In this special crossover episode, Eyeluminaries hosts Jim Mazzo and John A. Hovanesian, MD, FACS, are joined live by Susan MacDonald, MD, and Cathleen McCabe, MD, at Eyecelerator 2024 in Chicago, IL.

• Intro :07
• Welcome to the Eyeluminaries podcast 3:14
• In this episode 5:02
• Intro of Susan MacDonald, MD, and Cathleen McCabe, MD 5:11
• What started you on this journey to do humanitarian work? 5:30
• MacDonald discusses the role of parents in defining of happiness. 10:56
• Hovanesian discusses the background of his humanitarian work in Armenia. 11:36
• What about the funding of these humanitarian projects? 12:50
• What are your stories from doing humanitarian work? 14:11
• What advice to do you have for physicians who want to get involved in humanitarian work? 18:55
• Hovanesian discusses the commonalities in MacDonald and McCabe’s humanitarian missions. 22:23
• McCabe discusses the commonalities in Hovanesian and MacDonald’s humanitarian missions. 22:50
• MacDonald discusses how her humanitarian work began. 23:28
• Thank you. 27:05
• MacDonald talks about the ophthalmic industry and their contribution to humanitarian work. 27:51
• McCabe discusses ways physicians can get involved in humanitarian work without having to travel overseas. 28:42
• Visit ACE Global, Cybersight or Operation Sight to get involved. 28:54
• Mend the Gap podcast 30:49
• Preview of episode 30 32:17
• Give us your feedback 32:44
• Thanks 33:17
• Thoughts 33:27
• Visit the ASCRS Foundation to get involved in Operation Sight. 34:20
• Thank you for listening! 35:17
• Don’t forget to like and subscribe to Mend the Gap and Eyeluminaries! 35:39

John A. Hovanesian, MD, FACS, is a faculty member at the UCLA Jules Stein Eye Institute and in private practice at Harvard Eye Associates in Laguna Hills, California.

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

Jim Mazzo is an ophthalmic industry veteran with over 40 years as CEO/chairman of both public and private companies, including Allergan, Avellino Labs, Carl Zeiss, Neurotech Pharmaceuticals and AMO. Additionally, he is an advisor for Bain Capital and CVC Capital Partners and sits on numerous industry boards such as MDMA.

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

We’d love to hear from you! Send your comments/questions to [email protected]. Follow us on X (formerly Twitter) @Healio_OSN.

Disclosures: Hovanesian consults widely in the ophthalmic field. Mazzo reports being an advisor for Anivive Lifesciences, Avellino Labs, Bain Capital, CVC Capital and Zeiss; executive chairman of Neurotech, Preceyes BV and TearLab; and sits on the board of Crystilex, Centricity Vision, IanTech, Lensgen and Visus. MacDonald and McCabe report no relevant financial disclosures.

On this episode, Laura Enyedi, MD, Laura Periman, MD, and Dagny Zhu, MD, are live from Women in Ophthalmology discussing the meeting, their takeaways, empowering women and the practice of gratitude.

• Intro 0:02
• In this episode 1:10
• What brings you to Women in Ophthalmology? What excites you about this meeting? 1:30
• Periman discusses private practice management. 3:06
• Zhu and Periman discuss the obstacles women face as leaders in medicine and managing private practice. 4:10
• Enyedi, Periman and Zhu discuss the “why” in medicine. 6:22
• Enyedi, Zhu and Periman talk about balance between career and family. 9:20
• How did you divide up the chapters in your career? 13:21
• Enyedi and Periman talk about setbacks. 14:51
• Zhu, Enyedi and Periman discuss the mentorship program offered through WIO. 15:39
• Periman discusses the financial help provided by the Mend the Gap scholarship. 19:26
• Enyedi discusses the community at the WIO meetings. 21:27
• Visit the WIO Mentorship Program to learn more about finding a mentor. 22:10
• What is coming up for you in the meeting? 22:20
• Zhu talks about presenting Periman’s study on ocular effects of different cosmetics and discuss the impact of cosmetics on dry eye disease. 23:26
• Enyedi discusses her session on bite-sized gratitude and three good things. 27:45
• Three good things. 32:30
• Thanks 34:45

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

Laura M. Periman, MD, is founder and director of DryEye Services and Clinical Research at Periman Eye Institute in Seattle, WA. She can be reached @Dryeyemaster on Twitter.

Dagny Zhu, MD, is a cornea, cataract, and refractive surgeon and medical director and partner at NVISION Eye Centers in Rowland Heights, CA. She can be reached on Twitter @DZEyeMD.

We’d love to hear from you! Send your comments/questions to [email protected]. Follow us on Twitter @Healio_OSN.

Disclosures: The hosts report no relevant financial disclosures.

On this episode, Laura Enyedi, MD, is live from Women in Ophthalmology discussing the sexual harassment study, surveys and results with Michelle “Mimi” Cabrera, MD, and Grace Sun, MD.

• Intro 0:02
• Michelle “Mimi” Cabrera, MD 0:31
• Grace Sun, MD 0:42
• In this episode 1:08
• Why was the sexual harassment study done in 2018? What were the results? 1:35
• Enyedi and Cabrera discuss the impact of sexual harassment among trainees. 2:46
• Why was the study repeated? 3:35
• What are the results of the second sexual harassment study? Has anything improved? 6:42
• What else surprised you about the results of the second study? 7:49
• What is the difference between sexual harassment and gender discrimination? 9:17
• Where do we go from here? Are there more effective ways to address sexual harassment? 12:13
• What is your favorite book or a book you’ve read recently? 15:14
• Thanks 16:51

Michelle “Mimi” Cabrera, MD, is a University of Washington associate professor of ophthalmology and chief of ophthalmology at Seattle Children’s.

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

Grace Sun, MD, is the director of the ophthalmology clinical practice at Weill Cornell Medicine – Lower Manhattan, an associate attending ophthalmologist at Weill Cornell Medicine and assistant attending ophthalmologist at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medicine.

We’d love to hear from you! Send your comments/questions to [email protected]. Follow us on Twitter @Healio_OSN.

Disclosures: The host and guests report no relevant financial disclosures.

On this episode, Laura Enyedi, MD, is live from the Women in Ophthalmology meeting with Pratap Challa, MD, Fasika Woreta, MD, Jennifer Lindsey, MD, and Annie Wishna, MD, discussing residency programs. 

• Intro 0:01
• Meet the panel 0:11
• Pratap Challa, MD 0:23
• Fasika Woreta, MD, MPH 1:05
• Jennifer Lindsey, MD, MBA 1:43
• Annie E. Wishna, MD 2:18
• In this episode 2:28
• What are your thoughts on parental leave policies and what are your experiences with it? 2:33
• How do you approach the residency applications when it comes to holistic reviews? 8:15
• Has providing a virtual aspect to the application process increased your numbers? 11:43
• Do you have any advice for applicants? How can they make their application stand out? 12:39
• How are the integrated internships working out? What have been the challenges? 16:50
• What is your favorite book or a book you’ve read recently? 20:50
• Thanks 25:02

Pratap Challa, MD, is a glaucoma specialist, professor of ophthalmology and director of residency education at Duke University. 

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

Jennifer Lindsey, MD, MBA, is a board-certified ophthalmologist and the director of resident education at Vanderbilt University.

Annie E. Wishna, MD, is a clinical associate professor of ophthalmology and the director of the residency program at the University of Kansas.

Fasika A. Woreta, MD, MPH, is a cornea and cataract specialist and the Eugene de Juan, MD professor of ophthalmic education at Wilmer Eye Institute’s Baltimore and Columbia locations. She is the director of the eye trauma center, the director of the ophthalmology residency program and vice chair of education at the Wilmer Eye Institute.

We’d love to hear from you! Send your comments/questions to [email protected]. Follow us on Twitter @Healio_OSN.

Disclosures: The guests report no relevant financial disclosures.

On this special edition episode, Dagny Zhu, MD, with Oncology Overdrive’s Shikha Jain, MD, and Physicianary’s Hansa Bhargava, MD, discuss leadership in medicine and the importance of mentorship with a panel of guests.

• Intro 0:28
• Meet the panel 2:00
• Vineet Arora, MD 2:12
• Jennifer Bepple, MD 2:29
• Mara Schenker, MD, FACS 2:55
• In this episode 3:21
• How did you become the leader that you are today? And what is your advice for young physicians who want to find themselves in your position one day? 3:27
• Were you always “leadership material” or was it something you developed over time? 10:26
• How has mentorship improved your outlook on your career? And what is your advice on finding a good mentor? 12:33
• What are some quick, easy tips to finding a mentor? 23:07
• Thanks 25:38
• Join us for part two on Oncology Overdrive 25:41

Vineet Arora, MD, MAPP (NAM), is a Herbert T. Abelson professor of medicine, vice dean of education in the biological sciences division and dean for medical education at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine. She is also an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine. She is a founding member of the 501c3 Women of Impact and advisor to the Women in Medicine Summit.

Jennifer Bepple, MD, MMCi, is a double board-certified physician in urology and informatics. She is a member of the American Telemedicine Association, American Urologic Association and American Medical Informatics Association and holds a certification from the American Board of Telehealth and the American Board of AI in Medicine.

Hansa Bhargava, MD, is Healio's chief clinical strategy and innovation officer. Listen to her Healio podcast, Physicianary.

Shikha Jain, MD, FACP, is a board-certified hematology and oncology physician. She is a tenured associate professor of medicine in the division of hematology and oncology, the director of communication strategies in medicine and the associate director of oncology communication & digital innovation at the University of Illinois Cancer Center in Chicago. Listen to her Healio podcast, Oncology Overdrive.

Mara Schenker, MD, FACS, FAOA, is an orthopedic trauma surgeon at Grady Memorial Hospital. She is double board certified in orthopedic surgery and clinical informatics. She serves as the chief of orthopedics and associate chief medical information officer.  She is an associate professor of orthopedics at Emory University School of Medicine. She serves on multiple boards for medical and digital technology advisory and sits on major national committees for the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, AAMC, American College of Surgeons and the Orthopaedic Trauma Association.

Dagny Zhu, MD, is a cornea, cataract and refractive surgeon and medical director and partner at NVISION Eye Centers in Rowland Heights, CA. She can be reached on X (formerly Twitter) @DZEyeMD.

We’d love to hear from you! Send your comments/questions to [email protected]. Follow us on Twitter @Healio_OSN.

Disclosures: The hosts and guest report no relevant financial disclosures.

In this episode, Dagny Zhu, MD, and Cathleen McCabe, MD, discuss the unpredictable path of careers, leadership in management and opportunities for growth with Nikie Walker, EdD.

• Welcome to another episode of Mend the Gap 1:03
• Introduction 1:16
• Welcome Nikie Walker, EdD 1:27
• Tell us about your background, your optometry practice and how you combine human resources and education with your work in eye care. 2:33
• What is your advice for physicians taking on management roles? 9:09
• What are your tips for giving constructive feedback to employees? 17:47
• How do you build a good rapport with your staff without getting too involved? How do you draw the line between professionalism and personal business? 21:33
• There is a problem with employee turnover in medicine. How do you keep staff happy and willing to stay longer? And what is your advice on the transition process of finding and bringing in a new member of the staff? 27:54
• What are your recommendations for providing opportunities of growth for employees in a practice? 31:49
• McCabe, Zhu and Walker discuss employee education and setting career goals. 34:49
• What are your pearls of wisdom for women in ophthalmology who are leaders in their practice? 38:50
• Thank you 41:33

We’d love to hear from you! Send your comments/questions to [email protected]. Follow us on Twitter @Healio_OSN.

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

Nikie Walker, EdD, is the division chair for the school of business and an assistant professor at Brescia University.

Dagny Zhu, MD, is a cornea, cataract and refractive surgeon and medical director and partner at NVISION Eye Centers in Rowland Heights, CA. She can be reached on twitter @DZEyeMD.

Disclosures: McCabe, Walker and Zhu report no relevant financial disclosures.

In this episode, Laura Enyedi, MD, chats with guest Kathryn Colby, MD, PhD, about her schooling, career, mentorship, chairmanship and being a parent.

• Welcome to another episode of Mend the Gap 1:04
• Introduction 1:14
• Welcome Kathryn Colby, MD, PhD 2:31
• Tell us about where you’re from, where you grew up and how you became an ophthalmologist. 2:47
• In college, did you know you wanted to go to medical school? 4:36
• What was your PhD work on? 5:09
• Enyedi and Colby discuss Colby’s psychiatry background and how it prepared her to being a chairperson and a mother. 6:49
• Colby talks about motherhood while attending medical school. 7:36
• Colby chats about mentorship and model behavior. 8:51
• Enyedi and Colby discuss being effective mentors and mothers. 10:43
• How did you become a chairman? 13:04
• Enyedi and Colby talk about kids, motherhood and careers. 16:51
• Is it different being a chair in one place versus another? 18:47
• Enyedi and Colby chat about making tough decisions. 23:10
• Colby talks about being a fan of opera. 24:31
• What is your favorite book? 26:49
• Women in Ophthalmology 29:56
• Thank you 30:58

We’d love to hear from you! Send your comments/questions to [email protected]. Follow us on Twitter @Healio_OSN.

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

Kathryn Colby, MD, PhD, is an internationally renowned academic corneal specialist with a longstanding interest in Fuchs dystrophy. She is currently pioneering novel, non-transplant treatments for this condition and has specific expertise in the management of ocular surface tumors, pediatric corneal disease, infectious keratitis and keratoprosthesis. She is also the Elisabeth J. Cohen professor and chairman of the department of ophthalmology New York University Grossman School of Medicine.

Disclosures: The hosts report no relevant financial disclosures. Colby serves on the executive committee for the Zoster Eye Disease Study, the US chair for a multi-national, multi-center study examining the role of Rho kinase inhibition in corneal endothelial rejuvenation and serves on numerous boards of directors for the Cornea Society.

In this episode, Laura Enyedi, MD, and Susan MacDonald, MD, discuss leadership in ophthalmology with Adrienne Graves, as well as her career in pharmaceuticals.

• Welcome to another episode of Mend the Gap 1:06
• Introduction 1:22
• Welcome Adrienne Graves 1:40
• How did you start in ophthalmology? 2:30
• What was your first job and how did you get where you are now? 6:11
• How long were you at Alcon? What were your experiences at Alcon? 11:42
• Where did you find your mentors? 14:23
• Why did you want to turn down the role of CEO at Santen? 16:15
• Why did you talk to your mentor about turning down the CEO position? 19:52
• How do your experiences shape your mentorship style? 20:40
• How to show up professionally 24:57
• Speaking up about gender disparities and the value of women in leadership spaces 26:16
• Running marathons 28:19
• Where does your go-getter attitude come from? 30:35
• Being a board member 31:41
• Favorite vacation spot? 33:54
• Thank you 36:35

We’d love to hear from you! Send your comments/questions to [email protected]. Follow us on Twitter @Healio_OSN.

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

Adrienne Graves is a visionary innovation mentor for the ophthalmic innovation program at Stanford.

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

Disclosures: The hosts report no relevant financial disclosures. Graves serves on the boards of the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO; Emeritus), American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (ASCRS), Foundation Fighting Blindness (FFB), Glaucoma Research Foundation (GRF), Himalayan Cataract Project, a founding board member of OWL (Ophthalmic World Leaders, formerly Ophthalmic Women Leaders) and Retina Global.

In this episode, Dagny Zhu, MD, Cathleen McCabe, MD, and Susan MacDonald, MD, chat with Jeannette Bankes about leadership in eye care and mentoring the next generation of leaders.

·       Welcome to another episode of Mend the Gap :01

·       Introduction :23

·       Welcome Jeannette Bankes 1:11

·       Tell us about your current role at Alcon. 2:02

·       Alcon’s earnings are outstanding. What do you attribute to? 3:11

·       Where did your journey start? How did you find your way into ophthalmology? 4:59

·       What makes a good leader? 10:50

·       What makes a good mentor? 13:08

·       How did you become so analytical? 17:07

·       What are the barriers that you see women in leadership face? 22:44

·       What are the characteristics of a good mentee? How do you find a mentor? How do you figure out the path you want to pursue? 25:48

·       How have you balanced your career with your home life? And what is your advice? 28:20

·       Favorite book? Favorite movie? Stress relief? Vacation spot? 41:05

·       Thank you 43:30

We’d love to hear from you! Send your comments/questions to [email protected]. Follow us on Twitter @Healio_OSN.

Jeannette Bankes is the group president of the global franchises at Alcon.

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.

Dagny Zhu, MD, is a cornea, cataract, and refractive surgeon and medical director and partner at NVISION Eye Centers in Rowland Heights, CA. She can be reached on twitter @DZEyeMD.

Disclosures: The hosts report no relevant financial disclosures. Bankes serves on the board of directors for the ASCRS Foundation.

In this episode, Cathleen McCabe, MD, and Susan MacDonald, MD, discuss their careers, their roles in humanitarian care and the importance of mentorship with Bonnie An Henderson, MD, and Abby Markward, MBA.

·       Welcome to another episode of Mend the Gap :00

·       Introduction :29

·       Welcome Abby Markward & Bonnie Henderson, MD :40

·       Tell us about your current roles in leadership and how you came to be in these positions of leadership. 1:27

·       Henderson: Can you speak to some of the leadership roles you’ve had and how they’ve informed your current role? 7:20

·       Markward: Tell us about your current leadership role at ASCRS. 9:38

·       What is your advice for those who seek leadership roles like yours? 13:58

·       The importance of mentorship 15:28

·       Humanitarian care 17:48

·       Markward: What is ASCRS doing to be part of the humanitarian care solution? 22:08

·       What is your advice for people who want to get involved with helping others and making the world a better place? 24:26

·       Thank you 33:08

We’d love to hear from you! Send your comments/questions to [email protected]. Follow us on Twitter @Healio_OSN.

Bonnie An Henderson, MD, is the president and chief executive officer, global head of innovation and technology of HelpMeSee, a non-profit organization that creates virtual reality simulators to teach cataract surgery in low resourced areas.

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

Abigail Markward, MBA, is the executive director of the ASCRS Foundation.

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

Disclosures: The hosts report no relevant financial disclosures. Henderson is the president and chief executive officer, global head of innovation and technology of HelpMeSee. Markward is the executive director of the ASCRS Foundation.