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Conversations on ocular surface disease care that address real-world clinical questions, hosted by optometrists Kaleb Abbott and Andrew Pucker with a new guest expert each episode. Updated monthly.
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The Leap from Clinic to Industry (opens the original)
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This episode, Drs. Abbott and Pucker begin an occasional series called “Industry Insights,” welcoming guest Natalie Nguyen, OD, Senior Director of Medical Affairs at Harrow, to discuss what it’s like for optometrists to transition from clinical practice into the pharmaceutical industry. Dr. Nguyen, a Memphis native who completed her optometry degree at Southern College of Optometry, made the leap in 2022. She first learned about industry careers around 2017 through a pharmaceutical representativ
Neurotrophic Keratitis: From Diagnosis to Treatment (opens the original)
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Kaleb Abbott and Andrew Pucker are joined by Jeff Banas, an OD from Wisconsin specializing in glaucoma and dry eye, to discuss neurotrophic keratitis (NK). The trio begin by trying to clarify what, specifically, NK is and how it develops. While classically associated with herpetic infections (HSV/HZV), the panel emphasizes that other significant causes include diabetes, ocular or neuro surgery, chronic glaucoma medication use, and severe ocular surface disease. All can damage the trigeminal nerv
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