05 October 2026
Haag-Streit UK has announced the 2026 winners of its annual slit lamp imaging competition, which attracted 311 entries from 25 countries.
Submissions were evaluated based on image quality, technical execution and disease interest.
The first-place award in the image category was presented to Carmen Rodrigues of Augenklinik Luzerner Kantonsspital in Switzerland, for her image ‘PFC-Bubble and Tube.’
Captured on a Haag-Streit BX 900 slit lamp, the image presents a perfluorocarbon droplet adjacent to an intraocular tube.
Judges remarked on the sharpness, technical precision, and visual simplicity of the image.
Ophthalmologist, Jesús Conejero, who was part of the judging panel, commented: “The sharpness and exceptional definition of the image, combined with a carefully executed lighting technique, create a powerful visual impact that captures and holds the viewer’s attention.
In second place was Utpal Sarkar of Disha Eye Hospitals in India for the image: ‘Floating iris cyst in aqueous humor,’ while third place was awarded to Katie Lachut-Yevich of VCU Health, USA, for her image of a resorbed fibrous cataract.
In the video category, Tony Thieu, of Christiana Care, USA, received the award for a video captured on the Haag-Streit Elara 900 slit lamp demonstrating keratic precipitates associated with anterior uveitis.
The judging panel was made up of ophthalmologists, imaging specialists, and professional photographers.
An image of iris atrophy by Rob Hancock at Wirral University Teaching Hospitals in the UK was among the shortlisted submissions.
The shortlist also included submissions from Carmen Rodrigues, Pratap Dey, Utpal Sarkar, Davide Brambilla, Pia Emilia Lohri, and Katie Lachut-Yevich.
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