Global (October 19, 2026) — Ophthalmology 360®, a leading digital platform from International Healthcare Media (IHM), was pleased to host its Second Annual Photo Contest in July 2026, inviting ophthalmologists worldwide to submit compelling images capturing the most challenging, innovative, or visually striking ophthalmic cases.
A panel of 3 ophthalmologist judges reviewed submissions and selected the top 3 cases. Read on to see the top 3 photos and the clinicians behind them (winners are not listed in any particular order; all 3 were weighed equally as winners of the contest).
“I find it so stunning. I took it last year. I was doing some of the first commercial iDose implantations in the United States, and we were taking pictures for the [manufacturer]. When I saw that one, I was like, ‘This is very different.’ It was the contrast; it was the clarity of the proximal imagery of the iDose implanted into the angle, with the iris crypts next to it.”
Hear more from Dr. Bacharach about his win.
It tells two stories in a frame. The extensive exudative retinal detachment immediately catches the eye. It's visible to everybody, as you can also notice, but the underlying metastatic lesion reveals the actual diagnosis. The creamy yellow lesion with undulating retinal elevation, the retinal fold, and vessels draped across the elevated surface make it visually striking, and clinically, it is equally compelling because the obvious finding, the detachment, is the consequence of a very serious disease that the patient had.
Hear more from Dr. Khullar about her win.
We were treating this patient with injections because he had macular edema. But as our teachers used to tell us, at 90 days, at 100 days, at three months, do the gonioscopy, do the angiography; you'll always have to look for neovascularization. This is a tiny frown that we found on gonioscopy and that changed the management, and we had to add a panretinal photocoagulation. A tiny thing, but again, significantly profound. The clinical decision changed because of that.
Hear more from Dr. Shah about his win.
This year, Ophthalmology 360 launched a social media photo series, Case of the Month, to highlight other unique cases entered in both the First and Second Annual Ophthalmology 360 Photo Contest. Follow Ophthalmology 360 on Instagram @ophthalmology360 to see all the photos. In addition, the Ophthalmology 360 Photo Gallery now shares entries from this year’s competition alongside last year’s stunning photos. Thank you to everyone who took the time to enter the Second Annual Ophthalmology 360 Photo Contest. Missed your chance this year? Keep an eye out in 2027 for an announcement of the Third Annual Photo Contest on Ophthalmology 360.
View all the submissions in our new Photo Gallery.
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