Retina, uveitis physicians have options when it comes to practice specialization
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Young ophthalmologists looking to specialize in retina and uveitis management can tailor their career to be as specific or as broad as they like, according to a speaker at the Real World Ophthalmology meeting.
“The nice thing about the field of retina and uveitis is you have very good control of the eye. It’s not just intravitreal injections,” Mitul Mehta, MD, said.
Retina specialists go beyond intravitreal injections by managing systemic medications and conditions and may be involved in immune regulation and gene therapy.
“We are still learning new things about the vitreous — it’s not just dry eye treatments and different IOLs. We are actually learning about new techniques to do surgery, learning about new medications and new pathways for using these medications,” Mehta said. “It’s really fun to be able to just manage your patients and be able to take care of everything.”
Retina and uveitis specialists can treat “anything in an eye, including cancer,” but are also able to be “whole body” physicians.
“It’s not just the things in the eye that you’re seeing. You’re seeing how the rest of the body affects the eye. You have to think about the patients,” Mehta said.
It is possible for retina and uveitis specialists to focus their practices as narrowly or as broadly as they like.
“You can have a very specialized practice if you want, or you can do a little bit of everything,” Mehta said.
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Mehta M. Come to the dark side – retina & uveitis. Presented at: Real World Ophthalmology; Sept. 18, 2021 (virtual meeting).
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