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 nev...
20 Aug 36min
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 wit...
18 Aug 42min
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 m...
13 Aug 31min
Stupid Cancer, Stupid Insurance, Smart Guests (with Matthew Zachary and Jen Singer)
This week Kristin and I sit down with Matthew Zachary and Jen Singer, two cancer survivors who between them have basically seen every corner of the American healthcare system and lived to write a book...
11 Aug 1h 6min
Knock Knock Eye: Cosurvivorship & Why Kristin Belongs on This Podcast
I've got something serious to get off my chest this week. It's about how Kristin gets treated in the comments section of our own YouTube clips. A recent clip from our episode with Rana Awdish set me o...
6 Aug 24min
Glauc Talk: What's the "Surgeon God Complex"?
We start with Kristin's ever-escalating sleep setup, my childhood bedtime prayer that explicitly included the possibility of dying in my sleep every night from ages zero to eighteen, and the fact that...
4 Aug 46min
Knock Knock Eye: The Top Five Malpractice Risks for Ophthalmologists
Dr. Oz's proposed 2027 CMS rules dropped, and I've been waiting all week to get into them. The push toward value-based care and Accountable Care Organizations continues, but the headline for anyone in...
30 Juli 35min
What Healing Actually Looks Like After Near-Death with Dr. Rana Awdish
Dr. Rana Awdish is one of those rare humans who can speak from both sides of the hospital bed with complete authority, and somehow make you feel understood in the process. She's a critical care physic...
28 Juli 1h 6min
