Sydney Eye Podcast | @CabreraMarie Fri, 03 Apr 2026 04:36:11 -0400 https://www.drmariacabrera.com/ en-us © 2026 Sydney Eye Podcast | @CabreraMarie yes 77d0ccc0-3bdd-5d35-a7c0-8ebe6db8ed7a Dr Maria Cabrera episodic false Buzzsprout (https://www.buzzsprout.com) Dr Maria Cabrera https://storage.buzzsprout.com/kjoaqsxj6w7z9gszsvwl0h0z3usv?.jpg Sydney Eye Podcast | @CabreraMarie https://www.drmariacabrera.com/ The year 2021 in hindSIGHT The year 2021 in hindSIGHT Dr Maria Cabrera-Aguas chats with Prof Stephanie Watson, a corneal specialist and the head of the Corneal Research Group at the University of Sydney, Save Sight Institute, and the Head of the Corneal Unit at the Sydney Eye Hospital about the lessons dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic in our research group in 2021, and the challenges for corneal research and our research projects for 2022.

Interested in joining the Keratoconus and/or Dry eye registries? 

·         Request access at https://savesightregistries.org and click ‘request access’

You will be asked to complete a brief training session before being granted access to the registries

 ·         Need further information:

Contact us at ssi.ssr@sydney.edu.au or maria.cabreraaguas@sydney.edu.au

If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions please send them to sydeyepodcast@gmail.com

Like this podcast? Please leave us a review here-even one sentence helps. Post a screenshot of your listening on Instagram and tag me (@drmaria.cabrera) so I can thank you personally.

The Transcript is available in the 'Transcript' tab on this page.
  
Don't forget to listen to our previous episodes -->
Ep8: The first international dry eye registry 
Ep7: The link between dry eye and breast cancer treatment
Ep6: Quality-of-life questionnaire in keratoconus
Ep5: A glimpse on a new technology for corneal surgery
Ep4: Eye injury registry
Ep3: Herpes Simplex Keratitis
Ep2: Antimicrobial resistance in corneal infections
Ep1: Corneal infection and contact lenses

Connect with us using #Sydeyepod


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]]> Dr Maria Cabrera-Aguas chats with Prof Stephanie Watson, a corneal specialist and the head of the Corneal Research Group at the University of Sydney, Save Sight Institute, and the Head of the Corneal Unit at the Sydney Eye Hospital about the lessons dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic in our research group in 2021, and the challenges for corneal research and our research projects for 2022.

Interested in joining the Keratoconus and/or Dry eye registries? 

·         Request access at https://savesightregistries.org and click ‘request access’

You will be asked to complete a brief training session before being granted access to the registries

 ·         Need further information:

Contact us at ssi.ssr@sydney.edu.au or maria.cabreraaguas@sydney.edu.au

If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions please send them to sydeyepodcast@gmail.com

Like this podcast? Please leave us a review here-even one sentence helps. Post a screenshot of your listening on Instagram and tag me (@drmaria.cabrera) so I can thank you personally.

The Transcript is available in the 'Transcript' tab on this page.
  
Don't forget to listen to our previous episodes -->
Ep8: The first international dry eye registry 
Ep7: The link between dry eye and breast cancer treatment
Ep6: Quality-of-life questionnaire in keratoconus
Ep5: A glimpse on a new technology for corneal surgery
Ep4: Eye injury registry
Ep3: Herpes Simplex Keratitis
Ep2: Antimicrobial resistance in corneal infections
Ep1: Corneal infection and contact lenses

Connect with us using #Sydeyepod


Music provided by: Energized morning by Airae
Link: https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/xF2ADhIuB9

]]> Buzzsprout-9746538 Sun, 19 Dec 2021 22:00:00 +1100 1487 1 9 full false The first international Dry Eye Registry The first international Dry Eye Registry Dr Maria Cabrera-Aguas chats with Pauline Khoo, a Clinical Researcher at the University of Sydney, Save Sight Institute about  the world’s first international dry eye registry

The dry eye registry records patient outcomes, generates benchmarking reports to improve your patients’ dry eye outcomes and generates anonymised reports comparing clinicians’ patient outcomes with those of your peers.

Interested in joining the registry? 

 You will be asked to complete a brief training session before being granted access to the  registries

  • Need further information:

https://savesightregistries.org/fight-corneal-blindness/

  • Still some questions? 

Contact us at ssi.ssr@sydney.edu.au or maria.cabreraaguas@sydney.edu.au

If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions about the Sydney Eye Podcast,
please send them to sydeyepodcast@gmail.com

The Transcript is available in the 'Transcript' tab on this page.
  
Don't forget to listen to our previous episodes -->
Ep7: The link between dry eye and breast cancer treatment
Ep6: Quality-of-life questionnaire in keratoconus
Ep5: A glimpse on a new technology for corneal surgery
Ep4: Eye injury registry
Ep3: Herpes Simplex Keratitis
Ep2: Antimicrobial resistance in corneal infections
Ep1: Corneal infection and contact lenses

Connect with us using #Sydeyepod


Music provided by: Energized morning by Airae
Link: https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/xF2ADhIuB9

]]> Dr Maria Cabrera-Aguas chats with Pauline Khoo, a Clinical Researcher at the University of Sydney, Save Sight Institute about  the world’s first international dry eye registry

The dry eye registry records patient outcomes, generates benchmarking reports to improve your patients’ dry eye outcomes and generates anonymised reports comparing clinicians’ patient outcomes with those of your peers.

Interested in joining the registry? 

 You will be asked to complete a brief training session before being granted access to the  registries

  • Need further information:

https://savesightregistries.org/fight-corneal-blindness/

  • Still some questions? 

Contact us at ssi.ssr@sydney.edu.au or maria.cabreraaguas@sydney.edu.au

If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions about the Sydney Eye Podcast,
please send them to sydeyepodcast@gmail.com

The Transcript is available in the 'Transcript' tab on this page.
  
Don't forget to listen to our previous episodes -->
Ep7: The link between dry eye and breast cancer treatment
Ep6: Quality-of-life questionnaire in keratoconus
Ep5: A glimpse on a new technology for corneal surgery
Ep4: Eye injury registry
Ep3: Herpes Simplex Keratitis
Ep2: Antimicrobial resistance in corneal infections
Ep1: Corneal infection and contact lenses

Connect with us using #Sydeyepod


Music provided by: Energized morning by Airae
Link: https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/xF2ADhIuB9

]]> Buzzsprout-9426692 Mon, 01 Nov 2021 22:00:00 +1100 889 1 8 full false The link between dry eye and breast cancer treatment The link between dry eye and breast cancer treatment Dr Maria Cabrera chats with Pauline Khoo (@khootweets), a Clinical Researcher at the University of Sydney, Save Sight Institute about the association between dry eye disease and a medication for breast cancer.

Dry eye disease is a common condition that happens when your tears are not able to lubricate your eyes. There are many risk factors for this disease including female gender, ocular conditions, autoimmune diseases, association with medications, and the environment.

 If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions please send them to sydeyepodcast@gmail.com

The Transcript is available in the 'Transcript' tab on this page.

Contact Pauline Khoo:

  
Don't forget to listen to our previous episodes -->
Ep6: Quality-of-life questionnaire in keratoconus
Ep5: A glimpse on a new technology for corneal surgery
Ep4: Eye injury registry
Ep3: Herpes Simplex Keratitis
Ep2: Antimicrobial resistance in corneal infections
Ep1: Corneal infection and contact lenses

Connect with us using #Sydeyepod


Music provided by: Energized morning by Airae
Link: https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/xF2ADhIuB9

]]> Dr Maria Cabrera chats with Pauline Khoo (@khootweets), a Clinical Researcher at the University of Sydney, Save Sight Institute about the association between dry eye disease and a medication for breast cancer.

Dry eye disease is a common condition that happens when your tears are not able to lubricate your eyes. There are many risk factors for this disease including female gender, ocular conditions, autoimmune diseases, association with medications, and the environment.

 If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions please send them to sydeyepodcast@gmail.com

The Transcript is available in the 'Transcript' tab on this page.

Contact Pauline Khoo:

  
Don't forget to listen to our previous episodes -->
Ep6: Quality-of-life questionnaire in keratoconus
Ep5: A glimpse on a new technology for corneal surgery
Ep4: Eye injury registry
Ep3: Herpes Simplex Keratitis
Ep2: Antimicrobial resistance in corneal infections
Ep1: Corneal infection and contact lenses

Connect with us using #Sydeyepod


Music provided by: Energized morning by Airae
Link: https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/xF2ADhIuB9

]]> Buzzsprout-9114420 Thu, 02 Sep 2021 10:00:00 +1000 981 1 7 full false Quality-of-life questionnaire in keratoconus Quality-of-life questionnaire in keratoconus Dr Maria Cabrera chats with Dr Himal Kandel (@kandelhimal), a Research Associate at the University of Sydney, Save Sight Institute about the importance of a quality-of-life questionnaire in keratoconus. Measuring quality of life, an abstract term, is a bit more complex than measuring length or weight. But a quality-of-life questionnaire can allow us to measure it in a scientific way to find out how keratoconus treatments and disease progression are impacting people’s quality of life. 

If you have any questions, comments or suggestions please send them to sydeyepodcast@gmail.com

The Transcript is available in the 'Transcript' tab on this page.

Contact Dr Himal Kandel:

  
Don't forget to listen to our previous episodes -->
Ep5: A glimpse on a new technology for corneal surgery
Ep4: Eye injury registry
Ep3: Herpes Simplex Keratitis
Ep2: Antimicrobial resistance in corneal infections
Ep1: Corneal infection and contact lenses

Connect with us using #Sydeyepod


Music provided by: Energized morning by Airae
Link: https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/xF2ADhIuB9

]]> Dr Maria Cabrera chats with Dr Himal Kandel (@kandelhimal), a Research Associate at the University of Sydney, Save Sight Institute about the importance of a quality-of-life questionnaire in keratoconus. Measuring quality of life, an abstract term, is a bit more complex than measuring length or weight. But a quality-of-life questionnaire can allow us to measure it in a scientific way to find out how keratoconus treatments and disease progression are impacting people’s quality of life. 

If you have any questions, comments or suggestions please send them to sydeyepodcast@gmail.com

The Transcript is available in the 'Transcript' tab on this page.

Contact Dr Himal Kandel:

  
Don't forget to listen to our previous episodes -->
Ep5: A glimpse on a new technology for corneal surgery
Ep4: Eye injury registry
Ep3: Herpes Simplex Keratitis
Ep2: Antimicrobial resistance in corneal infections
Ep1: Corneal infection and contact lenses

Connect with us using #Sydeyepod


Music provided by: Energized morning by Airae
Link: https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/xF2ADhIuB9

]]> Buzzsprout-8853572 Tue, 13 Jul 2021 14:00:00 +1000 1112 1 6 full false A glimpse on a new technology for corneal surgery A glimpse on a new technology for corneal surgery Dr Jackie Tan chats with Dr Maria Cabrera about a new technology to seal corneal wounds without stitches.

If you have any questions, comments or suggestions please send them to sydeyepodcast@gmail.com

The Transcript is available in the 'Transcript' tab on this page.

Connect with Dr Jackie Tan:
Email: jtan8777@uni.sydney.edu.au
Twitter:  @drjacktan
 
Don't forget to listen to our previous episodes -->
Ep4: Eye injury registry
Ep3: Herpes Simplex Keratitis
Ep2: Antimicrobial resistance in corneal infections
Ep1: Corneal infection and contact lenses

Connect with us on Twitter:
Dr Maria Cabrera: @CabreraMarie,
Corneal Research Group, Save Sight Institute, University of Sydney: @cornealresearch
using #Sydeyepod

Music provided by: Energized morning by Airae
Link: https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/xF2ADhIuB9
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]]> Dr Jackie Tan chats with Dr Maria Cabrera about a new technology to seal corneal wounds without stitches.

If you have any questions, comments or suggestions please send them to sydeyepodcast@gmail.com

The Transcript is available in the 'Transcript' tab on this page.

Connect with Dr Jackie Tan:
Email: jtan8777@uni.sydney.edu.au
Twitter:  @drjacktan
 
Don't forget to listen to our previous episodes -->
Ep4: Eye injury registry
Ep3: Herpes Simplex Keratitis
Ep2: Antimicrobial resistance in corneal infections
Ep1: Corneal infection and contact lenses

Connect with us on Twitter:
Dr Maria Cabrera: @CabreraMarie,
Corneal Research Group, Save Sight Institute, University of Sydney: @cornealresearch
using #Sydeyepod

Music provided by: Energized morning by Airae
Link: https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/xF2ADhIuB9
Artwork: made by Freepik from www.flaticon.com

]]> Buzzsprout-8665673 Tue, 08 Jun 2021 22:00:00 +1000 1178 1 5 full false Eye injury registry Eye injury registry Eye injuries are the main cause of vision loss in one eye worldwide.

Annette Hoskin chats with Dr Maria Cabrera about the creation of an eye injury registry to understand when and where eye injuries happen, and better understand how we can manage those eye injuries.

If you have any questions, comments or suggestions please send them to sydeyepodcast@gmail.com

The Transcript is available in the 'Transcript' tab on this page.

Connect with Annette Hoskin:
Email: annettehoskin@yahoo.com.au
Twitter:  @Annette_hoskin
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/annettehoskin/

 
Don't forget to listen to our previous episodes -->
Ep3: Herpes Simplex Keratitis
Ep2: Antimicrobial resistance in corneal infections
Ep1: Corneal infection and contact lenses

Connect with us on Twitter:
Dr Maria Cabrera: @CabreraMarie,
Corneal Research Group, Save Sight Institute, University of Sydney: @cornealresearch
using #Sydeyepod

Music provided by: Energized morning by Airae
Link: https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/xF2ADhIuB9 

]]> Eye injuries are the main cause of vision loss in one eye worldwide.

Annette Hoskin chats with Dr Maria Cabrera about the creation of an eye injury registry to understand when and where eye injuries happen, and better understand how we can manage those eye injuries.

If you have any questions, comments or suggestions please send them to sydeyepodcast@gmail.com

The Transcript is available in the 'Transcript' tab on this page.

Connect with Annette Hoskin:
Email: annettehoskin@yahoo.com.au
Twitter:  @Annette_hoskin
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/annettehoskin/

 
Don't forget to listen to our previous episodes -->
Ep3: Herpes Simplex Keratitis
Ep2: Antimicrobial resistance in corneal infections
Ep1: Corneal infection and contact lenses

Connect with us on Twitter:
Dr Maria Cabrera: @CabreraMarie,
Corneal Research Group, Save Sight Institute, University of Sydney: @cornealresearch
using #Sydeyepod

Music provided by: Energized morning by Airae
Link: https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/xF2ADhIuB9 

]]> Dr Maria Cabrera Buzzsprout-8398572 Sun, 25 Apr 2021 21:00:00 +1000 1683 1 4 full false Herpes Simplex Keratitis Herpes Simplex Keratitis Did you know that a corneal infection caused by herpes simplex virus is one of the main causes of blindness in developed countries?
 
Corneal specialist, Prof Stephanie Watson chats with Dr. Maria Cabrera about how to identify and prevent this infection.

If you have any questions, comments or suggestions please send them to sydeyepodcast@gmail.com

The Transcript is available in the 'Transcript' tab on this page.

Closed captioning for this episode can be also found on YouTube --> HERE

Don't forget to listen to our previous episodes -->
Ep2: Antimicrobial resistance in corneal infections
Ep1: Corneal infection and contact lenses

Connect with us on Twitter:
Dr Maria Cabrera: @CabreraMarie,
Prof Stephanie Watson: @profswatson,
Corneal Research Group, Save Sight Institute, University of Sydney: @cornealresearch
using #Sydeyepod

Music provided by: Energized morning by Airae
Link: https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/xF2ADhIuB9 

]]> Did you know that a corneal infection caused by herpes simplex virus is one of the main causes of blindness in developed countries?
 
Corneal specialist, Prof Stephanie Watson chats with Dr. Maria Cabrera about how to identify and prevent this infection.

If you have any questions, comments or suggestions please send them to sydeyepodcast@gmail.com

The Transcript is available in the 'Transcript' tab on this page.

Closed captioning for this episode can be also found on YouTube --> HERE

Don't forget to listen to our previous episodes -->
Ep2: Antimicrobial resistance in corneal infections
Ep1: Corneal infection and contact lenses

Connect with us on Twitter:
Dr Maria Cabrera: @CabreraMarie,
Prof Stephanie Watson: @profswatson,
Corneal Research Group, Save Sight Institute, University of Sydney: @cornealresearch
using #Sydeyepod

Music provided by: Energized morning by Airae
Link: https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/xF2ADhIuB9 

]]> Dr Maria Cabrera Buzzsprout-8067416 Wed, 03 Mar 2021 23:00:00 +1100 1031 1 3 full false Antimicrobial resistance in corneal infections Antimicrobial resistance in corneal infections Did you know that antimicrobial resistance also occurs in corneal infections as well as in systemic infections?

Dr. Maria Cabrera talks about what antimicrobial resistance is, some causes of antimicrobial resistance, and how to prevent antimicrobial resistance in corneal infections.

The transcript is available in the 'Transcript' tab on this page.
 
 Closed captioning for this episode can be found on YouTube --> HERE

Don't forget to listen to our previous episode -->
Ep1: Corneal infection and contact lenses

If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions please send them to sydeyepodcast@gmail.com

Connect with us on Twitter:
Dr. Maria Cabrera: @CabreraMarie,
Prof Stephanie Watson: @profswatson,
Corneal Research Group, Save Sight Institute, University of Sydney: @cornealresearch
using #Sydeyepod

Music provided by: Energized morning by Airae
Link: https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/xF2ADhIuB9/

]]> Did you know that antimicrobial resistance also occurs in corneal infections as well as in systemic infections?

Dr. Maria Cabrera talks about what antimicrobial resistance is, some causes of antimicrobial resistance, and how to prevent antimicrobial resistance in corneal infections.

The transcript is available in the 'Transcript' tab on this page.
 
 Closed captioning for this episode can be found on YouTube --> HERE

Don't forget to listen to our previous episode -->
Ep1: Corneal infection and contact lenses

If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions please send them to sydeyepodcast@gmail.com

Connect with us on Twitter:
Dr. Maria Cabrera: @CabreraMarie,
Prof Stephanie Watson: @profswatson,
Corneal Research Group, Save Sight Institute, University of Sydney: @cornealresearch
using #Sydeyepod

Music provided by: Energized morning by Airae
Link: https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/xF2ADhIuB9/

]]> Dr Maria Cabrera Buzzsprout-7662529 Thu, 04 Feb 2021 09:00:00 +1100 1044 1 2 full false Corneal infections and contact lenses Corneal infections and contact lenses
If you wear contact lenses, did you know that you are more prone to get corneal infections?

Corneal specialist, Prof Stephanie Watson talks with Dr. Maria Cabrera about what causes a corneal infection, how to recognise it, and how to prevent it.

Closed captioning for this episode can be found on YouTube --> HERE

If you have any questions, comments or suggestions please send them to sydeyepodcast@gmail.com

Connect with us on Twitter:
Dr Maria Cabrera: @CabreraMarie,
Prof Stephanie Watson: @profswatson,
Corneal Research Group, Save Sight Institute, University of Sydney: @cornealresearch
using #Sydeyepod

Music provided by: Energized morning by Airae
Link: https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/xF2ADhIuB9/

]]>
If you wear contact lenses, did you know that you are more prone to get corneal infections?

Corneal specialist, Prof Stephanie Watson talks with Dr. Maria Cabrera about what causes a corneal infection, how to recognise it, and how to prevent it.

Closed captioning for this episode can be found on YouTube --> HERE

If you have any questions, comments or suggestions please send them to sydeyepodcast@gmail.com

Connect with us on Twitter:
Dr Maria Cabrera: @CabreraMarie,
Prof Stephanie Watson: @profswatson,
Corneal Research Group, Save Sight Institute, University of Sydney: @cornealresearch
using #Sydeyepod

Music provided by: Energized morning by Airae
Link: https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/xF2ADhIuB9/

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