Seeing Clearly: A Pre-Clerkship's Guide to All Things Ophthalmology

EN : In this episode of Seeing Clearly, Anas Abu-Dieh and Mohamed Gemae (Eye Curriculum ambassadors) speak with Dr. Qianqian Wang, a specialist in medical and surgical glaucoma at the University of Montreal. This is the final episode of the Francophone mini-series, “Vision Claire.” Dr. Wang completed her medical studies at McGill University and her residency at the University of Montreal. She then...

EN : In this episode of Seeing Clearly, Mohamed Gemae and Anas Abu-Dieh (Eye Curriculum Ambassadors) speak with Dr. Emmanuelle Chalifoux, a strabismus specialist and program director at Laval University. This is the fifth and final episode of our French mini-series, "Vision Claire".   Dr. Chalifoux completed her medical degree at the University of Sherbrooke and her residency at Laval Un...

EN: In this episode of Seeing Clearly, Mohamed Gemae and Anas Abu-Dieh (two Eye Curriculum Ambassadors) talk to Dr. Samir Jabbour, cornea specialist at the University of Montréal and McGill University. This is the fourth episode of our french mini-series (“Vision Claire”).  Dr. Jabbour is a cornea specialist at the Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CHUM). He is also an associate prof...

EN : In this episode of Seeing Clearly, Mohamed Gemae and Anas Abu-Dieh (two Eye Curriculum Ambassadors) talk to Dr. Andrew Toren, glaucoma specialist at Université Laval. This is the third episode of our french mini-series (“Vision Claire”).  Dr. Toren is a glaucoma specialist at the Saint-Sacrement Hospital in Quebec City. He is also an associate professor at Université Laval. Dr. Toren complete...

EN : In this episode of Seeing Clearly, Mohamed Gemae and Anas Abu-Dieh (two Eye Curriculum Ambassadors) talk to Dr. Georges Durr, glaucoma specialist at Université de Montréal and McGill University. This is the second episode of our french mini-series (“Vision Claire”). In this episode of Seeing Clearly, Mohamed Gemae and Anas Abu-Dieh (ambassadors of Eye Curriculum) discuss with Dr. Georges Durr...

EN: In this episode of Seeing Clearly, Mohamed Gemae and Anas Abu-Dieh (two Eye Curriculum Ambassadors) talk to Dr. Paul Harasymowycz, glaucoma specialist at Université de Montréal and McGill University. This is the first episode of our french mini-series (“Vision Claire”).   Dr. Paul Harasymowycz is a fellowship-trained glaucoma specialist at “Ophtalmologie Bellevue” and “L’Institut de Glaucome d...

In this episode of Seeing Clearly, Emaan Chaudry and Danielle Solish talk to Dr. R. Rishi Gupta, an Associate Professor and Vitreoretinal Specialist in the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia.  He attended medical school at the University of Toronto, completed his Ophthalmology residency training at the University of Ottawa, and received...

In this episode of Seeing Clearly, Emaan Chaudry and Danielle Solish talk to Dr. Matthew Benson, a clinician-scientist in the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at the University of Alberta.  Dr Benson, specializes in ocular genetics and adult strabismus and he runs a translational research lab that investigates disease mechanisms in inherited retinal disorders. He completed his medic...

In this special 30th episode of Seeing Clearly, Danielle Solish interviews our Seeing Clearly co-host Dr. Emaan Chaudry, who is now a PGY-1 ophthalmology resident.  Dr. Chaudry grew up in Toronto and then moved to Richmond, Virginia to complete her undergraduate degree in Bioinformatics at the Virginia Commonwealth University. She then moved to Ottawa to complete her MD and is now a first year oph...

In this episode of Seeing Clearly, Emaan Chaudry and Danielle Solish talk to Dr. Sapna Sharan, a pediatric and adult strabismus ophthalmologist at the Western University.  She currently holds the position of Associate Professor at the Western University and was the Director of the Undergraduate Medical Education Curriculum for Ophthalmology for 9 years. She is the mentorship lead in the Department...

In this episode of Seeing Clearly, Emaan Chaudry and Danielle Solish talk to Dr. Anne Xuan-Lan Nguyen, Dr. Ojas Srivastava and Dr Anastasiya Vinokurtseva, three PGY-1 ophthalmology residents.  Dr. Nguyen completed her Doctor of Medicine at McGill University in 2023. She has a passion for grassroot community service, research, and medical education. She is currently an ophthalmology resident at the...

In this episode of Seeing Clearly, Emaan Chaudry and Danielle Solish talk to Dr. Radha Kohly, medical retina specialist at the University of Toronto.  Dr. Radha Kohly is a fellowship-trained medical retina specialist at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and the Kensington Eye Institute. She is an associate professor in the Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences (DOVS) at the University of...

In this episode of Seeing Clearly, Emaan Chaudry and Danielle Solish talk to Dr. Alain Proulx, comprehensive ophthalmologist at the Ivey Eye Institute with a clinical interest in neuro-ophthalmology. Dr Proulx currently holds the position of associate professor at Western University and was the director of the Western University Ophthalmology Residency Program until July 2020 after 13 years in tha...

In this episode of Seeing Clearly, Emaan Chaudry and Danielle Solish talk to Dr. Ike Ahmed, a leader in novel treatments for glaucoma, cataract, and lens implant surgery. Dr Ahmed’s pioneering work in innovative glaucoma surgery includes coining the term microinvasive glaucoma surgery (MIGS). Dr Ahmed is a Professor and the Director of the Alan S. Crandall Center for Glaucoma and Innovation at the...

In this episode of Seeing Clearly, Emaan Chaudry and Danielle Solish talk to Dr. Dara Onasanya, a current PGY-4 ophthalmology resident at the University of Manitoba. Dr. Onasanya was born in Lagos, Nigeria, but mainly grew up in Saskatchewan. His hobbies include: working out, listening to music (mainly hip hop and R&B), fashion, film, basketball, and soccer. He completed his Medical school at...

In this episode of Seeing Clearly, Emaan Chaudry and Danielle Solish talk to Dr. Helen Chung, an ophthalmologist at the University of Calgary. Dr. Helen Chung completed her undergraduate degree and medical school at the University of Alberta. She then went on to complete her ophthalmology residency training at the University of Calgary and graduated in 2018. She currently works in Calgary as a com...

In this episode of Seeing Clearly, Emaan Chaudry and Danielle Solish talk to Dr. Mark Bona, an eye physician and surgeon at the Kingston Health Sciences Center in Kingston, Ontario. Dr. Bona serves as an Assistant Professor at Queen's University in the Department of Ophthalmology with a cross-appointment to the School of Rehabilitation Therapy.  He is also the postgraduate program director fo...

In this episode of Seeing Clearly, Emaan Chaudry and Danielle Solish talk to Dr. Nupura Bakshi, a medical retina and uveitis specialist and Associate Professor in the Department of OPhthalmology and Vision Sciences at the University of Toronto. After residency training at the University of Toronto, Dr. Bakshi completed fellowships in both Retina and Uveitis at the National Eye Institute, National...

In this episode of Seeing Clearly, Emaan Chaudry and Danielle Solish talk to Dr. Keean Nanji, a third year ophthalmology resident at McMaster University and one of our new resident advisors for Eye Curriculum. Dr. Keean Nanji is also pursuing a MSc in Health Research Methodology at McMaster University. Prior to beginning his residency, he completed his medical and undergraduate education also at M...

In this episode of Seeing Clearly, Emaan Chaudry and Danielle Solish talk to Dr. Mahadev Bhalla (PGY-2) and Dr. Carter Lim (PGY-3), both current Ophthalmology residents at the University of British Columbia. Dr. Mahadev Bhalla is a second year ophthalmology resident at the University of British Columbia. He initially completed his Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences at Queen's University. He then r...

In this episode of Seeing Clearly, Emaan Chaudry and Danielle Solish talk to Dr. Carlos Solarte. Dr. Carlos Eduardo Solarte finished his medical training at Universidad del Cauca, Colombia (1994).  Training continued with a specialization in Ophthalmology  from the Barraquer Institute in Colombia (1999). Dr. Solarte also completed a fellowship in Ocular diagnosis of the eye from Barraque...

In this episode of Seeing Clearly, Emaan Chaudry and Danielle Solish talk to Dr. Lorenz Kuske  a physician from Switzerland who completed his ophthalmology training in 2019 and then proceeded to begin a Glaucoma and Advanced Anterior Segment Surgery (GAASS) 2-year fellowship here in Canada with Dr Ike Ahmed and his team at the University of Toronto. Dr Kuske also has a great passion for teach...

In this episode of Seeing Clearly, Emaan Chaudry and Danielle Solish talk to Dr. Nina Ahuja an ophthalmologist at McMaster University. Dr. Nina Ahuja graduated from med school at McMaster University after which she completed residency in ophthalmology at University of Ottawa. She began her surgical practice in Hamilton in 2003 and was a key contributor in establishing the ophthalmology residency p...

In this episode of Seeing Clearly, Emaan Chaudry and Danielle Solish talk to Dr. Sanjay Sharma, a retinal specialist who is a professor of ophthalmology at Queen's University. Dr Sharma is an internationally renowned eye surgeon, and is a clinician-scientist who has published over 300 scientific papers which have been cited over 10,000 times and is the author of 3 textbooks, including the American...

In this episode of Seeing Clearly, Emaan Chaudry and Danielle Solish talk to Dr. Yasser Khan, an oculo-facial plastic, reconstructive and orbital surgeon at McMaster University and the University of Toronto. Dr. Yasser Khan is an internationally renowned ophthalmic surgeon, humanitarian, and entrepreneur. He is an Oculo-Facial Plastic, Reconstructive and Orbital Surgeon residing in the Greater Tor...