Episodes

  • 118: CataractCoach Podcast 118: Alison Early MD

    118: CataractCoach Podcast 118: Alison Early MD
    Jun 29 2025
    Most ophthalmologists do not stick with their first job for the entirety of their careers. And that is perfectly fine because we all need to find the right fit for ourselves, and that, too, can evolve over time. Our guest, Dr Alison Early, enjoyed working at her first job right out of residency and she flourished, racking up great surgical experience. But after a few years, she realized that the best option would be to become her own boss and start a boutique solo practice focused on cataract and refractive surgery. You can follow her path and see her progress via her popular instagram page https://www.instagram.com/dr.alisonearly/ and if you are thinking about doing this too, let me encourage you to do it!

    We feature a new podcast every week on Sundays and they are uploaded to all major podcast services (click links here: Apple, Google, Spotify) for enjoying as you drive to work or exercise. The full video of the podcast is here on CataractCoach as well as on our YouTube channel. Starting now we have sponsorship opportunities available for the top podcast in all of ophthalmology. Please contact us to inquire.
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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • 117: CataractCoach Podcast 117: Deborah Ristvedt DO

    117: CataractCoach Podcast 117: Deborah Ristvedt DO
    Jun 22 2025
    For this podcast our guest is Dr Deborah Ristvedt who is an ophthalmic surgeon who practices in a small town, Alexandra, Minnesota, and transitioned her practice from a small solo family venture into part of a larger group under the Vance Thompson Vision umbrella. This has given her increased resources and has allowed her to grow the practice substantially. She is now able to focus on doing more surgery and spending less time doing other administrative duties. She explains how she has navigated the different phases of her career and her personal life. There are so many great learning points in this podcast, especially for our younger colleagues.

    We feature a new podcast every week on Sundays and they are uploaded to all major podcast services (click links here: Apple, Google, Spotify) for enjoying as you drive to work or exercise. The full video of the podcast is here on CataractCoach as well as on our YouTube channel. Starting now we have sponsorship opportunities available for the top podcast in all of ophthalmology. Please contact us to inquire.
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    57 mins
  • 116: CataractCoach Podcast 116: Priya Narang MD

    116: CataractCoach Podcast 116: Priya Narang MD
    Jun 15 2025
    If you were at the last ASCRS meeting then you know that the winner of the high impact surgical tip award was Dr Priya Narang who taught us how to perform a pinhole pupilloplasty for cases of irregular corneal distortion. She is a brilliant ophthalmologist and a master of complex anterior segment surgeries. In this podcast we learn insight into innovating new surgical procedures. She has since evolved into performing a reverse 4-throw pupilloplasty so that the sutures are hidden under the iris.

    We feature a new podcast every week on Sundays and they are uploaded to all major podcast services (click links here: Apple, Google, Spotify) for enjoying as you drive to work or exercise. The full video of the podcast is here on CataractCoach as well as on our YouTube channel. Starting now we have sponsorship opportunities available for the top podcast in all of ophthalmology. Please contact us to inquire.
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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • 115: CataractCoach Podcast 115: Deepak Megur MD

    115: CataractCoach Podcast 115: Deepak Megur MD
    Jun 8 2025
    We all love to learn surgical pearls from YouTube videos, and our podcast guest today, Dr Deepak Megur, is a pro at making great videos. His YouTube channel hosts more than 500 surgical teaching videos and has garnered tens of thousands of subscribers and tens of millions of views. While I'm sure you love watching our CataractCoach videos on youtube, I encourage you to also learn from his channel. We all share the learning together. As you will learn in this podcast, great surgery is in your mind, not only your hands.

    We feature a new podcast every week on Sundays and they are uploaded to all major podcast services (click links here: Apple, Google, Spotify) for enjoying as you drive to work or exercise. The full video of the podcast is here on CataractCoach as well as on our YouTube channel. Starting now we have sponsorship opportunities available for the top podcast in all of ophthalmology. Please contact us to inquire.
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    1 hr
  • 114: CataractCoach Podcast 114: Andrzej Dmitriew MD

    114: CataractCoach Podcast 114: Andrzej Dmitriew MD
    Jun 1 2025
    Our podcast guest is Dr Andrzej Dmitriew who is more than simply an ophthalmologist. He is an amazing person who went from professional athletics to a serious heart condition that nearly cost his life. He then went on to become a very successful refractive surgeon in his hometown in Poland who also travels the world teaching surgical techniques. I'm sure that you will enjoy his journey and it will give you the drive and determination to truly succeed in your life and career.

    We feature a new podcast every week on Sundays and they are uploaded to all major podcast services (click links here: Apple, Google, Spotify) for enjoying as you drive to work or exercise. The full video of the podcast is here on CataractCoach as well as on our YouTube channel. Starting now we have sponsorship opportunities available for the top podcast in all of ophthalmology. Please contact us to inquire.
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    58 mins
  • 113: CataractCoach Podcast 113: Ken Nischal MD

    113: CataractCoach Podcast 113: Ken Nischal MD
    May 25 2025
    Professor Ken Nischal MD is a pioneer in pediatric anterior segment surgery, particularly cataract and corneal surgery for our youngest patients. His technique of TIPP (two incision push pull) for capsulorhexis creation transformed the way that we approach baby lensectomy and we will feature that video tomorrow as video 2576. Worldwide, most pediatric cataract surgery is performed by anterior segment surgeons like you and me rather than by dedicated pediatric ophthalmologists due to the rarity of these specialists. In this podcast we cover so many very important topics that you must know about pediatric cataract surgery.

    We feature a new podcast every week on Sundays and they are uploaded to all major podcast services (click links here: Apple, Google, Spotify) for enjoying as you drive to work or exercise. The full video of the podcast is here on CataractCoach as well as on our YouTube channel. Starting now we have sponsorship opportunities available for the top podcast in all of ophthalmology. Please contact us to inquire.
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    55 mins
  • 112: CataractCoach Podcast 112: Sourabh Patwardhan MD

    112: CataractCoach Podcast 112: Sourabh Patwardhan MD
    May 18 2025
    Our guest surgeon, Dr Sourabh Patwardhan is a renowned professor and surgical teacher for anterior segment surgery, particularly cataract surgery. He has many great teaching videos on YouTube, a free phaco handbook here, and he offers in-person training for a few weeks (or longer) at his institute in India. In this podcast he offers some great advice for young surgeons that you will find very valuable, no matter where in the world you have trained. If you have an idea for a future podcast guest, please let me know by commenting below.

    We feature a new podcast every week on Sundays and they are uploaded to all major podcast services (click links here: Apple, Google, Spotify) for enjoying as you drive to work or exercise. The full video of the podcast is here on CataractCoach as well as on our YouTube channel. Starting now we have sponsorship opportunities available for the top podcast in all of ophthalmology. Please contact us to inquire.
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    59 mins
  • 111: CataractCoach Podcast 111: Miguel Rechichi MD

    111: CataractCoach Podcast 111: Miguel Rechichi MD
    May 11 2025
    When I was at the Italian Cataract & Refractive surgery meeting (Associazione Italiana di Chirurgia della Cataratta e Refrattiva), I had the pleasure of meeting Dr Miguel Rechichi and I enjoyed the conversation so much that I invited him to be on our podcast to share his experiences with everyone. He has an amazing enthusiasm for learning and now, as an experienced cataract and anterior segment surgeon, he is learning retina and posterior segment surgery as well. He explains his drive to keep learning and progressing with surgical skills which is something we all need to embrace.

    We feature a new podcast every week on Sundays and they are uploaded to all major podcast services (click links here: Apple, Google, Spotify) for enjoying as you drive to work or exercise. The full video of the podcast is here on CataractCoach as well as on our YouTube channel. Starting now we have sponsorship opportunities available for the top podcast in all of ophthalmology. Please contact us to inquire.
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    56 mins