In this inaugural episode, Darrell White, MD, gives the background of how he came to be Healio.com/OSN’s first podcaster, starting out from blogging, to The Dry Eye columnist to podcaster. While becoming known as Healio.com/OSN’s dry eye disease expert, he delves into his background as an anterior segment ophthalmologist with a cross-interest in business and the ongoing arc of his career.

• Disclaimer :09
• Introduction: “You have been reading my blog posts, haven’t you?” 1:00
• It’s great you’re a dry eye expert, but do you still operate? 2:22
• Who am I and why should you care what I think? 2:51
• The arc of an ophthalmology career 3:23
• Starting out in private practice 3:57
• How did I get into ophthalmology? 4:45
• Thinking about the intersection between health care and commerce 9:10
• Finding your voice by taking care of patients 10:40
• Lessons learned starting a private practice during an economic recession 11:59
• Demographics are on the side of the ophthalmologist 13:25
• Making the connection between industry and patient care 14:34
• Let’s have a conversation about ideas 14:38