The podcast features guest speakers from across Canada and innovative practitioners from around the world discussing diverse topics and how they impact ophthalmology. Topics range from emerging techniques and technologies to building individual resilience as Canadian physicians. Through it all, this podcast aims to build connections within the ophthalmological community, share our experiences, and to truly promote the value the profession brings to the lives of patients.

Blind Spot – The Eye Doctor’s Podcast is a podcast directed towards all eye care professionals, including ophthalmologists, optometrists, fellows and residents.  The goal of the show is to challenge eye care specialists to examine their own blind spots in the clinical and surgical management of eye disease.  Each episode features a different guest expert and focuses on a particular clinical diagnosis or surgical challenge in ophthalmology.  It is hosted by Toronto-based ophthalmologist, Zale Mednick.

NEW Episodes:

Episode 10 – Femtosecond Laser Assisted Cataract Surgery (Dr. Eric Donnenfeld) 

Episode 11 – LipiFlow and IPL (Dr. Ashley Brissette) 

Episode 12 – How safe is LASIK? (Dr. Guy Kezirian) 

Episode 13 – Viral Conjunctivitis (Dr. Francis Mah) 

Episode 14 – Flashes and Floaters (Dr. Efrem Mandelcorn) 

Episode 15 – Blepharitis (Dr. Ashley Brissette) 

Episode 16 – Botox and Fillers (Dr. Harmeet Gill) 

Episode 17 – Central Retinal Artery Occlusion (Dr. R. Rishi Gupta) 

Episode 18 – Acetazolamide (Dr. Deborah Friedman) 

Episode 19 – Keratoconus – ‘No Rub, No Cone’ (Dr. Damien Gatinel) 

Episode 20 – Acute Angle Closure Glaucoma (Dr. Ike Ahmed) 

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About your host

Zale Mednick, MD, FRCSC, DABO

Dr. Zale Mednick is an ophthalmologist in Toronto, Canada. He completed his residency training at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario and successfully graduated from a fellowship in Cornea, External Disease, and Refractive Surgery at the University of Toronto. He is currently a staff ophthalmologist at North York General Hospital. Zale has been a lead or co-author of multiple peer-reviewed papers in ophthalmology journals including Cornea, JCRS, and AJO.

‍He has also produced the award-winning Preconceived podcast since 2019.

Each month, you receive curated journal summaries providing new medical updates, a source of continuing medical education credits and where to go for more in-depth reviews. In addition, our audio commentaries tell you whether the new information confirms current protocols or suggests a practice change. With our new and improved mobile app, you can access Practical Reviews on the road, during workouts, between patients — whatever is easiest and most convenient.

This is continuing medical education your way.

With AudioDigest’s acclaimed state-of-the-art series of ophthalmology audio lectures, you’ll gain the knowledge and resources you need to be ready for anything to keep your ophthalmology practice healthy and strong.

AudioDigest brings together the most essential and up-to-date audio lectures in the field of ophthalmology, in which top ophthalmologists and other leading experts share their knowledge and techniques in presentations that are easy to follow, in an audio format that’s easy to use.

In this episode, Dr. Allan Slomovic provides a high-level overview of current and emerging therapies for corneal and ocular surface diseases. Dr. Slomovic further shares stories of mentorship and philanthropy, as well as a very personal experience with COVID-19 as a patient himself.

Essilor’s Eye Pod Canada is a podcast for ECPs where industry experts share insights on the light and dark side of eyeglass lenses.

Retinal vein occlusions (RVOs) are the second most common retinal vascular disorder after diabetic retinopathy. The early and accurate diagnosis of RVO is paramount so that therapy can be initiated in a timely manner to prevent vision decline. Newer imaging technologies integrated into current diagnostic algorithms are aiding in the diagnosis of RVO and guiding therapy. Further, significant visual and anatomic improvements have been demonstrated with anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) therapies in patients with central or branch RVO-related macular edema, and refinement of treatment protocols have the potential to further enhance outcomes as well as reduce treatment burden. In this curbside consult, Drs. Carl Regillo and David Eichenbaum examine innovations in imaging that can improve the monitoring of treatment response in patients with RVO.

In this curbside consult, Drs. Carl Regillo and David Eichenbaum examine innovations in imaging that can improve the monitoring of treatment response in patients with retinal vein occlusion (RVO).

Available Episodes:

For more information visit: MedED Talks Website

Listen to The Lens Pod on Spotify. The Lens Pod is a medical student-run ophthalmology podcast that uses interviews with residents, fellows, and attendings to help medical student learners navigate the road to ophthalmology.

Within this 6-part podcast series, experts in the field evaluate the latest safety and efficacy findings pertaining to emerging therapies that may advance the treatment of neovascular diseases, as well as provide discussion on how these emerging therapies may be incorporated into real-world practice.

For more information visit: MedED Talks Website