Acknowledgements

The World Glaucoma Association – Patient Education Website was developed by its Education Committee, and we are very pleased and grateful to acknowledge everyone who actively participate in the development of this website, particularly:

Animations and Figures

Ignacio Bello, IT (Argentina):

Video Animation 1: From Basic – How does glaucoma damage occur
Video Animation 1: From Basic – Angle closure glaucoma
Video Animation 1: From Treatment – What is the correct way of instilling the eyedrops
Figure 1: from Basic – Glaucomatous optic disc
Figures 2, 3, 4: from Basic – Drainage system of the eye
Figures 1, 3: from Basic – Open Angle Glaucoma

Homero Gusmao de Almeida, MD (Brazil):

Figure 2: From Basic – Basic anatomy (adapted)
Figure 1: From Basic – Drainage system of the eye (adapted)
Figure 2, 3, 4: From Basic – Congenital glaucoma
Figure 1: From Basic – Open angle glaucoma
Figure 1: From Basic – Angle closure glaucoma (adapted)
Figure 2: From Basic – Acute angle closure
Figure 1, 2, 3: From Basic – Occludable angle
Figure 1, 2, 3: From Basic – Secondary glaucoma – can diabetes causes glaucoma
Figure 1, 2, 3: From Basic – Secondary glaucoma – can glaucoma occur after injury (trauma) to the eye
Figure 1, 2: From Treatment – Laser peripheral iridotomy
Figure 1: From Treatment – Laser trabeculoplasty (adapted)
Figure 1: From Treatment – Laser cyclophotocoagulation (adapted)
Figure 1, 2: From Treatment – Trabeculectomy surgery (adapted)
Figure 1, 2: From Treatment – Drainage implant surgery (adapted)
Figure 1, 2, 3: From Treatment – Is glaucoma associated with cataract (adapted)

Rodolpho Matsumoto Takaishi, MD (Brazil):

Figure 1: From Basic – Congenital glaucoma
Figure 1: From Examination – How tonometry is done
Figure 1: From Examination – How gonioscopy is done
Figure 1: From Treatment – Is glaucoma associated with cataract

Marcelo Hatanaka, MD (Brazil):

Video Animation 1: From Basic – Glaucomatous optic disc
Figure 1, 2: From Basic – Glaucomatous optic disc
Figure 1: From Examination – How tonometry is done?
Figure 1: From Examination – How gonioscopy is done?

Fabian Lerner, MD (Argentina):

Figure 3: From Basic – Glaucomatous optic disc
Figure 2: From Basic – Congenital glaucoma
Figure 1, 2: From Basic – Acute angle closure
Figure 2: From Examination – How is the visual field examined
Figure 1: From Treatment – What is the correct way of instilling the eyedrops?
Figure 2: From Treatment – Laser peripheral iridotomy

Gustavo Yamamoto, MD, Vinicius Okuyama, MD and Lisandro M. Sakata, MD (Brazil):

Figure 2: From Basic – Open angle glaucoma
Figure 2, 3: From Examination – How is tonometry done?
Figure 2: From Examination – How is gonioscopy done?
Figure 1, 2: From Examination – How is the optic nerve examined?
Figure 1: From Examination – How is the visual field examined?

Voice Narratives

Pradeep Ramulu, MD (USA):

Voice Narrative: From Basic – How does glaucoma damage occur
Voice Narrative: From Basic – Angle closure glaucoma
Voice Narrative: From Treatment – What is the correct way of instilling the eyedrops

Website Design, Content Management and IT support

Willem Driebergen (3bergen)
Simon Bakker (Kugler Publications)

Organization

Irene Koomans (WGA – Executive General Manager)

Educational Content Reviewers

Eythan Blumenthal, MD (Israel)
Tanuj Dada, MD (India)
Gustavo de Moraes, MD (USA)
Pradeep Ramulu, MD (USA)

Educational Content Editors

Tanuj Dada, MD (India)
Marcelo Hatanaka, MD (Brazil)
Fabian Lerner, MD (Argentina)
Pradeep Ramulu, MD (USA)
Lisandro Sakata, MD (Brazil)

Original text developed by Tanuj Dada, MD (India)

Translations

Bengali & Assamese

Asif Iqbal
Deepmala Mazumdar

Brazilian Portuguese

Luísa Nardino Gazzola (Brazil)
Bernardo Bolzani Bach (Brazil)
Mariana Bolzani Bach (Brazil)
Giulia Steuernagel Del Valle (Brazil)

Hindi

Janakiraman P
Deepmala Mazumdar

Kannada

Arunasree R
Kalpa N
Vaishaali G

Malay

Nurul Najieha Amir, MD (Malaysia)
Marium Ahmad, MD (Malaysia)
Irina Effendi Tenang, MD (Malaysia)
Puan Farah Nabilah Hanafi, MD (Malaysia)
Norlina Ramli, MD (Malaysia)

Malayalam

Jan Sairah
Najiya Sundus
Reni Philip

Marathi

Janakiraman P
Sangeetha N

Spanish

Irene Copati, MD (Argentina)

Tamil

Malavika R
Rashima A
Sangeetha N

Telugu

Arunasree R
Kharthiyaa L
Vaishaali G