Knock Knock Eye: Why Do We Still Require Pre-Op Clearance for Cataract Surgery?
Let’s talk about something deeply unsexy but incredibly important: pre-op clearance for cataract surgery. After watching a colleague get sent to their own primary care doctor for a seven-minute proce...
12 Feb 36min
Glauc Talk: Should You Trust Chat GPT Health With Your Medical Records?
This episode opens with an extremely serious debate about whether buying a $5,000 air hockey table is financially irresponsible… or medically necessary for eye-hand coordination. From there, we read...
10 Feb 50min
Knock Knock Eye: What Should You Do If You’re Pepper Sprayed At A Protest?
This episode is a tough one. I start by talking about the killing of Alex Preti and Renee Good in Minneapolis and why it’s been sitting so heavily with me as a physician, a parent, and a human being t...
5 Feb 32min
What Actually Keeps Your Heart Healthy? with Dr. Stacey Rosen
It’s Heart Month, so we went straight to the top and invited Dr. Stacy Rosen, Volunteer President of the American Heart Association, to help us answer one simple question: What actually keeps your hea...
3 Feb 58min
Knock Knock Eye: How Dangerous Is Pickleball for Your Eyes?
This episode we get into a new JAMA Ophthalmology study takes a hard look at pickleball-related eye injuries, and the numbers are… not great. Retinal detachments, hyphemas, orbital fractures, and even...
29 Jan 42min
Glauc Talk: Who Thought This Medical Procedure Was a Good Idea?
Kristin and I read through listener comments, including theories about how I can create characters without an inner monologue, and real-world ophthalmology stories that lead me to beg you, once again,...
27 Jan 52min
Knock Knock Eye: Virtual or In-Person Residency Interviews: What Are the Pros and Cons?
This episode we tackle something a lot of people are quietly worried about: virtual residency interviews. Are they here to stay? Are they fair? And how exactly are programs supposed to deal with appli...
22 Jan 39min
What Happens When Doctors Get Involved in Legislation? with Dr. Erik Heitkamp & Courtney Koebele
This episode we head to North Dakota, a place that is extremely flat, very windy, and filled with some of the kindest humans I’ve ever met, including Dr. Erik Heitkamp, a hospitalist in Fargo, and Cou...
20 Jan 52min
