The Second Look

Dr Carol Shields, world leading ocular oncologist joins me for a chat about her incredible career, being at the top of ophthalmology power lists, life at Wills Eye Hospital and being admitted to a basketball hall of fame. Carol is an amazing surgeon and academic who has dominated her specialty yet remains incredibly humble. I'm sure you'll enjoy this insight into her life and gain some practical tips along the way.

Dr Vance Thompson is a well known and loved cataract and refractive surgeon from South Dakota, USA. He has continued to be at the forefront of the latest available technologies, running multiple FDA trials over many years. Vance has grown an extremely busy and successful practice while maintaining great company morale. Join us for a great chat about how he has managed this feat, gain insight into how his advice could help your business and learn from a wonderful human who inspired me to be a refractive surgeon with a research interest.

Season two of The Second Look is kicking off with global star, ophthalmologist, Dr Ashvin Agarwal joining me for a chat about everything from innovation, his many contributions to eye surgery, and thoughts on subspecialisation. Ashvin is a global force in eye care, frequently speaking on international podiums and publishing research. He is also chief clinical officer for Dr Agarwal's eye hospital group from India. Ashvin's story will be sure to inspire you to try new techniques including his "single-pass, four-throw pupilloplasty".

Dr Jacqui Beltz, ophthalmologist, cornea, cataract and refractive surgeon from Melbourne, Australia joins me for a chat. You may know Jacqui from her many presentations and courses at meetings around the world about her state of the art corneal surgery and more recently small aperture IOLs, or you may have attended her very own conference, GenEYE! Jacqui is director of training in the state of Victoria and has revolutionised teaching of surgery with the introduction of high performance techniques more often seen on the sports field. I'm sure you will agree Jacqui Beltz deserves the second look and hopefully you will also pick up some tips for a safe return to the operating theatre after a break.

Dr Ike Ahmed, the one and only superstar of ophthalmology joins me for a chat. With his epic surgical videos, his insightful presentations and active social media, Ike has influenced nearly every facet of the eye world.

As well as being known as an incredible surgeon at the cutting edge of anterior segment surgery, he is also known for being a rebel who thinks differently. This has helped to revolutionise the way we treat glaucoma and to push the frontiers of ophthalmology. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to hear how an outsider became the biggest force in ophthalmology today.