In this episode, we are excited to feature Dr. Uday Devgan, MD also known as the 'Cataract coach'! He is an international expert in ocular surgery, ranking #1 in southern California and #3 in the US. He specializes in cataract, refractive lens implant, and LASIK. With over 13 million views on his YouTube channel, Dr. Devgan has added tremendously to the skill sharing required of being a dedicated and proficient ophthalmologist. His 'Back to Basics' monthly feature is disbursed to over 80,000 ophthalmologists around the globe. Dr. Devgan currently practices at Devgan Eye Surgery in Los Angeles and is a full partner at Specialty Surgical Center of Beverly Hills. He has served as a clinical professor at Jules Stein Eye Institute UCLA and has been the Chief of Ophthalmology at Olive View-UCLA Medical Center. He has been awarded the annual ophthalmology faculty teaching award at UCLA a record 5 times! A true leader in ophthalmology, we are incredibly excited to host him on this episode and learn about his thoughts on how to be the best version of ourselves in ophthalmology. 

We are joined today with Dr. Marianeli Rodriguez, MD PhD who is a vitreoretinal surgeon at Vitreoretinal Associates in Massachusetts. She completed her medical school education and PhD at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Then proceeded to continue her ophthalmology residency training at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute. Dr. Rodriguez then decided to pursue a Vitreoretinal disease fellowship at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary. We are excited to have her today as she walks us through her path and shares some important medical insight about the recent ruling that repealed Roe vs. Wade and its impact on Ophthalmological patients' health. 

Join us in this heart-to-heart conversation with soon to be graduating PGY4 Dr. Sila Bal, MD MPH who is at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary. Having started her global ophthalmology career incredibly early and serving as a board member of Partners for Andean Community Health (PACH), she has a lot to share regarding sustainable development of both international relations and delivery of care. We are excited to chat with her and learn about her take on global health and how she got started, along with the use of social media to create awareness. If you are a young ophthalmologist, you don't want to miss this wonderful segment!

In this episode of Open Globe Talk, we are excited to welcome Dr. Ashiyana Nariani who is an assistant professor at King Edward Memorial Hospital in Mumbai, India. Her specialties include complex limbal stem cell transplants, corneal transplants, and ocular surface tumors. Inclusive of being the founder of the "2020 Ophthalmology Educational Series", she is on the AAO Cornea Network Committee, is on the Executive Committee for Refractive Surgery Alliance (RSA), and now the Global clinical consultant for the Himalayan Cataract Project! Join us in hearing her background in the US and how she decided to serve patients and practice abroad as a part of her global ophthalmology career!

Taking on the theme of 'Global is Local', we spin off a new episode and format where we conduct a roundtable discussing Guerrilla Eyecare Service (GES). An organization founded by University of Pittsburgh Ophthalmology residency program director, Dr. Evan Waxman MD PhD, we gain an insightful segment on what is GES, how it was founded, and its profound impact on not just the community but also its participating student doctors. We also host two incredible student doctor mentees of Dr. Waxman join us in this discussion: 4th year Sanya Yadav BS and 2nd year Amrish Selvam BS. While we learn about the program's setup and its director's perspective, hear how students prepare for their ophthalmic service careers as they progress through medical training as they indulge in the resources afforded by GES!

Welcome back to Open Globe Talk and in this episode we have the amazing opportunity to chat with Dr. Bala Ambati, who is a remarkable surgeon at the Pacific ClearVision Institute and also a research professor at the Knight Campus of the University of Oregon.

He attended New York University for undergraduate and completed medical school at Mount Sinai. Thereafter, he conducted residency training at Mass Eye and Ear with a subsequent fellowship in cornea and refractive surgery from Duke University. He has also earned his PhD from the Medical College of Georgia and obtained his MBA at the University of Utah.

Having been named as the number 1 eye surgeon in the top 40 under 40 global competition and making the top 100 power list of ophthalmology by The Ophthalmologist magazine, Dr. Ambati is a globally recognized figure who is also an incredible humanitarian. Having worked with ORBIS, Sightlife, Sight for the Sightless, Help Mercy International, and many other service organizations, it is a testament to the contributions he has made to the global ophthalmology community. Today we get to learn about his journey and how his early career has impacted him in the path he leads.

Season 2 premieres the well acclaimed surgeon-humanitarian featured in the book "Second Suns", Dr. Geoff Tabin, MD MA. In this episode, Dr. Tabin chats with us how the Himalayan Cataract Project began and the incredible partnership with the legendary Dr. Sanduk Ruit in Nepal. We also get a chance to hear his unique life perspectives and where the direction of global ophthalmology training should be as he founded the first global ophthalmology fellowship at the University of Utah, Moran Eye Center. It is our great pleasure to host him on our platform!

In this episode of OGT, we are joined by Dr. Peter Macintosh who is an associate professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Illinois College of Medicine. He is a dual fellowship-trained surgeon in neuro-ophthalmology, Oculoplastic and reconstructive surgery. Dr. MacIntosh obtained his Ophthalmology residency from Stroger Cook County Hospital and did his fellowships at Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary (Neuro-ophthalmology) and the Massachusetts Eye and Ear infirmary Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery). He is also the program director at the University of Illinois College of Medicine for its Ophthalmology residency program as well as UIC's global ophthalmology fellowship. We are delighted to have him share his journey in the global arena!

In this episode of Open globe talk, we have the esteemed pleasure of speaking with Dr. Alessandro Jammal who is a glaucoma specialist from Brazil and a current research scientist at Duke University. Dr. Jammal completed his medical school at Universidade de Uberaba (Uniube) and his Ophthalmology residency at Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro (UFTM). He then completed a glaucoma fellowship at the prestigious Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP, in Campinas, São Paulo) and a research glaucoma fellowship at the Duke University in conjunction with his PhD through Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP, in Campinas, São Paulo).

Dr. Jammal has helped organize and create the Duke Ophthalmic Registry, a foundation for several exciting artificial intelligence studies and through which he has worked on and published several high impact research articles. Not only has Dr. Jammal excelled in academia, but he is also a compassionate global ophthalmologist. He has worked as a glaucoma surgeon in countries such as Nigeria, Kenya, Brazil and Haiti. With his incredible insight today, we will come to learn of a new perspective on eyecare in Latin America.