From one eye whisperer to another: A decade in review
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I would like to congratulate Mitch Jackson on his 100th Premium Channel column in OSN. Mitch’s entertaining approach to presenting cutting-edge techniques and technology in premium refractive surgery has always matched his ebullient personality.
Richard L. Lindstrom, MD
OSN Chief Medical Editor
Source: Healio
As premium surgeons, we frequently pass information to one another to better our outcomes, business practices and/or our self-beings as persons as well as surgeons.
The term “whisperer,” as in the games “Chinese whispers” or “telephone,” involves the passing of information, but it gets slightly changed each time going from one person to another. In 2011, I started a column called the Fine Art of Premium IOLs in Premier Surgeon, a sister publication to Ocular Surgery News, which carried into 2013, when my first Premium Channel column ran in the practice management section of OSN. Now, we have reached my 100th Premium Channel installment.
Information has been passed from this one premium surgeon to all my premium surgeon colleagues, but the times have changed and so has the information for the most part, at least in terms of clinical and therapeutic applications. You can scan the accompanying QR code to access my Premium Channel columns, but I am going to highlight my 20 favorite ones — two from each year over the past 10 years.
1. Solving the ‘-osin’ mystery (June 10, 2013) — Thorough preoperative planning is key in avoiding potential IFIS-related complications during and after cataract surgery.
2. The Jackson Rules: The inside scoop to successful premium patient expectations (Nov. 10, 2013) — Knowledge, trust, confidence and flexibility are necessary to work with co-workers, patients and ophthalmology as a whole.
3. Reaching a half century: What does it mean for the middle-aged premium surgeon? (May 10, 2014) — As ophthalmologists age, it becomes even more important to find balance and reduce stress at work and home.
4. Top five fact vs. fiction analysis of femtosecond laser cataract surgery (Dec. 10, 2014) — Dispelling myths may help the premium surgeon decide on whether to add a laser to his or her armamentarium.
5. Does [pupil] size matter? How premium surgeons can avoid the inevitable (Aug. 10, 2015) — When a pupil is at least 5.25 mm or greater at the start of the procedure, the main goal is to prevent intraoperative progressive miosis as the case proceeds.
6. ‘Talking heads’ act as guardians of patient care (Nov. 10, 2015) — These key opinion leaders help improve the lives of patients and fellow practitioners.
7. A little microburst goes a long way (Oct. 10, 2016) — Microburst phaco techniques in conjunction with femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery can result in faster surgery with less ultrasound power.
8. 2016 year in review: Miracles do happen (Jan. 10, 2017) — Looking ahead, anticipated approvals for new devices and pharmaceuticals would benefit patients and physicians in 2017.
9. Are bacteria getting smarter? (July 10, 2017) — The premium surgeon has to be prepared to combat bacterial resistance.
10. Around the world in 5 days: My personal premium surgeon story (Sept. 10, 2017) — Mitchell A. Jackson, MD, explains the inspiration behind his recent international ophthalmic trips.
11. Modern-day cataract surgery: Bad and boujee (Feb. 10, 2018) — Technologies and combinations are evolving for presbyopia-correcting IOLs.
12. Surviving the Hawaiian missile crisis: My personal perspective on reality (March 10, 2018) — Emergencies in the OR and in real life benefit from staying calm and focusing on safety.
13. All cataracts go to heaven (April 10, 2019) — The newest advances allow cataract surgeons to reach their best results.
14. Pop goes the weasel: Avoiding posterior capsule rupture (Aug. 10, 2019) — Premium surgeons need to be ready with various techniques and technologies so the posterior capsule does not ‘pop.’
15. Butchers, bakers and candlestick makers: Premium lenses for all (Aug. 10, 2020) — Almost anyone can be a candidate once they pass the psychology part of the premium process.
16. The Zamboni effect: Optimizing the ocular surface in premium IOL surgery (Nov. 10, 2020) — A smooth ocular surface is needed before a premium IOL surgery is performed.
17. Drip drop, tick tock: Are presbyopia drops turning back the clock? (Feb. 10, 2021) — Different formulations affect either pupil or lens modulation.
18. Dawn of the DED: Time to keep critters away from the ocular surface (March 10, 2021) — A therapy for Demodex may improve dry eye disease, thus improving premium surgical outcomes.
19. ‘I did, not I wish’: Mydriasis reversal will hasten return to real life (May 10, 2022) — Positive results have been reported for Nyxol in the MIRA-3 phase 3 clinical trial.
20. How important is patient satisfaction? Lifestyle questionnaires to the rescue (June 10, 2022) — A study quantified postoperative patient satisfaction with preoperative subjective questionnaires.
The beauty of being able to put down my editorial and personal perspective as a premium surgeon for my colleagues, industry and friends has been quite rewarding this past decade. I want to thank the entire Healio/Ocular Surgery News team for all its work to make this Premium Channel column a reality, allowing the “eye whispering” to continue through the years. I look forward to continue bringing my perspective quarterly, with my next column looking back at the top 10 industry moments of 2022. Stay safe and healthy, and thanks to all my followers who read this column.
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- Mitchell A. Jackson, MD, can be reached at Jacksoneye, 300 N. Milwaukee Ave., Suite L, Lake Villa, IL 60046; email: mjlaserdoc@msn.com.
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