In this episode of Seeing Clearly, Emaan Chaudry and Danielle Solish talk to Dr. Anne Xuan-Lan Nguyen, Dr. Ojas Srivastava and Dr Anastasiya Vinokurtseva, three PGY-1 ophthalmology residents. 

Dr. Nguyen completed her Doctor of Medicine at McGill University in 2023. She has a passion for grassroot community service, research, and medical education. She is currently an ophthalmology resident at the University of Toronto. Outside of medicine, Dr. Nguyen enjoys playing ultimate frisbee, flag football, hockey, as well as discovering new restaurants.

Dr. Srivastava initially grew up in the GTA and then moved out west to Alberta in Grade 6. Since then, he received his MD a few months ago in 2023 and is now starting first year residency in Ophthalmology at the University of Alberta. He has a passion for mentorship and hopes to get involved with medical education/teaching throughout residency. Outside of work, Dr. Srivastava enjoys staying active, traveling, spending time with friends and family, and can never say no to a game of spikeball.

Dr. Vinokurtseva completed both her Bachelor of Medical Sciences (Honours) and Doctor of Medicine at Western University. She completed Glaucoma and Advanced Anterior Segment Surgery research fellowship at Prism Eye Institute & University of Toronto with Dr. Ike Ahmed, prior to returning to Western University for Ophthalmology residency. In her free time, she enjoys hiking, DIY projects, working out, gardening, cooking and traveling.

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In this episode of Seeing Clearly, Emaan Chaudry and Danielle Solish talk to Dr. Radha Kohly, medical retina specialist at the University of Toronto. 

Dr. Radha Kohly is a fellowship-trained medical retina specialist at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and the Kensington Eye Institute. She is an associate professor in the Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences (DOVS) at the University of Toronto (UofT). Dr. Kohly obtained her fellowship in medical retina from Moorfields Eye Hospital in London, England after completing her residency in ophthalmology at the University of Toronto. Prior to medical school at McMaster University, she obtained her PhD in visual psychophysics. 

Dr. Kohly’s has a broad medical retina practice which includes screening and treatment of retinopathy of prematurity, diagnosing inherited retinal diseases and performing occasionally pneumatic retinopexies. She contributes significantly to teaching medical retina and cataract surgery to residents. Her research portfolio is growing and most recently has focussed on sex-disparities across a variety of measures in ophthalmology. Dr Kohly is the Vice Chair for Faculty Development, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and Wellness at DOVS at UofT. She is also a doting mother to 4 children between the ages of 6-14. 

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In this episode of Seeing Clearly, Emaan Chaudry and Danielle Solish talk to Dr. Alain Proulx, comprehensive ophthalmologist at the Ivey Eye Institute with a clinical interest in neuro-ophthalmology.

Dr Proulx currently holds the position of associate professor at Western University and was the director of the Western University Ophthalmology Residency Program until July 2020 after 13 years in that post. Prior to entering medical school, Dr. Proulx completed a Master's degree in Neuroscience at Western University, and most recently he completed a Master's degree in Medical Education through the University of Cincinnati. Both his undergraduate and postgraduate (ophthalmology) medical training were completed through the Schulich School of Medicine at Western University, with neuro-ophthalmology training carried out on an elective basis during ophthalmology residency at the Kellogg Eye Center (Ann Arbor, Michigan) and the Kresge Eye Institute (Detroit, Michigan). Dr. Proulx's main areas of academic interest include temporal arteritis and optic neuropathies, as well as medical education. In his spare time, he enjoys spending time with his family skiing, traveling, playing games, & cycling.

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In this episode of Seeing Clearly, Emaan Chaudry and Danielle Solish talk to Dr. Ike Ahmed, a leader in novel treatments for glaucoma, cataract, and lens implant surgery.

Dr Ahmed’s pioneering work in innovative glaucoma surgery includes coining the term microinvasive glaucoma surgery (MIGS). Dr Ahmed is a Professor and the Director of the Alan S. Crandall Center for Glaucoma and Innovation at the John A. Moran Eye Center at the University of Utah. He is an assistant professor at the University of Toronto,  a research director at the Kensington Eye Institute and the director of the Glaucoma and Advanced Anterior Segment Surgery (GAASS) fellowship at the University of Toronto. In addition, he is the head of the ophthalmology division at Trillium Health Partners, Mississauga, Ontario. He’s recognized as one of the most experienced complex eye surgeons in the world.

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In this episode of Seeing Clearly, Emaan Chaudry and Danielle Solish talk to Dr. Dara Onasanya, a current PGY-4 ophthalmology resident at the University of Manitoba.

Dr. Onasanya was born in Lagos, Nigeria, but mainly grew up in Saskatchewan. His hobbies include: working out, listening to music (mainly hip hop and R&B), fashion, film, basketball, and soccer. He completed his Medical school at the university of Saskatchewan and is now a current University of Manitoba ophthalmology resident, in his 4th year of training.

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In this episode of Seeing Clearly, Emaan Chaudry and Danielle Solish talk to Dr. Helen Chung, an ophthalmologist at the University of Calgary.

Dr. Helen Chung completed her undergraduate degree and medical school at the University of Alberta. She then went on to complete her ophthalmology residency training at the University of Calgary and graduated in 2018. She currently works in Calgary as a comprehensive ophthalmologist and is also the program director of the University of Calgary ophthalmology program.

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In this episode of Seeing Clearly, Emaan Chaudry and Danielle Solish talk to Dr. Mark Bona, an eye physician and surgeon at the Kingston Health Sciences Center in Kingston, Ontario.

Dr. Bona serves as an Assistant Professor at Queen's University in the Department of Ophthalmology with a cross-appointment to the School of Rehabilitation Therapy.  He is also the postgraduate program director for the Department of Ophthalmology. On completion of his ophthalmology residency at Queen’s University, Dr. Bona undertook a traveling fellowship in Vision Rehabilitation. He is currently the acting Chair of the Canadian Vision Rehabilitation Society, and is currently the director of the South East Ontario Vision Rehabilitation Service.

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In this episode of Seeing Clearly, Emaan Chaudry and Danielle Solish talk to Dr. Nupura Bakshi, a medical retina and uveitis specialist and Associate Professor in the Department of OPhthalmology and Vision Sciences at the University of Toronto.

After residency training at the University of Toronto, Dr. Bakshi completed fellowships in both Retina and Uveitis at the National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland. Dr. Bakshi has a special interest in medical and surgical education, and advancing equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) in medicine. She is serving as the inaugural Chair of the EDI Working Group for the Canadian Ophthalmological Society (COS). She is the Vice Chair of Clinical Services and Quality for the Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences and is a member of the Diversity Advisory Council for the Temerty Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto. She has won multiple teaching awards for her efforts in training residents and fellows.

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In this episode of Seeing Clearly, Emaan Chaudry and Danielle Solish talk to Dr. Keean Nanji, a third year ophthalmology resident at McMaster University and one of our new resident advisors for Eye Curriculum.

Dr. Keean Nanji is also pursuing a MSc in Health Research Methodology at McMaster University. Prior to beginning his residency, he completed his medical and undergraduate education also at McMaster University. Keean aims to pursue his passion for ophthalmology through a combination of advocacy, clinical work, and research. His research interests are broad, but he is fascinated by evidence synthesis and in the use and interpretation of patient reported outcome measures (PROMs) in clinical practice.

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In this episode of Seeing Clearly, Emaan Chaudry and Danielle Solish talk to Dr. Mahadev Bhalla (PGY-2) and Dr. Carter Lim (PGY-3), both current Ophthalmology residents at the University of British Columbia.

Dr. Mahadev Bhalla is a second year ophthalmology resident at the University of British Columbia. He initially completed his Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences at Queen's University. He then returned home to BC to complete his medical degree at UBC. His past research has been in medical imaging in topics including glaucoma, retinal pathologies and prior to that in Alzheimer’s disease/Dementia. He has been involved in his community by being an active blood donor and organizing blood drives, as well as creating a South Asian Health Club in his first year of medical school to conduct blood pressure clinics at Sikh temples. His other interests include exploring new restaurants, spending time in the mountains either hiking or skiing, and playing racquet sports.

Dr. Carter Lim is a third year ophthalmology resident physician at the University of British Columbia. He completed an undergraduate degree at Western University and medical school at the University of Ottawa. He is a previous scholar of the Eye Foundations of Canada, and has a passion for mentorship and teaching. His past research includes projects in glaucoma and cataract surgery; and he is currently expanding his interests into the area of OCT-A imaging. Outside of work, Carter enjoys spending time with friends and family, playing sports, and is a hobbyist photographer. He is a supporter of, well what he describes, as the best football club in the world, Liverpool.

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