Sight For Sore Eyes
Episodes
Building the Ophthalmology Workforce of the Future
23 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we address the critical issue of building a diverse ophthalmology workforce in these trying times. I’m joined by faculty current an...
Native Americans and Ophthalmology - Episode 3, The Future
12 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this, the final episode of our series on Native Americans and Ophthalmology, we turn our focus to the future, examining the critical need for great...
Native Americans and Ophthalmology - Episode 2, Dr. Stephen Fransen
14 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this second installment of our series on Native Americans and Ophthalmology, we hear from an individual who has done more than just improve access ...
Native Americans and Ophthalmology - Episode 1, Where We Are
24 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this first episode of our series on Native Americans and Ophthalmology, we begin by exploring an important question: What is the current state of e...
Native Americans and Ophthalmology - Trailer
24 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome, this is the trailer for my series on Native Americans and Ophthalmology.This is a topic that doesn’t get nearly enough attention, yet it ho...
What an Ophthalmologist Looks Like - Dr. Benjeil Edghill - Part 2
28 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the last episode, we began a conversation with with Dr. Benjeil Edghill about his journey to ophthalmology and how he established a thriving practi...
What an Ophthalmologist Looks Like - Dr. Benjeil Edghill
07 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Benjeil Edghill is a Brooklyn native, a glaucoma specialist, and an advocate for minoritized groups. He’s not only a skilled surgeon practicing ...
The Next Generation - The Fruits of Our Labor
02 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the last episode series, we heard from the directors of two pathway programs that are recruiting, supporting, and promoting young minority students...
Pathways Part 2
16 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the last episode, we began conversations with Drs. Dolly Ann Padovani Claudio, O’Rese Knight, and Lisa Kelly about the work they’re doing as th...
Pathways Part 1
10 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The recruitment and mentoring of URiM medical students to ophthalmology is paramount for addressing the dearth of URiM specialists in our field and th...
Ophthalmology Famous
01 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Kristen Nwanyanwu is a retina specialist and an associate professor of ophthalmology at Yale University and is at the forefront of health disparit...
The History of AA in Ophthalmology with Dr. Clifton Peay
29 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of SFSE is the last in our series of rebroadcasted episodes on the history of AA in medicine and ophthalmology for Black history month an...
The History of AA in Ophthalmology with Dr. Lenworth Johnson
19 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As we continue through black history month we are continuing our rebroadcast of the series of episodes addressing the history of the AA experience in ...
The History of African Americans in Medicine 2.0
06 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As we enter black history month we’ll be revisiting the series of podcasts addressing the history of AA in ophthalmology first published last year. ...
NMA Ophthalmology
22 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The national medical association or NMA is a professional and scientific organization and the largest and oldest national organization representing th...
The Executive in Chief - Dr. Stephen McLeod: Part 2
08 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we continue our conversation with Dr. Stephen McLeod, the CEO of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, addressing the importance of ...
The Executive in Chief - Dr. Stephen McLeod: Part 1
25 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Over the past year, I’ve had the opportunity to bring important and hopefully thought provoking conversations through the sight for site eyes podcas...
Bridges Part 2
11 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the last episode we began a conversation with Drs. Janice Law, Jacquelyn O’Banion, and Ninita Brown about the work they are doing building bridge...
Bridges
27 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Historically black colleges and universities or HBCUs were born out of America’s history of systemic racism and segregation with the the law of sepa...
A Cautionary Tale - Part 2
13 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the last episode, we heard a cautionary tale from Dr. Vandana Reddy about a DEI related conflict within her organization that significantly impacte...
A Cautionary Tale
30 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today, we bring a cautionary tale that should make us reflect on how effectively the spaces and organizations we work in adequately employ the concept...
My DEI Journey
16 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In April of this year, I was invited to give a grand rounds presentation to the Weill Cornell department of ophthalmology in NYC by my friend and Nort...
Season 2 Intro - SCOTUS
10 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The decision in Students for Fair Admissions vs Harvard and The University of North Carolina rejected race-conscious admissions at colleges and univer...
Queen Angela
07 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this final episode of a series highlighting some of the foot soldiers of the AAO's Task Force on Disparities in Vision Health and Eye Care, I ...
Retina Reimagined
24 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the last episode we began a conversation with retina specialists Drs. Jessica Randolph, Basil Williams, and Kristen Nwanyanwu, about their experien...
The Foot Soldiers - Part 2
10 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the last episode, we began the first of a series of conversations, speaking with the foot soldiers so to speak of the AAOs Task Force on Disparitie...
The Foot Soldiers - Part 1
26 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today we begin a series of conversations speaking with the foot soldiers, so to speak, of the AAOs Task Force on Disparities in Visual Health and Eye ...
The Force - Part 2
12 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the last episode we were introduced to the founders of the AAOs DEI Taskforces Drs. Tamara Fountain, Paul Lee, and David Parke. We learned about ...
The Force - Part 1
29 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I speak with Drs. Tamara Fountain, Paul Lee, and David Parke about their foundational roles in the development of the AAOs Taskforce o...
Jane Aguirre
15 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I speak with Jane Aguirre, the Vice President of Membership and Global Alliances for the American Academy of Ophthalmology. Over her ...
The Power of a Story
01 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What is the power of a story? By seeing and hearing the lived experiences of others in places that we want to be, we can place ourselves in their shoe...
Residency
17 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I speak with residency program directors, the individuals charged with shaping the experience that ophthalmology trainees receive dur...
The Match
03 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is a conversation with Drs. Dolly Ann Padovani Claudio and O'Rese Knight who are the co-directors of the NMA’s Rabb Venable excell...
The Least of These
20 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Sight for Sore Eyes we'll see that Ophthalmology is the least diverse field of medicine when it comes to residency training an...
African American History in Ophthalmology - Part 2
06 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of Sight for Sore Eyes is the second of the two-part series exploring the history of the AA experience in medicine and ophthalmology an...
African American History in Ophthalmology - Part 1
20 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of Sight for Sore Eyes is the first of a two-part series exploring the history of the AA experience in medicine and ophthalmology and h...
Trailer - African American History in Ophthalmology
17 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the next episode of Sight for Sore Eyes, we’ll begin a series on the history of AA in medicine and ophthalmology. Before delving into this topic,...
The Case for DEI in Ophthalmology
05 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The field of ophthalmology has a dearth of minority representation in the ranks of its providers. To put things in perspective, minorities currently m...