This is a great video!!! Agree with everything - the eye clinics and operating rooms are very fast-paced (and can get very stressful). If you want to make it in our field, you can't be lazy.
I love your channel! Inspiring me to go into Ophtho, just got accepted into med school in the UK and I really value the idea of surgery, calm environment, technically and mentally challenging job as well as amazing work life balance. Not to mention giving people vision sounds like a super power! 😂
Loved this video and hearing your perspective! I know during my residency I got to work alongside some amazing ophthalmology residents. I have a hard time imagining providers judging ophtho as being lazy 😂 so that made me laugh. (But you are so right about the urgent/emergent thing). I image you share the love of getting called in for that “sudden vision loss” of uncorrected astigmatism that improves with pinhole 🤣
Many specialties have a great work life balance. People see what residents do and think that’s what practicing medicine is. Private practice ophthalmology provides poorer work life balance because the number of patients they see in a day.
I think you can have great work life balance or you can build your own prison- but definitely the option in private practice to be busy or not in most cases 🙌🏼
I am an Intern doctor currently trying to get in Opthalmology too. Thankyou for sharing the experience !!! I think others specialty think Optho is lazy because its doesn't have a lot of emergency case that need to be done during the night shift like gen sx or CVT that lead to sleepless night , but I don't know if i'm right ?
What are your thoughts on the business side? I’ll be graduating soon with a DO/MBA and would love to pursue ophtho but also work in consulting or something along those lines to use my MBA.
It'll never pay as much per hour as being in practice. I worked for a few med device companies before medical school and all of the physicians besides the CMO, still practiced full time. The money is in companies that offer you share for being on a board, research, tech, etc
Hello , i am in shock. I went to a dentist, kinda family friend and he used blue light ("fokus" i observed was the name to close my sealing). He did not used any protection for the eyes on me. was trying to close my eyes but one - two times i observed the light in close distance. Is it possible that light to harm me?
Hi Doctor Eyeball, Medical student from New Zealand. I am interested in Ophthalmology but I also love going to the gym (for hypertrophy) and calisthenics. Will the gym and calisthenics (and the possibility of injuries of attending the gym on a regular basis) be counter to becoming an ophthalmologist. All the ophthalmologist men I know are quite skinny, while I want to maintain my healthy, athletic body form for life. Please provide your opinion on this, as it is always on the back of my mind. I am worried of investing so much time becoming a specialist whilst riskily depending on the few joints in my fingers for microscopic surgeries.
I workout regularly and many of my co-residents were gym rats lol. As long as you don’t crush your hand in the gym you’re fine i think. It’s always a risk but you can’t live your life in fear.
I love your channel! I’d like to know what percent of ophthalmologist pursue private practice versus those who work for a hospital or in the academic setting? Thanks!
Thanks! I don’t know the stats specifically but from experience most go into private practice. Both have their advantages - perhaps I’ll make a video on this in the future
There are a couple of historically DO residencies. Get top board scores, some research, and spend a ton of time making connections. You’ll need to find a couple mentors for sure. DOs don’t usually have ophthalmologist associated with their school. -3rd year DO student planning to match ophtho
There are two programs in FL that historically have only accepted DO applicants, from friends of mine in previous app cycles they don't even interview MD applicants. One is in Lutz I think for one spot and the other is HCA West FL with three spots. Aside from that if I remember correctly the numbers for 2021 Match were over 90% MD, around 6% DO, and the other was like 3-4% is IMG
This is a great video!!! Agree with everything - the eye clinics and operating rooms are very fast-paced (and can get very stressful). If you want to make it in our field, you can't be lazy.
I love your channel! Inspiring me to go into Ophtho, just got accepted into med school in the UK and I really value the idea of surgery, calm environment, technically and mentally challenging job as well as amazing work life balance. Not to mention giving people vision sounds like a super power! 😂
Congrats on getting accepted. Ophtho is a great option definitely keep it in mind on your journey.
I really agree with all of your words. It's a bit sad that people think that it's a very easy specialty
For sure. It’s one of the steepest learning curves in Medicine and some of the toughest surgeries from a technical perspective in my opinion.
Loved this video and hearing your perspective! I know during my residency I got to work alongside some amazing ophthalmology residents. I have a hard time imagining providers judging ophtho as being lazy 😂 so that made me laugh. (But you are so right about the urgent/emergent thing). I image you share the love of getting called in for that “sudden vision loss” of uncorrected astigmatism that improves with pinhole 🤣
Much appreciated! Haha yes. The sudden vision loss aka mature white cataract or end stage undiagnosed glaucoma.
Many specialties have a great work life balance. People see what residents do and think that’s what practicing medicine is. Private practice ophthalmology provides poorer work life balance because the number of patients they see in a day.
I think you can have great work life balance or you can build your own prison- but definitely the option in private practice to be busy or not in most cases 🙌🏼
We value high impact and highly efficient work!
Love the work you’re doing, really inspiring !!
That’s very kind. Much appreciated!
I am an Intern doctor currently trying to get in Opthalmology too. Thankyou for sharing the experience !!! I think others specialty think Optho is lazy because its doesn't have a lot of emergency case that need to be done during the night shift like gen sx or CVT that lead to sleepless night , but I don't know if i'm right ?
Best of luck on getting into ophtho. You’re right ophtho gets a bad rap but it’s a tough field to learn
@5:25 truth has been spoken 😅
I left everything and concentrate on your accessories
The blue eye symbol has many meanings, Do you believe in each?
Or just optho style!
Hey, I am an IMG, I really want to go in Oph. But given the competition, how difficult it is for IMGs to get into this wonderful field
What are your thoughts on the business side? I’ll be graduating soon with a DO/MBA and would love to pursue ophtho but also work in consulting or something along those lines to use my MBA.
It'll never pay as much per hour as being in practice. I worked for a few med device companies before medical school and all of the physicians besides the CMO, still practiced full time. The money is in companies that offer you share for being on a board, research, tech, etc
If you are business oriented you could always start your own practice.
Great message !
Quick question please : what are the therapeutic possibilities for an adult with bilateral amblyopia ?
Hello , i am in shock. I went to a dentist, kinda family friend and he used blue light ("fokus" i observed was the name to close my sealing).
He did not used any protection for the eyes on me. was trying to close my eyes but one - two times i observed the light in close distance. Is it possible that light to harm me?
Hi Doctor Eyeball,
Medical student from New Zealand.
I am interested in Ophthalmology but I also love going to the gym (for hypertrophy) and calisthenics.
Will the gym and calisthenics (and the possibility of injuries of attending the gym on a regular basis) be counter to becoming an ophthalmologist. All the ophthalmologist men I know are quite skinny, while I want to maintain my healthy, athletic body form for life.
Please provide your opinion on this, as it is always on the back of my mind. I am worried of investing so much time becoming a specialist whilst riskily depending on the few joints in my fingers for microscopic surgeries.
I workout regularly and many of my co-residents were gym rats lol. As long as you don’t crush your hand in the gym you’re fine i think. It’s always a risk but you can’t live your life in fear.
@@doctoreyeballmd7493 Exactly
Thanks from NZ
Anyone every tell you you look like a celebrity look alike for Bob Sagent from America’s Funniest Home Videos.
Literally no one ever, lol
Insightful 👀👁👁, thanks Dr 👁, MD
Of course
I love your channel! I’d like to know what percent of ophthalmologist pursue private practice versus those who work for a hospital or in the academic setting? Thanks!
Thanks! I don’t know the stats specifically but from experience most go into private practice. Both have their advantages - perhaps I’ll make a video on this in the future
Hey Doc, how open is opthalmology residency to DO? I assume is heavily favoring MD over DO since it's so competitive, right?
There are a couple of historically DO residencies. Get top board scores, some research, and spend a ton of time making connections. You’ll need to find a couple mentors for sure. DOs don’t usually have ophthalmologist associated with their school.
-3rd year DO student planning to match ophtho
There are two programs in FL that historically have only accepted DO applicants, from friends of mine in previous app cycles they don't even interview MD applicants. One is in Lutz I think for one spot and the other is HCA West FL with three spots. Aside from that if I remember correctly the numbers for 2021 Match were over 90% MD, around 6% DO, and the other was like 3-4% is IMG
It’s definitely harder as a DO but also very doable, you’ll need to be stellar to stand out though.
What did you major in for undergrad?
Microbiology with a French minor :)
Hi Dr. Keenum! Is the first year of medical school too early to think about Ophthalmology?
No, in fact I’d start exploring it in the first year if You’re Interested
@@doctoreyeballmd7493 thank you! i am going to shadow next month! :) any other advice for matching since step is now p/f?
Can anyone tell me if its hard for a foreign MD going into the US, trying to apply to Oph?
My understanding is that it is more difficult for IMGs to get into allopathic schools, but certainly can be done.
Great stuff!
Thanks!
ahaha -- pupils! Count me in.
.....sold lol