In this episode, meet your hosts: Dagny Zhu, MD; Cathleen McCabe, MD; Laura Enyedi, MD; Laura Periman, MD; and Susan MacDonald, MD, as they share their vision for the show and provide a sneak peek at future episodes.

• Intro :32
• Introducing Mend the Gap :44
• This podcast’s origins/about Dr. Zhu 1:23
• About Dr. McCabe 2:43
• About Dr. Enyedi 5:15
• About Dr. Periman 7:55
• About Dr. MacDonald 10:50
• What are some issues you still see today? How far have we come? 13:45
• What changes have you seen in academia? 15:28
• How social media has helped 21:33
• Being authentic 24:46
• What are the most important topics for women in medicine? 25:53
• Did you have male mentors? 27:12
• What’s one resource you’d recommend to the audience? 28:22
• The importance of negotiating 34:46
• Thanks for listening 37:28

Dagny Zhu, MD, is a cornea, cataract, and refractive surgeon, and medical director and partner at NVISION Eye Centers in Rowland Heights, CA.

Laura Enyedi, MD, is professor of ophthalmology and pediatrics at Duke Eye Center and medical director of South Durham Ophthalmology in North Carolina.

Susan MacDonald, MD, is president of Eye Corps and associate clinical professor at Tufts School of Medicine.

Cathleen McCabe, MD, is chief medical officer of Eye Health America and medical director of The Eye Associates in Sarasota, FL.

Laura M. Periman, MD, is founder and director of DryEye Services and Clinical Research at Periman Eye Institute in Seattle, WA.

We’d love to hear from you! Send your comments/questions to Dr. Zhu, Dr. Enyedi, Dr. McCabe, Dr. MacDonald and Dr. Periman at [email protected]. Follow us on Twitter @Healio_OSN, @DZEyeMD, @Dryeyemaster and @CathyEye.

Disclosures: Enyedi reports serving on the Novartis Advisory Board for Amblyopia. MacDonald reports being an investor in and consulting for Perfect Lens and Lantech. McCabe is an equity owner of Ocular Innovations and reports receiving numerous grants, consulting fees, advisory fee and speaking fees and is the chief medical officer of Eye Health America and is the medical director at the Eye Associates. Periman reports consulting for Allergan, Novartis and Sun Ophthalmics. Zhu reports consulting for Alcon, Lensar, Visus Therapeutics Advisory Board and the EyeSafe Advisory Board.