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Ten-day workweek for ophthalmologists

I feel inspired to offer my own vision for the working future: the ten-day workweek for ophthalmologists.

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How to choose a subspecialty in ophthalmology

Having trouble deciding on her subspecialty, Shub-ad knew her wise chairman would help her think through the options

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Seasons change but athletic eye injuries occur year-round

Seasons change but athletic eye injuries occur year-round

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Are we ophthalmologists in the eye of the storm?

Explanations for one of most commonly misused phrases in English language

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An ophthalmologist’s experience with tele-medicine

Maybe I should be a call-in doctor

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How making numerous choices can lead to mental brain drain

How making numerous choices can lead to mental brain drain

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When an artist loses vision

How gifted individuals may express impact of losing sight

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A resident’s memory of a patient

How one veteran’s pain, gratitude made a lasting impact

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Best place to retire: Florida, Costa Rica or Mars?

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I grill, therefore I am!

Many of my male friends do not feel extremely comfortable cooking in general, but they do enjoy grilling.

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Fired by the 'captain of industry'

No doubt, you, dear reader, have experienced the unpleasant situation of terminating an employee for one reason or another (poor performance, financial exigencies, etc.). But I would hope that we...

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A wake-up call for physicians

Everyone knows the name of Warren Buffett, the famous octogenarian-billionaire businessman and investor. His folksy persona and investment insights/elevated returns have earned him the appellation of...

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Spectacles saved our republic

Sometimes, we ophthalmologists—accustomed as we are to high-success rates with our therapeutic interventions—become inured to the impact our efforts can have on patients’ lives.

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Harnessing laziness to do good

Many maintain that rising early, getting to work, accomplishing a lot during the day, and getting to bed at a reasonable hour is the route to success in life. But a body of evidence suggests that human...

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Something we may be missing

My friend, Dave, an oculoplastic surgeon, trained the same time I did. He was extremely intelligent and possessed a great sense of humor. A real jokester, he provided free cosmetic services to his...

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May the force be with you, too

Tomasso, a vitreoretinal surgeon (I don’t know whether or not he is a loyal Ophthalmology Times reader), recently shared a blog by someone who calls him/herself “Neuroskeptic”.Neuroskeptic penned a...

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Knives, gunfights, pituitaries

The idiom “Don’t bring a knife to a gunfight” is meant to convey the importance of not entering a challenging situation without the proper equipment at hand.

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Evidence-based ophthalmology

Why it is that ophthalmologists who read the same papers in the same journals have such widely varying approaches?

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Nicotine eye patch hits ophthalmic nerve

Does occlusion of eye to achieve smoking cessation really make sense?

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The 12-year-old CEO

This person looked about as much as a twelve-year-old as do I, and at the risk of sounding rude I told him that perhaps one of us had enjoyed a little too much champagne. "I will explain," he said, and...

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