This week on Knock Knock Eye, Will talks about the training it takes to become an ophthalmologist, discusses the dangers of a retinal tear or detachment, and explains the differences between the two.
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Aug 20
Knock Knock Eye: Research Hot Takes: Medical Student Research Should Be Banned
I've got a love-hate relationship with research, and this week I finally get into why. I'll read a study, I'll watch a talk, I genuinely enjoy learning about it, but performing research myself has never been my thing, and I get into the whole story of how I ended up doing it in m ... Show More
36m 4s
Aug 18
Glauc Talk: Acting Class Confessions from a 40-Year-Old Ophthalmologist
This week Kristin and I start off with something I've been wanting to work on for a while, my medical Spanish, because we're opening up a new location and I want to actually be able to communicate with my Spanish-speaking patients. Kristin was a Spanish major, so she helps me pra ... Show More
42m 6s
Aug 13
Knock Knock Eye: Sydney Towle's Legacy and the Isolation of Young Adult Cancer
I wanted to start this one off talking about Sydney Towle, a 26 year old TikToker who documented her stage four cholangiocarcinoma diagnosis with so much humor and honesty that it genuinely impacted me, even though I never knew her in real life. Her passing hit hard, and it broug ... Show More
31m 57s
Feb 2024
What Every Medical Student Should Know About Ophthalmology
Whether or not you’re going into ophthalmology, you’re likely to see a patient with an eye-related complaint at some point in your career. In this episode, Ria interviews ophthalmology resident Dr. Will Foos about his specialty - common consults he sees, when you should absolutel ... Show More
36m 14s
Jun 2022
Management of Flashes and Floaters, Retinal Tears, and Retinal Detachments
Drs. Sarah Read, M. Ali Khan, and Ajay Kuriyan talk through the management and timing of referral for patients with flashes and floaters, including discussion of posterior vitreous detachments, retinal tears, and retinal detachments. For all episodes or to claim CME credit for se ... Show More
32m 51s
Aug 2025
A Journey Through Vision Loss
Drs. Prithvi Sankar and Sriram Balasubramanian discuss a personal journey through vision loss, from both the ophthalmologist and patient perspective. Host Dr. Ben Young invites these two friends to share their lessons of grief, denial, and ultimate acceptance of a difficult diagn ... Show More
57m 55s