Knock Knock Eye: Federal Student Loan Caps and the Future of Medical School Access
I’m just back from receiving an early career achievement award at the University of Iowa. The hard conversation while I was there was about pediatric ophthalmology, which is in trouble. There are only...
5 Nov 37min
What Medicine Gets Wrong About Disability with Ashira Greenberg & Shauna Ikahihifo
I failed my very first standardized patient encounter in medical school because I saw a 49-year-old woman with abdominal pain and did not order a pregnancy test — immediate fail, well-earned shame, le...
3 Nov 1h 11min
Knock Knock Eye: Over-the-Counter Redness Relievers: An Ophthalmologist’s Guide
Halloween is around the corner, so here is a little housekeeping. I open with the saga of my HOA fining me for window units during a 117°F Portland heat wave, including the time I taped a photo of Bra...
29 Okt 30min
What Medicine Gets Wrong About Pain with Dr. Rachel Zoffness
Dr. Rachel Zoffness is a pain psychologist and assistant clinical professor at UCSF and Stanford, and she came on to do something I desperately needed, explain what I actually did not learn in medical...
27 Okt 1h 12min
Knock Knock Eye: Breaking down the American Diabetes Association Boycott
This week I get into the No Surprises Act, starting with my own $20,000 out-of-network bill after my cardiac arrest and the nine-month fight to resolve it. The law was supposed to prevent exactly that...
22 Okt 41min
What the 19th Century Teaches Us About Medicine Right Now with Dr. Lindsey Fitzharris
Dr. Lindsey Fitzharris is back and she brought her best book yet. Sleuth Hound: The Case of the Real Sherlock Holmes, out October 20th, which tells the story of Joseph Bell, the Edinburgh surgeon who ...
20 Okt 1h 11min
Knock Knock Eye: Why This Nobel Prize Could Change How We Treat Blindness
The weight of the healthcare system has been sitting heavy. Our practice officially dropped UnitedHealthcare after they offered a 0.8% rate increase, and I’m feeling genuine empathy fatigue for the fi...
15 Okt 35min
Glauc Talk: When AI Claims Credit for Human Research
We did back-to-school night for our ninth grader and I came away wanting to re-enroll myself. The CS teacher (28 years in the classroom) convinced me that what computer programming really teaches is a...
13 Okt 34min
