Eye Tea - Ophthalmology Podcast
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Eye Tea - Ophthalmology PodcastApr 28, 2024
S4:E5- LIVE at Vit-Buckle Society 2024 - Dr. Jay Sridhar (Straight from the Cutter's mouth)-Eye Tea - Ophthalmology Podcast
Niloufar Bineshfar with Eye TeaM interviews Dr. Jay Sridhar (Straight from the cutter's mouth) at the VBS Live 2024 in Miami.
Join this on-the-floor conference lobby experience and learn about perspectives from our experts!
Dr. Jay Sridhar is the chief of ophthalmology for the Olive View Medical Center, part of LA County hospital system and an Associate Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute in Miami, FL. He is the creator and host of two award-winning educational podcasts, Straight From The Cutter's Mouth and Experts InSight, the latter being the official podcast of the American Academy of Ophthalmology. In addition, he has led instructional courses at the annual AAO and ASRS meetings regarding applying social media skills into clinical practice.
S4: E4: Life story of Dr. Michael Abramoff. Eye Tea - Ophthalmology podcast - Deep dive series, Part 1
In this 1st part of the 3 part deep dive with Dr. Michael Abramoff, Dr. Gagan Kalra (host) delves into the life story of Dr. Abramoff.
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Dr. Michael Abramoff, MD, PhD, (FARVO) is the Robert C. Watzke, MD Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at the University of Iowa, with a joint appointment in the College of Engineering, a fellowship-trained retina specialist, computer scientist, and entrepreneur. He is an IEEE Fellow, and an ARVO Gold Fellow. In 1989-1990, he did a postdoc at the RIKEN neural networks research lab in Japan. As an expert in machine learning and image analysis, Dr. Abramoff was one of the original developers of a widely-used open-source image analysis app, ImageJ. His research has been continuously funded since 2004 by National Eye Institute, the Veterans Administration, the Beckman Foundation and other federal, state and philanthropic funding agencies in the U.S. and Europe.
Dr. Abramoff is the Founder and Executive Chairman of Digital Diagnostics, the Autonomous AI diagnostics company that was the first in any field of medicine to get FDA clearance for an autonomous AI. In primary care, the AI system can instantaneously diagnose diabetic retinopathy and diabetic macular edema at the point of care. This device, IDX-DR, is now part of ADA’s Standard Diabetes Care and Dr. Abramoff has also developed an ethical foundation for autonomous AI that was used during the design, validation, and regulatory and payment pathways for autonomous AI. As the author of over 300 peer-reviewed publications in this field, he has been cited over 35,000 times, and is the inventor on 17 issued patents and many patent applications. Dr. Abramoff has mentored dozens of engineering graduate students, ophthalmology residents, and retina fellows. His passion is to use AI to improve the affordability, accessibility and quality of care.
S3:E3 - Eye Tea - Military Ophthalmology 2.0 - Ophthalmology Podcast with Dr. Barton Blackorby and Dr. Nikhil Godbole
Listen in on this exciting 2nd episode of our military ophthalmology and ophthalmic trauma series!
Meet our panelists:
Barton Blackorby, MD
Dr. Blackorby is an active duty vitreoretinal surgeon with the US Army at Madigan Army Medical Center in Fort Lewis, Washington. He earned his medical degree from the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, where he served as the Medical School Class President. He also serves as a Deputy Director for Graduate Medical Education for the ophthalmology residency program, and is the Vice President of The Society of Military Ophthalmologists.
Nikhil Godbole, DO
Dr. Nikhil Godbole is a Board Certified ophthalmologist with an interest in Comprehensive Ophthalmology and Refractive Surgery. He earned his Medical Degree on full scholarship from the West Virginia School Osteopathic Medicine and completed his internship and Ophthalmology residency at Madigan Army Medical Center in Tacoma, WA, where he served as Chief Resident. He has experience as a Comprehensive Ophthalmologist at the only Level 1 Trauma and Burn Center as well as the largest Refractive Surgery Center in the Department of Defense. He served as faculty at the San Antonio Uniformed Health Science Education Consortium Ophthalmology residency, and has an interest in humanitarian work on international missions abroad.
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https://www.tristanahumada.com/podcast/staying-as-focused-as-an-army-surgeon-with-barton-blackorby
S3:E2 - Eye Tea - Ophthalmology Podcast - Military Ophthalmology and Ocular Trauma with Drs. Lucas Groves and Drs. Grant Justin
Listen in on this engaging conversation about military ophthalmology and ocular trauma with Drs. Groves and Justin. This talk is moderated by Katherine Leviste, Nicholas Reyes, and Hannah Walsh
Dr. Grant A Justin, MD
Dr. Justin is a board-certified ophthalmologist and is affiliated with Tripler Army Medical Center, in Hawaii and Duke University Hospital in North Carolina. He holds the Vice President chair of ASOT (The American Society of Ophthalmic trauma).
Dr. Lucas Lee Groves, MD
Dr. Groves is an ophthalmologist affiliated with Blanchefield Army Community Hospital in Fort Campmbell, Kentucky and is affiliated with Vanderbilt University Medical Center. He is also among the board of directors of ASOT (The American Society of Ophthalmic trauma).
S3:E4 - Eye Tea - Evolution of Neuro-ophthalmology with Dr. Andrew Lee
Join Sruti Rachapudi in an exciting conversation with an incredible force in neuro-ophthalmoogy, Dr. Andrew G. Lee (Youtube) @drandygolee
Get ready with your tea, iced or hot, for this awesome session ☕️
Dr. Lee is a Professor in the Departments of Ophthalmology, Neurology and Neurosurgery, Weill Cornell Medical College. He is a Neuro-ophthalmologist and is the Chairman of the Department of Ophthalmology, Blanton Eye Institute, at Houston Methodist Hospital. He is also an adjunct Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Iowa. Dr. Lee came to Houston Methodist Hospital after serving on the faculty at both the University of Iowa, Baylor College of Medicine and the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. He was an Alpha Omega Alpha Graduate of the University of Virginia School of Medicine (MD, 1989).
Dr. Lee did his Ophthalmology Residency at the Cullen Eye Institute, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas (90-93, Ophthalmology Chief resident, 92-93). He did a Neuro-Ophthalmology Fellowship at the Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, and was a Fight for Sight (Herbert Tenzer Memorial) Post-doctoral Research Fellow at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Department of Neuropathology.
Dr. Lee has published over 400 peer reviewed publications and been the invited speaker at over 200 regional, national, and international medical meetings. He has been on the editorial board of 14 scientific journals including JAMA Ophthalmology, the Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology, the American Journal of Ophthalmology, the Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology, Eye, and the Journal of Neuro-ophthalmology
S2:E9 - Eye Tea - Telemedicine in Glaucoma - Drs. Albert Khouri, Ben Szirth, Natasha Kolomeyer
Join in as our trail-blazing medical student host, Aretha Zhu, and newly matched resident, Jasmine Mahajan, engage in an exciting conversation on telemedicine in glaucoma with our experts, Dr. Natasha Kolomeyer, Dr. Albert Khouri, and Dr. Ben Szirth. As always, keep ready a cup of tea (or your favorite beverage) ☕️ Learn about our guests: Dr. Albert Khouri has a faculty appointment as a Professor of Ophthalmology at Rutgers New Jersey School of Medicine. He also holds the directorship for the glaucoma division and the residency training program at Rutgers Institute of Ophthalmology and Vision Science. Dr. Khouri received his medical degree from the American University of Beirut, Lebanon, a residency from Rutgers University & glaucoma fellowship at the University of Louisville. He is widely published and leads many research projects at NJMS.
Dr. Ben Szirth is the Director of the TeleOcular Program since 2003 at Rutgers Medical School. He is also an advisor for the Student Sight Savers Program at Rutgers, which hosts free community screenings for vision-threatening diseases including glaucoma. He completed his PhDs at CalTech and USC while working at Children's Hospital Los Angeles from 1980 to 1993. He is internationally recognized, holding 4 patents in ophthalmic tools and serving as a consultant to Canon.
Dr Natasha Kolomeyer is an Assistant Professor and Glaucoma Specialist at Wills Eye Hospital. After receiving her medical degree from Rutgers-New Jersey Medical School, Dr. Kolomeyer completed her residency at the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai, where she was selected to serve as Chief Resident. She then completed her fellowship in Glaucoma at the Wills Eye Hospital.
S3: E7 - Eye Tea - Innovative Aging Research - Bench to Bedside - Ophthalmology Podcast
Eye TeaM dives into a conversation with Pankaj Kapahi, Ph.D., and Brian Hodge, Ph.D. about their recent work on aging research in the eye and how it relates to extended lifespans. Read the paper published in Nature Communications here - https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-30975-4
S2:E8 - Eye Tea - Visual Snow Syndrome - Dr. Rudrani Banik, Michelle Holman - Ophthalmology Podcast
Rudrani Banik, MD, is Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and a member of the Ophthalmology Faculty Practice at New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai. She is a Board-certified Ophthalmologist specializing in Neuro-Ophthalmology and Comprehensive Ophthalmology. She manages the entire spectrum of diseases affecting vision which arise from the nervous system including: optic neuritis, optic neuropathy (abnormality of optic nerve), optic disc edema (swelling of the optic nerve), ocular myasthenia gravis, brain tumors or stroke affecting vision, idiopathic intracranial hypertension or pseudotumor cerebri, unexplained visual loss, headaches (migraines), double vision, blepharospasm, and hemifacial spasm. She is fully trained in the use of Botulinum toxin (Botox) for facial spasms as well as cosmetic indications. She also performs cataract surgery, pterygium surgery and adult strabismus.
Dr. Banik is a graduate of the Brown University’s School of Medicine in Providence, RI and graduated with a B.A with Honors and M.D. She completed her residency training in Ophthalmology at the University of California, Irvine. She went on to pursue fellowship training in Neuro-Ophthalmology at the prestigious Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins University. She served on the full-time faculty of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center for over 3 years. Subsequently she served as Residency Program Director for Ophthalmology at Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center for two years prior to joining the Faculty Practice at New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai.
Michelle Anne Holman was born and raised in Texarkana, Texas. Holman is an artist who creates large scale oil painted portraits that stylistically use irregular paint application mixed with controlled brushstrokes and refined areas.
Recently, Holman has become interested in researching and creating work about her vision. Visual Snow/Static is a rare eye condition where she sees colorful, moving, television-like static throughout her entire field of vision. She is currently creating work using tools and materials exploring how humans see, with the addition of this moving static.
She attended Oklahoma State University where she obtained a Bachelor of Fine Arts with an emphasis in painting in December of 2014. Holman graduated from School of Visual Arts in New York City and achieved her Masters of Fine Arts, May 2017. Michelle interned at ULAE on Long Island, NY and has exhibited works in New York City, New Jersey, Oklahoma, and Texas.
S3:E6 - Eye Tea - Eyes as a site for Systemic Implantation - Dr. Midhat Abdulreda - Ophthalmology podcast
Midhat H. Abdulreda, MS, PhD, is Assistant Professor of Surgery, Microbiology and Immunology, and Ophthalmology at the University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine. His lab is located at the Diabetes Research Institute (DRI) and his research focuses on the immunobiology of diabetes and islet transplantation. He has been funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) since his postdoc training through the prestigious National Research Service Award (NRSA), and as independent investigator through a Career Development (K) Award and UC4, R56, and R21 awards from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Dr. Abdulreda’s multidisciplinary scientific training spans biology, physiology, biophysics, and immunology. Since joining the DRI, he developed the “living window” model – islet transplantation in the eye approach originally developed by Prof. Per-Olof Berggren – to study the pancreatic islet immunobiology in the living animal during diabetes development and after transplant. He has authored more than 40 peer-reviewed publications, several of which were featured as cover stories in high-impact journals.
Dr. Abdulreda is also recipient of many awards, including the Award of Academic Merit and Excellence of the University of Miami’s Graduate School, and the Medical Faculty Association (MFA)’s Best Research Award. Dr. Abdulreda’s research has caught the attention of many experts in the field of diabetes and islet transplantation. He has been invited to present his work at numerous national and international meetings.
S3:E5 - Eye Tea LIVE at YMDC in Austin - "What I wished I learned in residency" - Drs. Amar Shah, Taj Nasser, Neel Vaidya
This episode was recorded live at the YMDC meeting in Austin in 2023.
Join Gagan Kalra, Hannah Walsh, Aretha Zhu from Eye TeaM in a conversation with Drs. Amar Shah, Taj Nasser, Neel Vaidya to hear perspectives about what they wished they learned during residency training!
S2:E6 - Eye Tea - Global Ophthalmology - Leslie Hyman, Richard Lee, Pulin Shah - Ophthalmology podcast
Nicoh Reyes, MD, Hannah Walsh, and Anthony Olganov along with Eye TeaM dive into this conversation with Drs. Leslie Hyman, Richard Lee, and Pulin Shah about Global Ophthalmology.
Get to know our panelists:
Dr. Hyman is an ocular epidemiologist with expertise in observational epidemiologic studies and clinical trials. She earned her PhD in Epidemiology from The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health (now Bloomberg School of Public Health). She was recruited to the Department of Preventive Medicine at Stony Brook University Medical Center, Stony Brook, New York, where in 2004 she was named Head, Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics. In September 2016, she joined Wills Eye Hospital as the Vice Chair for Research where she was also appointed Thomas D. Duane Endowed Chair, Professor and Vice Chair of Research in the Department of Ophthalmology at the Sidney Kimmel Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University. Dr. Hyman’s research has focused on identifying causes, risk factors and treatment of the leading causes of visual impairment and blindness. Her work on macular degeneration helped lay the foundation for future research on its causes and treatments. She has also done extensive work in myopia progression and stabilization in children, evaluating treatment for glaucoma, and examining how hypertension and cardiovascular risk factors impact causes of visual decline.
Dr. Lee is a California native and attended Pomona College. He completed his MD, PhD, ophthalmology residency & glaucoma fellowship at UM and the BPEI. His clinical interest in imaging technologies for glaucoma led Dr. Lee to help develop a platform for in vivo glaucoma animal experiments on neuronal and axonal regenerations. Dr Lee serves the Director of Community Ophthalmology and the faculty advisor for the University of Miami’s Ophthalmology Interest Club. Over the years, Dr. Lee has led medical students and physicians to conduct vision screenings in South Florida and all over the world. Notably, Dr. Lee helped families in both Japan and Haiti who were displaced by severe natural disasters by bringing Bascom Palmer’s Vision Van as a temporary eye clinic to these communities in need. He has personally volunteered with a number of international eye organizations, including Orbis and LifeLine Express. Dr. Lee has been the recipient of numerous awards including the Humanitarian of the Year Award from the American Glaucoma Society.
Dr. Shah grew up in the heart of the Cajun Country, Lafayette, Louisiana and attended LSU medical school. He completed ophthalmology residency at California Pacific in San Francisco before moving to Miami for cornea fellowship at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute. Shortly after Hurricane Katrina, he returned to New Orleans to establish his medical practice at Ochsner Medical Center. For over a decade, he has served as Section Head of Cataract and Corneal Surgery and Medical Director of the Ochsner Baptist Laser Vision Center where he teaches medical students and residents. Dr. Shah also serves as a Medical Director for the Southern Eye Bank and partners with St. Thomas Clinic and Daughters of Charity to provide free cataract surgery to needy New Orleanians. Beyond our borders, he is the Board President of the International Eye Institute, where he performs cataract and corneal surgeries in Central America and has just recently returned from one of these trips.
S2:E11 - Eye Tea - Innovations in Dry Eye Disease - Penny Asbell, Laura Periman, Amar Shah - Ophthalmology podcast
Jasmine Mahajan (MS4) and Aretha Zhu (MS3) lead this conversation with experts on Dry Eye Disease!
Dr. Penny Asbell is tuning in from Memphis, TN. She completed her ophthalmology residency and medical fellowship at NYU and subsequently cornea study at Louisiana State University before completing her MBA. She established and served as the director for the Cornea Clinical and Research Fellowships during her time as professor of ophthalmology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mt Sinai. In June 2018, Dr. Asbell was named the Barrett G. Haik Endowed Chair for Ophthalmology in the College of Medicine and Director of the Hamilton Eye Institute at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. She led the DRy Eye Assessment and Management (DREAM) study to assess how effective oral omega-3 fatty acid supplementations were on treatment for moderate-to-severe dry eye disease. Dr. Laura Periman otherwise known as @dryeyemaster on instagram and twitter- is based in Seattle, WA. She completed medical school, residency, and fellowship in cornea and refractive surgery at the University of Washington and has numerous publications regarding ocular surface disease. Her passion for ocular surface disease stems from her immunopathophysiology background from her work in Research and Development at Immunex Corporation in the Molecular Biology Department prior to attending medical school. She serves as Director of Dry Eye Services and Clinical Research in Seattle and has given several talks at conferences and events at the national and international level. Her talks combine her passions for basic science, clinical practice, and patient care. Dr. Amar Shah, who you can also find on instagram @dr.amarshah, is a cornea and refractive surgeon at the Cincinnati Eye Institute and Co-director of the Refractive Surgery service at the University of Cincinnati. He attended medical school at the Northeast Ohio Medical School and completed ophthalmology residency at the University of Cincinnati. He completed a fellowship in Cornea, External Disease, and Refractive Surgery at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute in Miami, Fl. He is trained in the newest corneal transplantation techniques and has special interest in ocular surface disorders and dry eye disease. He has authored several publications and implements the latest treatments of dry eye disease in his practice.
S1:E18 - Eye Tea - Women in Ophthalmology Tech 2.0 - Dr. Florence Cabot and Dr. Parul Ichhpujani
Dr. Gagan Kalra, Dr. Mike Zein, Dr. Grayson Armstrong, Katherine Leviste, and our Eye Tea crew discuss technological innovations in ophthalmology with Dr. Florence Cabot and Dr. Parul Ichhpujani. This exciting conversation spans telemedicine, AI applications, and mentorship in ophthalmology!
S1: E23 - Eye Tea - Brain Machine Interface - Dr. Ranya Habash
Join Dr. Gagan Kalra and Katherine Leviste from our Eye TeaM in this collaborative talk with the Med Tech club that covers this futuristic topic of Brain Machine Interface with our expert guest Dr. Ranya Habash!
S2:E10 - Eye Tea - MIGS -Glaucoma Innovation - Drs. Inder Paul Singh, Ze Zhang, Rikki Enzor
In this episode, Dr. Gagan Kalra and Katherine Leviste dive into a conversation about Minimally Invasive Glaucoma Surgery (MIGS) with Dr. Inder Paul Singh, Dr. Ze Zhang, and Dr. Rikki Enzor. These leaders have real-world experience with MIGS and associated clinical trials. A lot of new innovations are underway!
There is a lot to learn in this ophthalmology podcast episode:
1. How did these trailblazers get into ophthalmology and glaucoma?
2. How the state of surgical Glaucoma care has changed over the years
3. How can one get started in learning MIGS?
4. Patient selection and strategy personalization for different glaucoma patients.
5. Advice for young aspirants to prepare ahead of time for glaucoma sub-specialty as a career.
6. What the future of MIGS has in the store!!!,
and lots more!!! Let us know what you think by answering the poll!!
S2: E2 - Eye Tea - Glaucoma innovation: SPARCS and Contrast Sensitivity - Dr. George L. Spaeth, Dr. Parul Ichhpujani, and Eric Spaeth
Join Dr. Gagan Kalra, Katherine Leviste, Dr. Grayson Armstrong, and the Eye TeaM in a conversation with the inventors-cum-trailblazers in the glaucoma space - Drs. George L. Spaeth, Parul Ichhpujani, and Eric Spaeth.
SPARCS is a web-based tool that can be used to assess contrast sensitivity in individuals with early glaucoma as a means of screening. In this talk, the inventors of this tool share their thought processes, journeys in ophthalmology, and ideas about what this technology's future may hold for glaucoma care.
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S2:E5 - Eye Tea - Innovations in Refractive Cataract Surgery - Drs. Morgan Micheletti, Arjan Hura, and Taj Nasser.
Join Dr. Gagan Kalra, Dr. Mike Zein, and Periklis Gianakis from our team as they dive into this exciting world of refractive cataract surgery innovations with Dr. Morgan Micheletti, Dr. Arjan Hura, and Dr. Taj-Addin Nasser.
Dr. Mogan Micheletti
- Dr. Morgan Micheletti, MD, FACS is a board-certified ophthalmologist who specializes in cataract surgery, refractive surgery, minimally invasive glaucoma surgery, and complex anterior segment surgery. He was named to the Best Cataract Surgeons in America list, recognized as Castle Connolly Top Doctor, received the award for Incredible Innovation and Scientific Contribution from RW Ophthalmology, and was recently named to the top 40 under 40 list of ophthalmologists in the United States.
Dr. Arjan Hura
- Dr. Arjan Hura is a cataract, refractive, and anterior segment surgeon at the Maloney-Shamie Vision Institute in Los Angeles, CA. Dr. Hura is passionate about providing the highest possible medical and surgical vision care to his patients and is committed to the American Academy of Ophthalmology‘s mission of protecting sight and empowering lives. His research and clinical interests include working with the latest cutting-edge technology to constantly try to improve patient outcomes.
Dr. Taj Nasser
- Taj Nasser attended East Carolina University, where he graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry. Noticing the many similarities between Spanish and his native Arabic language, he enjoyed completing a minor in Hispanic studies. He continued his training at ECU where he received his medical degree with a distinction in health system transformation and leadership. He then moved to New Orleans to complete his Ophthalmology residency where he was selected as chief resident for his medical education initiatives and leadership. Dr. Nasser’s interest in process improvement and high-quality, patient-centered care drew him to an interest in specializing in refractive surgery. Born in a small village in Yemen, he is passionate about serving the global community, where he has participated in multiple surgical eye mission trips to Mexico. A Marvel fan, when he is not caring for patients you will see him rewatching MCU.
S2:E4 - Eye Tea - LIVE at ASCRS 2022: Refractive Surgery Innovation and Patient Satisfaction
Our founder, Dr. Gagan Kalra, and core team members, Dr. Nick Bruns and Dr. Amar Shah sat down with Dr. Gary Wortz and Dr. John Vukich at ASCRS 2022 in Washington, DC to discuss the challenges of modern-day refractive surgery and patient satisfaction.
- Cataract and refractive surgeon and speaker for various companies both nationally and internationally
- Emory Medical School; Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary
- 30 yrs experience, 20+ clinical trials
- Passion for new technology and innovation- principal investigator for ICL as well as medical monitor for several technologies
- Authored several articles on cataract and refractive surgery and has served as president of the European Congress of Ophthalmic Surgery, and chairman of the ASCRS refractive committee
- Pioneer for the light adjustable lens, ICL, and actively participating in research on presbyopia-correcting IOLs currently in the clinical trial phase
- Refractive cataract surgeon, speaker, and inventor
- Associate professor of ophthalmology at the University of Kentucky
- Lead investigator to numerous technologies and lecturer at numerous meetings across the country
- Founder and CMO of Omega Ophthalmics
- Host of “Ophthalmology off the grid”, the editorial board of Interventional Mindset
- Recent winner of the Millennium award at Millennial Eye Live 2022
S1:E22 - Eye Tea - Evolution of Oculoplastics - Drs. David Tse, Andrea Kossler, and Andrea Tooley
The 22nd episode of season 1.0 of Eye Tea - Evolution of Oculoplastics covers where the field of Oculoplastics is coming from, where is it currently, and where it is headed in the future. Our expert panelists - Dr. David T. Tse, Dr. Andrea A. Tooley, and Dr. Andrea L. Kossler dive deep into their journeys, experiences, and opinions on the topic with our hosts Dr. Gagan Kalra, Katherine Leviste, Dr. Mike Zein, Dr. Grayson Armstrong, and Dr. Rikki Enzor.
- Dr. David T. Tse - Bascom Palmer Eye Institute | University of Miami | Miami, FL
- Dr. Andrea A. Tooley - Mayo Clinic | Rochester, MN
- Dr.Andrea L. Kossler - Byer's Eye Institute | Stanford University | Palo Alto, CA
Refractive Surgery: Evolution and Careers - Eye Tea - Sonia Yoo, Dagny Zhu
Join the Eye Tea team in a conversation with Drs. Sonia Yoo and Dagny Zhu about refractive surgery, its evolution, and careers in the field looking into the future!
Dr. Sonia Yoo is the Greentree Hickman Chair in Ophthalmology, with a joint appointment in Biomedical Engineering, and is the Associate medical director at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute. Dr. Yoo completed her medical education at Case Western Reserve University and subsequently completed both her residency and fellowship training at the Mass Eye and Ear Infirmary at Harvard U. Her work focuses on surgical and diagnostic advances in refractive cataract and corneal surgery. She holds several patents and has authored more than 150 book chapters and peer-reviewed articles. She has been recognized as the Outstanding Women Leader by Millenial Eye, featured on the Ophthalmologist Power list, and received the prestigious Founder’s Award from the International Society of Refractive Surgery.
Dr. Dagny Zhu is a Harvard-educated, board-certified ophthalmologist who specializes in cornea, cataract, and laser refractive surgery. Dr. Zhu then returned to Southern California to complete her ophthalmology residency at the prestigious Doheny Eye Institute/University of Southern California (USC) + Los Angeles County Medical Center, where she served a predominantly Latino community and cared for the sickest patients at one of the largest public hospitals in the country. Described as a “gifted surgeon” by her mentors, Dr. Zhu elected to complete fellowship training in cornea and refractive surgery at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, the #1 eye hospital in the world.
Ocular Oncology: Evolution and Careers - Eye Tea - Carol Karp, Prithvi Mruthyunjaya, Basil Williams
Join the Eye Tea Team in a conversation with Drs. Carol Karp, Prithvi Mruthyunjaya, and Basil Williams about ocular oncology, its evolution, careers in the field, and future directions.
Dr. Carol Karp holds the Richard K Forster chair in ophthalmology, as well as Dr. Ronald and Alicia Lepke endowed professorship in corneal and external diseases at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute. She's a 2013 recipient of the Women in Ophthalmology mentorship award and the 2015 recipient of the secretary to award from the American Academy of Ophthalmology. Dr. Carp is considered a leader in the area of ocular surface oncology. She has been heralded for her pioneering work on the use of interferon for the treatment of the ocular surface squamous neoplasia. She has lectured and taught both, nationally and internationally, on the management of ocular surface tumors.
Dr. Prithvi Mruthyunjaya is the director of the ocular oncology service and the vitreal retinal surgery service at the Byer's Eye Institute at Stanford University. He completed his clinical-research fellowships in Vitreoretinal surgery followed by an Ocular Oncology fellowship at the Moorfields Eye Hosptial in London, UK. As a fellow, he was recognized with the highest nationwide honors by the Heed, AOS-Knap and Ronald G Michels foundations. His academic contributions have been recognized b the American Study of Retina Specialists with the Senior honor award. He has recently been listed as one of the world's 50 most innovative retina specialists. Dr. Mruthyunhaya is actively involved in advancing diagnostic approaches to ocular tumors through imaging, genetics, and new modalities for tumor biopsies.
Dr. Basil Williams is the Mary night Ashbury endowed chair and director of the ocular oncology service of the University of Cincinnati College of medicine. He's also the director of the retinoblastoma program at Cincinnati children's hospital. And as part of the vitreoretinal service at Cincinnati Eye, he has co-authored several publications and is a prolific researcher.
Ophthalmic Telemedicine - Eye Tea - M. Chiang, T. Leng, E. Korot
Join our team in conversation with Drs. Michael F. Chiang, Theodore Leng, and Edward Korot about ophthalmic telemedicine, careers in the field, and its future directions.
Dr. Michael F. Chiang is the director of the National Eye Institute at the NIH in Bethesda, Maryland, and his clinical practice focuses on pediatric ophthalmology and strabismus. He is a board-certified expert in clinical informatics. His research develops and applies biomedical informatics methods to clinical ophthalmology in areas such as retinopathy of prematurity, telehealth, artificial intelligence, clinical information systems, genotype-phenotype correlations, and data analytics. His group has published more than 200 peer review papers and has developed an assistive artificial intelligence system for ROP that received breakthrough status from the US FDA. He has served as a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology Board of Trustees, Chair of the AAO Iris Registry Data Analytics Committee, Chair of the AAO Task Force on Artificial Intelligence, Chair of a Medical Information Technology Committee, and on several other national and local committees. He also serves on the editorial board of several internationally acclaimed scientific journals, including the Journal of American Association of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, Ophthalmology, and Ophthalmology Retina.
Dr. Theodore Leng is an ophthalmologist and talented surgeon based out of Stanford. He's considered one of the top worldwide innovators in the field of medical and surgical retina. And he also serves as the Director of Clinical and Translational Research and the Director of Ophthalmic Diagnostics at Stanford. He did a lot of his training at Stanford, including his medical degree before going to Bascom Palmer Eye Institute for residency, he then returned to Stanford for his fellowship in vitreoretinal disease and surgery, where he remains on faculty to this day. He's an incredibly talented scientist on top of all of his clinical work and he's published over 200 peer-reviewed publications. His research has contributed to the field of automated AI for detecting blinding retinal disease and more.
Dr. Edward Korot has helped develop head-mounted surgical displays to adapt wearable retinal projection displays for use in ophthalmic microsurgery. As a Ted med frontline scholar in medical school, Dr. Korot worked on algorithmic image analysis and is keen on developing point of care technologies to improve the lives of patients. He's currently a vitreoretinal fellow at Byers Eye Institute at Stanford University and has completed a clinical research fellowship at UCL Moorfields Eye Hospital with a grant for applied automated machine learning. He's also worked with Google health, with a focus on global validation of atomic deep learning algorithms for clinical use. He has a deep interest in medical, AI safety, quantifying model uncertainty, AI-driven pharmaceutical trial recruitment, and user interface research. And he's now leading light in the application of algorithms and AI to this tech science and disease and epidemic images.
Curing Blindness - Eye Tea - Drs. José-Alain Sahel, Ranya Habash
Join our Eye Tea Team in conversation with Drs. José-Alain Sahel and Ranya Habash. Learn about the latest and greatest in the field of curing blindness including artificial retinal implants, brain-machine interface, optogenetics, and more.
Dr. José-Alain Sahel is a distinguished ophthalmologist and world-renowned scientist. He is the chairman of the department of ophthalmology at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Eye Center, Pittsburgh, PA. He is also the director of UPMC Eye Center and Eye and Ear Foundation. He is a pioneer in the field of artificial retina and vision restorative therapies such as optogenetics. His trailblazing work in the field, especially with retinal and subretinal implants, has had a tremendous impact on patients' lives, restoring usable vision to the blind. And recently his work with optogenetics got published in Nature Medicine, which is one of the highest impact factor journals in all of medicine.
Dr. Ranya Habash is the Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, CEO of LifeLong Vision, and Medical Director of Technology Innovation. From complex cataract surgery cases to the latest technology innovation in ophthalmology, this trailblazing leader has been exemplary in all aspects of her career.
Eye Tea Live sessions: ASCRS 2021 with Dr. Brian Shafer
Join Dr. Gagan Kalra in a conversation with Dr. Brian Shafer from the ground at ASCRS 2021 in Las Vegas. Learn about the latest and greatest in refractive cataract surgery, presbyopia-correcting lenses, and the right mindset to carry as a young ophthalmologist to strive to improve the field.
Dr. Brian Shafer is a cataract, refractive, cornea, and glaucoma surgeon serving patients in the Chester County and Main Line area. He previously was a cornea and refractive surgery fellow at Vance Thompson Vision.
Eye Tea Live sessions: ASCRS 2021 with Dr. Ranya Habash
Join Drs. Gagan Kalra and Mike Zein in conversation with Dr. Ranya Habash from the ground at ASCRS 2021 from Las Vegas. Learn about the latest and greatest in digital health and telemedicine, the process of innovating, and the right mindset to carry as a young ophthalmologist to strive to improve the field.
Dr. Ranya Habash is the Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, CEO of LifeLong Vision, and Medical Director of Technology Innovation. From complex cataract surgery cases to the latest technology innovation in ophthalmology, this trailblazing leader has been exemplary in all aspects of her career.
Eye Tea Live sessions: ASCRS 2021 with Dr. Steven Sarkisian
Join Dr. Gagan Kalra in conversation with Dr. Steven Sarkisian from the ground at ASCRS 2021 from Las Vegas. Learn about the latest and greatest in glaucoma care, the process of innovating, and the right mindset to carry as a young ophthalmologist to strive to improve the field.
Dr. Steven R. Sarkisian, Jr., M.D. is the founder and CEO of Oklahoma Eye Surgeons, PLLC. He specializes in premium cataract surgery and glaucoma surgery, with a special interest in helping his patients be glasses-free and performing minimally invasive glaucoma surgery (MIGS). He implants premium lenses with cataract surgery and was the first in Oklahoma to implant the PanOptix trifocal lens. This is the newest premium lens, and now for the first time, we can treat distance, intermediate, and near vision, as well as astigmatism, all at the same time. He was also the first surgeon in Oklahoma to perform the iStent, iStent Inject, the Xen Gel Stent, and canaloplasty. He was the first in the U.S. to use the OMNI device and the first in the world to use the TRAB360 and VISCO360 surgical systems, the predicate devices to the OMNI.
Eye Tea Live sessions: ASCRS 2021 with Dr. Dagny Zhu
Join Dr. Gagan Kalra in conversation with Dr. Dagny Zhu from the ground at ASCRS 2021 from Las Vegas. Learn about the latest and greatest in refractive cataract surgery, the process of innovating, entrepreneurship, and the right mindset to carry as a young ophthalmologist to strive to improve the field.
Dr. Dagny Zhu is a Harvard-educated, board-certified ophthalmologist who specializes in cornea, cataract, and laser refractive surgery. Dr. Zhu then returned to Southern California to complete her ophthalmology residency at the prestigious Doheny Eye Institute/University of Southern California (USC) + Los Angeles County Medical Center, where she served a predominantly Latino community and cared for the sickest patients at one of the largest public hospitals in the country. Described as a “gifted surgeon” by her mentors, Dr. Zhu elected to complete fellowship training in cornea and refractive surgery at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, the #1 eye hospital in the world.
Eye Tea Live sessions: ASCRS 2021 with Drs. Arsham Sheybani and Manjool Shah
Join Drs. Gagan Kalra and Mike Zein in conversation with Dr. Sheybani and Dr. Shah from the ground at ASCRS 2021 from Las Vegas. Learn about the latest and greatest in glaucoma care, the process of innovating, and the right mindset to carry as a young ophthalmologist to strive to improve the field.
Dr. Arsham Sheybani is a glaucoma specialist at Washington University at St. Louis.
Dr. Manjool Shah is a glaucoma specialist at Duke University at Durham.
Women in Ophthalmology Tech 1.0 - Eye Tea - Drs. Lama Al-Aswad and Olivia Li
Women in ophthalmology tech series is all about women leaders in ophthalmology tech.
In this episode, we speak with Dr. Lama Al-Aswad (NYU) and Dr. Olivia Li (Moorfields) to learn from their journeys in ophthalmology tech.
Meet the team behind Eye Tea
Eye Tea👁☕ is back as a podcast.
Meet our stellar team who have been key in making this show happen.
Gagan Kalra, Katherine Leviste, Mike Zein, Rikki Enzor and Grayson Armstrong share their brief bios.
There's tons in the store!
Watch out for more episodes!