The MOD Pod

Learn how to preserve and grow your contact lens patient base with advice from practice owner Dana Salgado, OD (1:57). James Deom, OD, MPH, FAAO, offers scleral lens troubleshooting tips (7:45), and Mile Brujic, OD, FAAO, describes how his practice changed over the course of roughly 30 days due to the coronavirus (12:03), while Nicole Harris, OD, shares some of the lessons she's learned during her optometric residency (19:35). As an added bonus, listen to the audio version of MOD's Up Close column (24:50), which poses various questions to different optometric physicians. In this episode we learn more about Jacob Lang, OD, FAAO, Dipl ABO.

Jacob Lang, OD, FAAO, and Laura Capelle, OD, FAAO, kick off this episode with their article on managing glaucoma in 2020, particularly for patients who may be candidates for a micro invasive glaucoma surgery (skip to 1:25). Andrew J. Mackner, OD, then talks about the current state of collaboration between optometry and ophthalmology (skip to 6:39), and Patrick Vollmer, OD, FAAO, explains how he began offering emergency eye care, explaining that it's a much-needed service that is warmly rewarded (skip to 15:22).

Many optometrists are still out of work and some practices are opening up slowly, leaving time to work on building a personal or professional brand online. Hosts Jessilin Quint, OD, MS, MBA, FAAO; and Rachael Wruble, OD, FAAO, speak with Joseph J. Allen, OD, FAAO; Melanie J. Denton Dombrowski, OD, MBA, FAAO; and Jackie Garlich, OD, FAAO, for tips on how to do just that.

Leslie O'Dell, OD, FAAO, talks with James Wolffsohn, BSc, MBA, PhD, and Orla Murphy, OD, PhD, about the various ways COVID-19 has affected optometry in their respective countries, and specifically, how it has affected their care of patients with dry eye. They also discuss how they are overcoming challenges, such as helping patients maintain their dry eye regimen in the current climate. This special episode of The MOD Pod is sponsored by Scope Ophthalmics and OPTASE.

In this episode, the guests are married couples and they're all ODs. After weeks in quarantine together, Jessilin Quint, OD, MS, MBA, FAAO, tests their memories-and their wits-with fun questions sure to raise a few eyebrows and make you laugh.

Danica J. Marrelli, OD, FAAO, AAO Diplomate (Glaucoma) discusses etiologies that can masquerade as glaucoma (1:00). Leslie E. O'Dell, OD, FAAO, then explains how to manage patients who need concomitant treatment for glaucoma and dry eye (12:25). Scott Schachter, OD, ends the episode with his article on the effects of digital device use on the vision of young patients (20:13).

Jessilin Quint, OD, MS, MBA, FAAO, and Frank Won, OD, speak with guests Jason R. Miller, OD, MBA, FAAO, Emilie Seitz, and Walter O. Whitley, OD, MBA, FAAO, about how meeting cancellations have affected the optometric profession (and industry), how ODs are fulfilling their CE credit requirements, and how optometry students are coping with distance learning.

Drs. Jessilin Quint and Frank Won review the latest information relevant to student loan repayment status and filing for unemployment with guests Keylee Brown, OD, Brett Kestenbaum, PT, DPT, and Rachael A. Wruble, OD, FAAO. They also discuss commons questions related to searching for a job.

Hosts Jessilin Quint, OD, MS, MBA, FAAO, and Frank Won, OD, discuss going from a busy, full-time clinic to fielding only urgent and emergent cases with guest Steven G. Ferrucci, OD, FAAO. They also talk with John D. Gelles, OD, FIAO, FCLSA, FSLS, who shares his best practices for showing patients how to capture great photos of their eyes to enhance the telemedicine experience.