Laura Enyedi, MD, Susan MacDonald, MD, and Cathleen McCabe, MD, talk with Michelle Cabrera, MD, Lauren Hock, MD, Olivia Killner, MD, and Brittni Scruggs, MD, PhD, on the topic of sexual harassment in the field of ophthalmology.

·       Welcome to another episode of Mend the Gap :00

·       The topic :06

·       Introductions :18

·       Trigger warning 3:38

·       The scope and severity of sexual harassment 3:53

·       Do you have advice for people in terms of when to report and how to address sexual harassment? 9:05

·       Toolkit for Responding to Patient Initiated Verbal Sexual Harassment 17:38

·       Workshop Curriculum for Responding to Patient Initiated Verbal Sexual Harassment 21:45

·       Bystander interventions 26:36

·       Reporting sexual harassment 30:41

·       Sexual harassment in private practice 33:23

·       Five-year follow-up study on sexual harassment in ophthalmology 37:21

·       Thank you 38:49

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References:

Hock LE, et al. J Acad Ophthalmol. 2020;doi:10.1055/s-0040-1717062.

Scruggs BA, et al. J Acad Ophthalmol. 2020;doi:10.1055/s-0040-1705092.

Michelle “Mimi” Cabrera, MD, is an associate professor of ophthalmology at the University of Washington and head of ophthalmology at Seattle Children's Hospital.

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

Lauren E. Hock, MD, is a board-certified ophthalmologist and fellowship-trained glaucoma specialist at the Wills Eye Hospital in Philadelphia, PA.

Olivia Killeen, MD, is a pediatric ophthalmology and adult strabismus fellow at Duke University. Follow Dr. Killeen on X (Twitter) @olivia_killeen.

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.

Brittni Scruggs, MD, PhD, is a board-certified adult and pediatric vitreoretinal surgeon at Mayo Clinic.

Disclosures: Cabrera receives grant funding from the Alcon Research Institute. Scruggs is a consultant for Genentech and Iveric Bio. Enyedi, Hock, Killeen, MacDonald and McCabe report no relevant financial disclosures.