Ophthalmology Perspective

• Medscape Physician Wealth & Debt Report 2021 Medscape surveyed almost 18,000 physicians who told us about their spending habits, savings, and what debts they're paying off.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, June 11, 2021
• 15 Cartoons Only Docs Can Appreciate Physician and artist Mike Natter's drawings find the humor and poignancy in medical training and the COVID experience.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, June 04, 2021
• Michael Lewis on the Mirage That Is America's Public Health System   Gaps in public health preparation and priorities appeared years before SARS-CoV-2 arrived in the US. 'What happened before told you so much about what would happen during the pandemic,' Lewis says.
  Medscape, June 04, 2021
• Vitamin Supplements: Any Role for Heart Disease or Cancer?   Dr JoAnn Manson discusses the meaning of the USPSTF's draft statement on use of dietary supplements to prevent these chronic conditions.
  Medscape Ob/Gyn, June 02, 2021
• 16 Perfect Quotations About Becoming a Doctor Starting a career in medicine right now can be daunting. Here are some words of wisdom, sage advice, and humor for those who just became doctors.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, May 26, 2021
• Best & Worst Places to Practice 2021 Medscape ranked states and cities on the basis of livability, financial, and malpractice factors to offer places that create an enjoyable practice environment.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, May 21, 2021
• Imagine the Worst, or We're at Our Own Peril: Osterholm   At home with politicians and news anchors, CIDRAP's Michael Osterholm shares three rules of science and the media, and explains why policy and science belong together like chocolate and peanut butter.
  Medscape, May 14, 2021
• Medscape Ophthalmologist Compensation Report 2021 Medscape's Ophthalmologist Compensation Report 2021 explores income, hours worked, and greatest work challenges in 2020, an atypical year marked by the COVID pandemic.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, May 14, 2021
• After Hundreds of Interviews, Here's John Whyte's View of COVID   Our problem with vaccines is that we talk about people instead of talking with people and listening to their perspectives.
  Medscape, May 05, 2021
• ARVO 2021 Read clinically focused news coverage of key developments from ARVO 2021
  Medscape Ophthalmology, May 03, 2021
• The New Valveless Glaucoma Drainage Device: An Expert's Take Dr Shuchi Patel and Dr Thomas Patrianakos discuss the latter's initial experience using the Ahmed ClearPath.
  Medscape Ophthalmology, April 28, 2021
• Suspect Sarcoidosis? Here's What to Assess   A fabulous infographic is a reminder of the multisystem effects of sarcoidosis.
  The Curbsiders, April 28, 2021
• How HIPAA Can Harm Patients As Dr Andrew Wilner has experienced first-hand, HIPAA may not always be in the patient's best interest.
  Medscape Neurology, April 23, 2021
• The Optimized Doctor: Say My Name Mispronouncing names can alienate patients.
  Medscape Dermatology, April 19, 2021
• Medscape Physician Compensation Report 2021: The Recovery Begins Physician compensation was atypical in 2020 due to the COVID pandemic. Almost 18,000 physicians told us about their income, bonus, hours worked, and greatest work challenges.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, April 16, 2021
• Metagenomics May Enhance the Diagnosis of Infectious Keratitis Dr Christopher Rapuano evaluates a new study comparing standard corneal cultures with combined DNA/RNA sequencing.
  Medscape Ophthalmology, April 14, 2021
• Please Don't Use the Word 'Brittle' With Diabetes The word 'brittle' in the context of diabetes is unscientific, unhelpful, and potentially harmful, says Miriam E. Tucker, a Medscape contributing writer who lives with type 1 diabetes.
  Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology, April 12, 2021
• Virtual Reality Simulators Yield Benefits in Cataract Surgery Dr Sumit (Sam) Garg shares how simulator technology can help both trainees and established ophthalmologists alike.
  Medscape Ophthalmology, April 09, 2021
• When Does a Person Become Your Patient? You get a phone call from a 'friend of a friend' asking for advice. Or you find a new problem (in a current patient) that's outside your expertise. What's your duty of care in each case?
  Medscape Family Medicine, April 08, 2021
• Improve Doctor-Patient Relationships With This One Question After personal tragedy struck, Dr Doug Lake found himself more closely considering his patients' experiences, completely changing how he interacted with them.
  Medscape, April 05, 2021