessilin Quint, OD, MS, MBA, FAAO, on this episode of To the Point to share her expertise with the aesthetics side of managing ocular surface disease. Dr. Doll discusses her experiences addressing patients’ clinical and aesthetic concerns, educating patients and other providers on the cosmetic benefits of certain dry eye therapies, integrating new innovations ...
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September 10, 2025 • 34 mins
To the Point co-hosts Jackie Garlich, OD, FAAO, and Jessilin Quint, OD, MS, MBA, FAAO, sit down with Jason Besecker, OD, MS, to get his perspective on opening a dry eye only clinic. Dr. Besecker shares how he became interested in treating dry eye patients exclusively, growing his referral base after opening his practice, maintaining profitability without
an optical shop, technology and diagnostics he has incorporated over the years...
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August 13, 2025 • 44 mins
This month on To the Point, Jackie Garlich, OD, FAAO, and Jessilin Quint, OD, MS, MBA, FAAO, invite Shane Swatts, OD, to join them on the podcast to share tips from his experience growing a dry eye and ocular aesthetics practice. He talks about integrating cutting-edge technology, gives advice on discussing advanced treatment options with patients, suggests how to set actionable treatment goals, and more.
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July 8, 2025 • 29 mins
In this episode of To the Point, Jackie Garlich, OD, FAAO, and Jessilin Quint, OD, MS, MBA, FAAO, get into a deep discussion with Vin T. Dang, OD, FAAO, on the recent Tear Film & Ocular Surface Society Dry Eye Workshop (TFOS DEWS) III Report. Dr. Dang shares his top takesaways from the report and offers his thoughts on a recently FDA-approved neuromodulating agent that treats dry eye by stimulating increased tear production.
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June 11, 2025 • 29 mins
This month on the To the Point podcast, Jackie Garlich, OD, FAAO, and Jessilin Quint, OD, MS, MBA, FAAO, discuss the relationship between eyelid laxity, poor blinking patterns, and dry eye with guest Cory J. Lappin, OD, MS, FAAO. Dr. Lappin also shares tips for properly assessing eyelids and blink quality at the slit lamp and offers his thoughts on management strategies.
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May 12, 2025 • 33 mins
Bita Asghari, OD, FAAO, FSLS, joins co-hosts Jackie Garlich, OD, FAAO, and Jessilin Quint, OD, MS, MBA, FAAO, on this episode of the To the Point podcast to share her insights on managing corneal pathology in the setting of dry eye symptoms. They discuss signs to look for in cases of limbal stem cell deficiency (especially with contact lens wearers), the benefits of fitting scleral lenses, pearls for managing other corneal diseases...
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April 8, 2025 • 27 mins
Jackie Garlich, OD, FAAO, and Jessilin Quint, OD, MS, MBA, FAAO, welcome their latest guest to the podcast, Pamela Theriot, OD, FAAO, who discusses her unique journey toward starting a large dry eye referral center as an associate optometrist. Dr. Theriot shares her approach to advocating for the need to treat dry eye more extensively, the logistics of building up a dry eye clinic, what it takes to educate the public on dry eye dis...
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March 11, 2025 • 29 mins
Jackie Garlich, OD, FAAO, and Jessilin Quint, OD, MS, MBA, FAAO, have a conversation with Kaleb Abbott, OD, FAAO, on the importance of vitamin A in maintaining ocular surface health. Dr. Abbott discusses the various forms of vitamin A, where it can be obtained, settings in which it can be potentially harmful to the ocular surface, signs and symptoms of deficiency, and more.
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February 10, 2025 • 31 mins
Hosts Jackie Garlich, OD, FAAO, and Jessilin Quint, OD, MS, MBA, FAAO, welcome guest Mile Brujic, OD, FAAO, for a lively discussion of the most common conditions that can be mistaken for dry eye disease. Dr. Brujic also reviews the signs and symptoms that can be red flags that something else is occurring with a patient’s ocular or systemic health.
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January 2, 2025 • 29 mins
In this month’s episode of To the Point, Jackie Garlich, OD, FAAO, and Cecelia Koetting, OD, FAAO, Dipl ABO, talk about the most exciting, important, and novel ocular surface disease (OSD) news to come out of the past year, including FDA approvals, product launches, new clinical data, and more. They also discuss what developments to watch out for in the OSD space this coming year.
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December 10, 2024 • 28 mins
This month on To the Point, learn about meibomian gland probing in patients with dry eye with Jackie Garlich, OD, FAAO, and Jessilin Quint, OD, MBA, MS, FAAO. Their guest, Rana Taji, OD, MSc, FAAO, explains what it is, how to do it, why to do it, and more.
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November 13, 2024 • 30 mins
Jackie Garlich, OD, FAAO, and Jessilin Quint, OD, MBA, MS, FAAO, are joined by Sathi Maiti, OD, FAAO, who shares her knowledge and experience working on dry eye clinical research. Dr. Maiti offers great advice on what you need to know before seeking out a clinical trial, how to delegate tasks to your staff related to the study, tips for patient recruiting and scheduling, and other considerations.
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October 8, 2024 • 27 mins
Jacob Lang, OD, FAAO, shares his knowledge of innovative therapies for dry eye with Jackie Garlich, OD, FAAO, and Jessilin Quint, OD, MBA, MS, FAAO. He discusses drugs in development that target pathways involved in ocular surface disease, such as reactive aldehyde species inhibitors, transient receptor potential receptors, and more.
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September 10, 2024 • 44 mins
Jackie Garlich, OD, FAAO, and Jessilin Quint, OD, MBA, MS, FAAO, discuss the benefits of using radio frequency to treat conjunctivochalasis (CCH) with Edward H. Jaccoma, MD, an ophthalmologist who specializes in dry eye and ocular aesthetics. Dr. Jaccoma also offers his insights for patient education, managing cases of CCH that don’t go entirely as planned, and more.
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August 13, 2024 • 23 mins
Nandini Venkateswaran, MD, joins Jackie Garlich, OD, FAAO, and Jessilin Quint, OD, MBA, MS, FAAO, this month on To the Point to share her insights on preoperative ocular surface considerations. Dr. Venkateswaran offers her approach to optimizing the ocular surface, educating patients on the importance of properly managing dry eye, and varying her dry eye treatment strategy depending on the individual patient.
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