Eyetube Podcasts

Practicing retina in the developing world means facing frustrating, unexpected, and sometimes dangerous circumstances. Don D'Amico, MD, R.V. Paul Chan, MD, and Pravin Dugel, MD, share their stories of engaging medical communities from Tanzania to Armenia and Vietnam to Nepal.

Frank Bucci, MD; Sheri Rowen, MD; and Alice Epitropoulos, MD, join Marguerite McDonald, MD, to discuss omega-3 fatty acids and their effect on dry eye disease. Dr. Bucci explains how this nutraceutical can change the composition of a patient's meibum, and Dr. Epitropoulos describes a recently published article demonstrating that oral consumption of omega-3 fatty acids leads to improvement in tear osmolarity. Dr. Rowen highlights the ideal amount of supplementation a patient needs to alleviate dry eye symptoms.

Karolinne Rocha, MD, PhD, recounts her ophthalmology journey to Gary Wörtz, MD, and shares her experience training in Brazil and then retraining in the United States. Listen in as Dr. Rocha discusses her insights into spherical aberrations, premium lenses, and the importance of efficiency in being a successful practitioner, partner, and parent.

Steven Dell, MD, sits down with Gary Wörtz, MD, to discuss investment strategies--some financial, some mental, and some professional--for ophthalmologists. Dr. Dell also explains his motivations for creating the Dell questionnaire and offers insight into the future of presbyopia correction.

Alice Epitropoulos, MD, and John Berdahl, MD, speak with Marguerite McDonald, MD, regarding their use of LipiFlow (TearScience) to treat meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD). Drs. Epitropoulos and Berdahl explain how they educate their patients about the need for MGD treatment prior to cataract surgery and they detail what is involved with the components of the LipiFlow procedure.

Sumit (Sam) Garg, MD, and James Mazzo sit down with Gary Wörtz, MD, to honor the legacy of Roger Steinert, MD. Discover the valuable role that Dr. Steinert played in the careers of Dr. Garg and Mr. Mazzo and gain an understanding of just how beloved he was as a mentor, colleague, and friend.

Bruna Ventura, MD, joins Gary Wörtz, MD, to talk about her practice and her family's role in ophthalmology in her home country of Brazil. Dr. Ventura, a third-generation ophthalmologist, comments on her experience with pediatric cataract surgery and explains the current technology and tools she utilizes in her practice.

Marguerite McDonald, MD, invites Stephen D. Klyce, PhD, to describe the physiology and history of corneal inlays. Gregory Parkhurst, MD, and William Wiley, MD, also share their experiences with inlays and discuss how they educate patients when making a recommendation for this technology. Drs. Parkhurst and Wiley further describe the ideal candidates for inlays and how they approach this procedure.

Cynthia Matossian, MD, speaks with Gary Wörtz, MD, about her amazing life story-from her childhood in Beirut to opening her own ophthalmology practice in the United States. Listen as Dr. Matossian explains how her experiences have molded her into the influential surgeon she is today and hear more about her journey to starting her own practice.

Hawks have more than one fovea and a cornea that changes shape to sharpen focus on prey. Who knew? Well, one retina doctor did. James C. Major Jr, MD, PhD, joins us for an episode to review his early contributions to animal imaging. But the story is bigger than that. Dr. Major's journey illustrates that a marriage between two passions-in his case, the blossoming world of optical coherence tomography in the early 2000s and an ornithological hobby-can send a retina doctor down uncharted paths of scientific discovery.