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June 29, 2018
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How I came to start an eye care podcast

In this inaugural episode, Darrell White, MD, gives the background of how he came to be Healio.com/OSN’s first podcaster, starting out from blogging, to The Dry Eye columnist to podcaster. While becoming known as Healio.com/OSN’s dry eye disease expert, he delves into his background as an anterior segment ophthalmologist with a cross-interest in business and the ongoing arc of his career.

  • Disclaimer :09
  • Introduction: “You have been reading my blog posts, haven’t you?” 1:00
  • It’s great you’re a dry eye expert, but do you still operate? 2:22
  • Who am I and why should you care what I think? 2:51
  • The arc of an ophthalmology career 3:23
  • Starting out in private practice 3:57
  • How did I get into ophthalmology? 4:45
  • Thinking about the intersection between health care and commerce 9:10
  • Finding your voice by taking care of patients 10:40
  • Lessons learned starting a private practice during an economic recession 11:59
  • Demographics are on the side of the ophthalmologist 13:25
  • Making the connection between industry and patient care 14:34
  • Let’s have a conversation about ideas 14:38