Volume 3, Issue 2 - July 2008

Editorial Board

Pearls in Ophthalmology welcomes our new Editorial Board.

Residency and Fellowship Pearls

• Pearls for Starting Ophthalmology Residency By Don Sauberan, MD


• Pearls for Starting a Fellowship in Corneal Refractive Surgery By George O. Waring IV, MD


• OKAP Scores…What do I do with this information? By Chris Ketcherside, MD

Practice, Clinical and Surgical Pearls

• EyePodVideo Channel on YouTube


• Surgical Pearls for Strabismus Surgery By Aaron Miller, MD, MBA


• Pearls for Professionalism: When in Rome, Do as the Romans Do By Craig Wilkerson, MD


• Icing on the Cake: Pearls for Dress Attire By Rob Melendez, MD and Kris Gillian, MD


• Pearls for Starting Private Practice By Michael G. Haas, MD


• Opening a Private Ophthalmology Practice: Part I: Seven Pearls By Kathy A. Mayo, DO and George L. Mayo, MD


• Health and Well-Being for the Ophthalmologist By M. Kelly Green, MD


• Pearls for your Transition from Residency to the First Year of Practice
  By Molly Ritsema, MD


• Looking for a Job: Guide to Contract Negotiation for Ophthalmologists By Albert P. Lin, MD


• Career Decision Making, Made A Little Easier By Jim Rienzo


• What is a COA? COT? COMT?: Encourage your staff to become certified
  By Anne Dwyer, COMT


• Staffing Your Ophthalmology Clinic and Practice By Jane T. Shuman, COT, COE


• Utilizing the Internet to Market Your Practice By Andrew Doan, MD, PhD


• Question from a reader: Is Southern California Over Saturated with Ophthalmologists? By Andrew Doan, MD, PhD


• Question from a reader: how to use the Akahoshi prechopper? By Rob Melendez, MD

PIO Grand Rounds

• Neuroretinitis ? ? ? By Rob Melendez, MD

Announcements

• Craig Wilkerson, MD (one of our PIO editorial board members) will be speaking at the AAO meeting: Reality 101: Real World of Ophthalmology.


• Rob Melendez, MD Receives AMA Award (Submitted by Andrew Doan, MD, PhD)


• Do you have an announcement to share with our community? Please send it to: editor@eyepearls.com

Photo Quiz

Can you name structures in the eye that have this hexagonal pattern?

Answer

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