Open Globe Talk

In this episode, we meet with the OGT team and gather perspectives on exposure to global ophthalmology during medical school.

In this episode, we have the pleasure of hosting Dr. Eve Higginbotham, SM MD ML, a renowned glaucoma specialist and professor of ophthalmology at the Scheie Eye Institute. Among the many roles she serves, she is also the inaugural vice dean for the Penn Medicine Office of Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity. She is also the senior fellow at the Leonard Davis Insitute for Health Economics and a Board...

For our season finale, we have the pleasure of being joined by Dr. Ike Ahmed, a renowned specialist in glaucoma. Dr. Ahmed holds various positions in both academia and private practice, including serving as the director of the Alan S. Crandall Center for Glaucoma Innovation and as the Chief Innovation Officer and former Medical Director of Prism Eye Institute in Canada. His contributions to the fi...

Welcome back to Open globe talk, this is your host, Rizul Naithani and I am joined today with Dr. Jullia A. Rosdahl, an incredible glaucoma specialist and Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at the Duke Eye Center.  Dr. Rosdahl obtained her medical education and PhD from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and completed her ophthalmology residency at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infir...

Welcome back to Open globe talk, this is your host, Rizul Naithani and I am joined today with Dr. Craig Chaya who is an assistant clinical professor at University of Utah and the division chief of it global ophthalmology department. Dr. Chaya completed medical school at Loma Linda University School of Medicine and an Ophthalmology residency at Texas Tech University. He completed two ophthalmology...

We are joined by not one but TWO incredible guests from the University of Wisconsin Department of Ophthalmology. Dr. Schneider is the Graduate Medical Education program administrator and Mrs. Hannah Baker is the senior graduate medical education program manager. Both of them are integral in the management of the global ophthalmology curriculum at UW-Madison. With DOVS unique global health curricul...

Episode 31 features Dr. Oluwatosin Smith, MD, a renowned glaucoma specialist based at the Glaucoma Associates of Texas in Dallas. Dr. Smith is also an acclaimed global ophthalmologist who serves on the board of the 'Cure Glaucoma Foundation'. She is also an assistant professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Texas Southwestern. Dr. Smith obtained her MBBS from the University of Ibadan in Nig...

Episode 30 is a special segment featuring Dr. Keith J Wroblewski, who is a retired colonel from the US Army and an associate professor as well as Vice Chair of Education at the George Washington University department of Ophthalmology. As we discuss Dr. Wroblewski’s work in both military medicine and the civilian world, we want to also thank all the armed men and women in uniform who put their live...

We are pleased to host Dr. Adrian Fung, MBBS (Hons1), MMed (Ophthal Sci), MMed (Clin Epi), FRANZCO, who is one of Australia's leading vitreoretinal surgeon and medical retina specialist. Dr. Fung is currently the professor at Macquarie University Hospital and a clinical associate professor at the University of Sydney. He is also the head of vitreoretinal unit at Westmead hospital. Having completed...

In this episode, we are excited to feature Dr. Uday Devgan, MD also known as the 'Cataract coach'! He is an international expert in ocular surgery, ranking #1 in southern California and #3 in the US. He specializes in cataract, refractive lens implant, and LASIK. With over 13 million views on his YouTube channel, Dr. Devgan has added tremendously to the skill sharing required of being a dedicated...

We are joined today with Dr. Marianeli Rodriguez, MD PhD who is a vitreoretinal surgeon at Vitreoretinal Associates in Massachusetts. She completed her medical school education and PhD at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Then proceeded to continue her ophthalmology residency training at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute. Dr. Rodriguez then decided to pursue a Vitreoretinal disease fellowship at Massach...

Join us in this heart-to-heart conversation with soon to be graduating PGY4 Dr. Sila Bal, MD MPH who is at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary. Having started her global ophthalmology career incredibly early and serving as a board member of Partners for Andean Community Health (PACH), she has a lot to share regarding sustainable development of both international relations and delivery of care. We...

In this episode of Open Globe Talk, we are excited to welcome Dr. Ashiyana Nariani who is an assistant professor at King Edward Memorial Hospital in Mumbai, India. Her specialties include complex limbal stem cell transplants, corneal transplants, and ocular surface tumors. Inclusive of being the founder of the "2020 Ophthalmology Educational Series", she is on the AAO Cornea Network Committee, is...

Taking on the theme of 'Global is Local', we spin off a new episode and format where we conduct a roundtable discussing Guerrilla Eyecare Service (GES). An organization founded by University of Pittsburgh Ophthalmology residency program director, Dr. Evan Waxman MD PhD, we gain an insightful segment on what is GES, how it was founded, and its profound impact on not just the community but also its...

Welcome back to Open Globe Talk and in this episode we have the amazing opportunity to chat with Dr. Bala Ambati, who is a remarkable surgeon at the Pacific ClearVision Institute and also a research professor at the Knight Campus of the University of Oregon. He attended New York University for undergraduate and completed medical school at Mount Sinai. Thereafter, he conducted residency training at...

Season 2 premieres the well acclaimed surgeon-humanitarian featured in the book "Second Suns", Dr. Geoff Tabin, MD MA. In this episode, Dr. Tabin chats with us how the Himalayan Cataract Project began and the incredible partnership with the legendary Dr. Sanduk Ruit in Nepal. We also get a chance to hear his unique life perspectives and where the direction of global ophthalmology training should b...

In this episode of OGT, we are joined by Dr. Peter Macintosh who is an associate professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Illinois College of Medicine. He is a dual fellowship-trained surgeon in neuro-ophthalmology, Oculoplastic and reconstructive surgery. Dr. MacIntosh obtained his Ophthalmology residency from Stroger Cook County Hospital and did his fellowships at Illinois Eye and Ear Inf...

In this episode of Open globe talk, we have the esteemed pleasure of speaking with Dr. Alessandro Jammal who is a glaucoma specialist from Brazil and a current research scientist at Duke University. Dr. Jammal completed his medical school at Universidade de Uberaba (Uniube) and his Ophthalmology residency at Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro (UFTM). He then completed a glaucoma fellowship...

In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Brenton Finklea who is the co-director with Dr. John Anhalt of the Wills Eye Center for Academic Global Ophthalmology. He obtained his medical education from the University of Virginia and then subsequently conducted ophthalmology residency training at the Wills Eye Hospital. Post-residency, he obtained fellowship training in 2 areas. One in Cornea, External D...

It is our esteemed pleasure to host Dr. Ciku Mathenge, MD PhD, an eyecare leader in Africa (specifically Rwanda) who has earned adulation and respect among her patients and the global ophthalmology community for her clinical care as well as research. Dr. Mathenge originally spent many years as an ophthalmologist in Nakuru Eye Unit at Rift Valley Provincial Hospital in Kenya where she transformed c...

Welcome back to another episode of Open globe talk. We are joined today by Dr. Cristos Ifantides who is the Director of Ophthalmic Global Outreach and Assistant professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Colorado. Dr. Ifantides obtained his MD and MBA from the University of Florida college of medicine and subsequently did his ophthalmology residency training at Icahn School of Medicine at Mou...

Welcome back to another episode of open globe talk, we are joined today by Dr. Jenny Yu, who is an Oculoplastics specialist and the Co-founder of Project Theia. Dr. Yu attended the Ohio State University where she received a BS with distinction, honoring in biochemistry. She later obtained her MD through OSU’s College of Medicine and Public Health before embarking on a residency in Ophthalmology at...

Welcome back to another episode of Open Globe Talk. In this episode we are traveling to Haiti with Dr. William Myers who is an incredible global ophthalmologist as we will come to hear of his exemplary service work. He obtained his MD from Dartmouth Medical School and did his ophthalmology residency at Northwestern University where he is also faculty.  He then did an orbit and oculoplastics f...

In this episode of Open Globe Talk, we are joined by Dr. Emily Cole, MD MPH who is the Assistant Chief of Service and a current global ophthalmology fellow at the University of Illinois Chicago. Dr. Cole attended Brown University of her undergraduate and then went on to obtain her dual MD MPH degrees at Tufts University School of Medicine. Most recently, she completed her ophthalmology residency f...

In today's episode, we host the wonderful Dr. Sriranjani Padmanabhan, a glaucoma specialist and a global ophthalmology-trained surgeon. With her recent training, she imparts several advices for how to approach global ophthalmology training. This is especially helpful for those who want to serve under-resourced populations here in the US as well!  Dr. Padmanabhan earned her medical degree at t...