We’re thrilled to welcome to the Retina Rounds podcast Dr. Firas Rahhal. Dr. Rahhal has been a leader in multiple arenas of ophthalmology. He was a former faculty member and Retina Clinic Director at the Cornell University Department of Ophthalmology. He is currently Adjunct Professor of Ophthalmology at the USC Keck School of Medicine, partner at the esteemed Retina-Vitreous Associates Medical Group in Los Angeles California and the Co-Founder and General Partner of ExSight Ventures, a venture capital firm investing in early stage companies in ophthalmology and vision sciences. In part one of our interview, Dr. Rahhal talks about the influences of his mentors, the challenges of running a large and busy retina practice and how he finds time to pursue his passions in medical innovation.
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16: RetinaRounds™ Podcast #16: Omar Shakir, MD, MBA (Part 2)
Continuing our conversation with Dr. Omar Shakir, we are going to dive further into the details of Office Based Surgery. My concerns, and I think the concerns of most vitreoretinal surgeons, center around patient safety. We discuss this issue more as well as delving into topics like patient access, financial considerations and potential ethical issues around office-based surgery. If you haven’t already, make sure to check out part 1 of our conversation in podcast 15.
* Financial Disclosure: Dr. Shakir is an investor and consultant for iOR Partners
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15: RetinaRounds™ Podcast 15: Omar Shakir, MD, MBA
Is Office-Based Surgery (OBS) right for you? In today’s podcast, Retina Rounds welcomes Dr. Omar Shakir, a pioneer in office-based surgery. Dr. Shakir is the founder of Coastal Eye Surgeons in Greenwich, Connecticut and a Clinical Instructor at Yale University. Dr. Shakir practices as both a cataract/refractive and a vitreoretinal surgeon, which, while more common abroad, is unique in the United States. In the podcast he talks about forging his own path to create a practice that meets his professional goals and how office-based surgery has been a paradigm shift for him and his patients.
* Financial Disclosure: Dr. Shakir is an investor and consultant for iOR Partners
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14: RetinaRounds™ Podcast 14: Anibal Francone, MD
Multimodal imaging has become indispensable in the management of a wide variety of medical retina conditions. Increasingly the role of imaging has extended into vitreoretinal surgery, allowing vitreoretinal surgeons to have new insights on the detection, prognostication, management and postoperative surveillance of surgical conditions. In today’s podcast we are excited to welcome Dr. Anibal Francone, retina faculty member at the Charles Centro Oftalmologico in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Dr. Francone has made impactful contributions on the interface between imaging and surgery and in today’s podcast he shares his insights on new imaging modalities for vitreoretinal diseases and his role in building a robust clinical research program.
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13: RetinaRounds™ Podcast 13: Frank Brodie, MD, MBA
Medical innovation is one of the cornerstones of ophthalmology and specifically retina. Today Retina Rounds is excited to welcome a rising star in med-tech innovation, Dr. Frank Brodie. Dr. Brodie is Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of California, San Francisco and an attending vitreoretinal specialist at the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Dr. Brodie has a passion for medical innovation and, in today’s podcast, Dr. Brodie talks about some of his established, ongoing and future projects. It's inspirational for anyone who wants to innovate and move the field forward.
Podcast co-hosts Steven Schwartz, MD and Pradeep Prasad, MD interview leaders in the field of vitreroretinal surgery and ophthalmology covering a range of topics including surgical innovation, business in ophthalmology and graduate medical education.
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