Eyes For Ears

Ben and Andrew review toxocariasis and its gnarly lifecycle, why every ophthalmologist needs to know about it, treatment, and more. We wish everyone about to take OKAPs the best of luck!

Ben and Amanda review VKH, including terminology, key findings, stages, and differential diagnoses.

Ben and Andrew review how oculocutaneous and ocular albinism affect the eye, genetics of these problems, and other systemic conditions that cause albinism.

Andrew and Ben simplify the nuances of how to prescribe glasses for children, and why you sometimes shouldn't just give the refraction you measured. There are relevant pearls for what they'll test you on in the boards, and practical tips for the clinic.

Amanda and Ben discuss problems that can happen with LASIK flaps, including diffuse lamellar keratitis, infectious keratitis, epithelial ingrowth, and more!

Amanda and Andrew dive into the world of iris tumors, and other related spots and nodules. When do you watch? When is it melanoma? Find out in this episode!

This week, Amanda and Andrew review colobomas, from embryologic causes, anatomy, and systemic concerns when you find it.

Eyes for Ears is finally back! We are re-opening with a great lesson about Duane Syndrome by Dr Srav Vegunta, who is both a pediatric ophthalmologist and neuro-ophthalmologist at the Moran Eye Center at the University of Utah.

Ben and Andrew review the seven rings of ocular trauma, a closed globe injury phenomenon.

Amanda and Ben do a rapid fire, oral boards style review of entropion. To those taking oral boards this week, the whole team wishes you the best of luck!

We're back again to talk about ophthalmic manifestations of syphilis. Included in this episode are special guest stars, Fei Cai and Nick Burns, of the podcast CREOGs over Coffee to help us review systemic manifestations of syphilis! If you liked listening to them in this episode, check out their full length episode on syphilis here: https://creogsovercoffee.com/episodes/2019/1/27/syphilis Follow us on Twitter @Eyes4Ears, or check out our website for flashcards at Eyesforears.net. See you next week!

We're back after a brief break after this years OKAPs/Boards to talk about macular dystrophies! We hope everyone who took a test this past feels well, and we want to thank everyone who supported us in our first season. If you want to get updates, follow us on Twitter @Eyes4Ears. You can check out our website for flashcards for each episode at EyesForEars.net.

This week we cover both anterior and posterior segment manifestations of sickle cell disease. For all US residents about to take OKAPS, good luck!!! We are truly humbled and blown away by your support, and hope this podcast has been any small part of your preparation. For all of our listeners, just because the US OKAPS are happening does not mean the podcast is stopping! As always, if you'd like to support us being able to continue the podcast, a like and review on iTunes is tremendously helpful, as well as following us on Twitter @Eyes4Ears. You can find flashcards that review the material in this episode on our website, EyesForEars.net (but give us an extra day this time, both Andrew and Ben are on call today!).

This week, we're studying studies. Andrew Pouw is back, and we discuss the landmark glaucoma trials that are frequently tested and broadly guide our management of intraocular pressure and glaucoma. As always, check out our website at EyesForEars.net to grab a flashcard deck to review the material you learn in this episode. If you'd like to support the podcast, a like/review on iTunes is tremendously helpful. Also, you can follow us on Twitter @Eyes4Ears. Happy studying!

This week we finish our episodes on Nystagmus, and cover some other miscellaneous saccadic eye movements as well. As always, head to our website at EyesForEars.net for handy flashcards to reinforce what you learned in this episode. If you'd like to support this podcast, it's super helpful to like us on iTunes or leave a review. It's also helpful to follow us on Twitter @Eyes4Ears, where we'll keep you up to date on all things podcast, and would love to get your active feedback. Happy studying!

We're back with Corneal Dystrophies, part II, where we discuss the posterior corneal dystrophies, and we go over the Corneal Ectasias! As always, check out our website, EyesforEars.net, to download the relevant Anki deck to review the prep material you learn in this episode. If you'd like to support this podcast, it helps us out tremendously to follow us on Twitter @Eyes4Ears, and to like/review on iTunes, or where you find your podcasts. Give us a shout-out to suggest future episodes, and we always want to hear your suggestions/corrections/feedback about past episodes! See you next week, and happy studying!

This week, we talk about nystagmus! If you were expecting Corneal Dystrophies II, we had a small technical issue with that episode, so expect that to be uploaded within a week! Amanda is back this week, as Andrew was still out of the country. If you'd like to review the high yield facts discussed in this episode, go to Eyes4Ears.com to download an Anki slide deck! If you'd like to support us, it really helps us to rate/review us on iTunes, or to follow us on Twitter @Eyes4Ears. Thanks again for your support!

This week, we tackle the Corneal Dystrophies, part 1 of 2! Andrew was out of the country for this week, so please welcome our guesthost and fellow Yale resident Amanda Redfern! Also, check out our website, Eyes4Ears.com, to find flashcards associated with this episode. If you have any questions/feedback/corrections, we'd love to hear from you @Eyes4Ears on Twitter. If you like our episodes, we'd appreciate your support with a rating/review on iTunes, or following us on Twitter. As always, music by Andrew Pouw. Stay tuned next week for Corneal Dystrophies II (+ Ectasias)!

We return for the second half of our Phakomatoses episodes, where we cover Sturge Weber, Ataxia-Telangectasia, Wyburn Mason, and more! Also, check out our new website, Eyesforears.net, to check out our new release of accompanying Anki flashcards specifically to review the content from both of our Phakomatoses episodes. As always, if you liked our episode, it helps us enormously to review/rate us on iTunes. You can leave a tweet @Eyes4Ears with any suggestions/feedback/corrections, we'd love to hear them. See you next week, with Corneal Dystrophies! #OKAPs #Ophthalmology #BoardPrep #Residency

On this week's episode of Eyes for Ears, Ben and Andrew delve into the Phakomatoses. We're breaking this episode up into two parts, so expect part 2 next week! Also, we are working on a parallel flash card project, where we release an Anki flash card deck for each episode, so you can immediately review the material you learned on the show. We are hammering out the final elements of how to release the flashcards, so stay tuned to our twitter at @Eyes4Ears to get the latest on where to get the decks! We'll also be releasing decks for past episodes once we're up and running!

This week, we explore the mysterious world of white dot syndromes, as well as a few other non-infectious inflammatory chorioretinopathies). Brought to you by Yale ophthalmology residents Ben Young and Andrew Pouw. Twitter: @Eyes4Ears

Welcome to our second episode of Eyes for Ears, our ophthalmology/OKAPS review podcast, where we delve into the many flavors of infectious keratitis.

Welcome to Eyes for Ears, a medical education podcast for ophthalmology trainees by ophthalmology trainees. This week's episode, we start with some Retina fundamentals!

Ben and Amanda do a rapid review of what to think about when encountering pseudostrabismus on oral boards or in the clinic. This is part of our oral boards review series, which is designed for review in the style of oral boards, and may not be as in-depth as our regular episodes.

Amanda rapidly reviews the differential, workup and management of bilateral disc edema with Ben. This is part of our oral boards review series which is designed for rapid review in the style of oral boards, and does not delve as deeply into topics as our standard episodes.

Amanda and Ben review differential diagnosis and management if you're presented with a patient with unilateral disc edema, either for oral boards or in the clinic. This is part of our oral boards review series for rapid review, and won't go into as full depth as our more focused episodes.

Today, we do a fast-paced review of pediatric exotropia for the oral boards or the clinic. (Edit: But not THAT fast, if you downloaded a previous version of this episode that was playing at a higher speed, it has now been fixed!)

We review the rapid rundown of what to remember about pediatric esotropia for the oral boards or the clinic. As a reminder, these oral board review episodes will not extensively review the topic, but rather review it at the pace we feel is helpful as a refresher.

Today we review five causes of peripheral corneal thinning we should all know, and how to differentiate between them.

Kellogg resident Dr Otana Jakpor takes us through a challenging case of transient monocular vision loss, and possibly exposes host Ben Young as a liar!

This week we run through a challenging pupil emergency with PGY4 resident Nikhil Bommakanti, and learn something new about anisocoria and the art of medicine. We also mention a great, free and easy to use data visualizing app that Nikhil developed to get a better grasp of how your ACGME surgical case log is progressing: https://github.com/nbommakanti/surgical_case_dashboard

We review the causes of acquired astigmatism in this brief episode, oral boards review style.

Amanda and Ben do an oral-board style review of the differential of hyperopic shifts.

We go through four common but tricky neuro-ophthalmology clinical scenarios with Dr. Jonathan Trobe, head of neuro-ophthalmology at the Kellogg Eye Center at the University of Michigan, who discusses his tips on how to succeed, and common traps he's seen throughout his career. If you enjoyed this episode, check out Dr Trobe's free open-access medical educational website, Neuro-Ophthalmology at Your Fingertips. There, he has videos, reviews and quizzes to teach you practical, high yield pearls at any level: Fingertips (umich.edu)

This week, Amanda and Ben do an oral boards style focused review of the differential for acquired myopic shifts.

Amanda and Ben discuss their experience with studying for oral boards, and share their study tips and what they wish they had done differently. Please note that the advice and opinions expressed are our own, and do not in any way represent the ABO. Further, any case examples discussed in this episode are theoretical, and do not represent what Ben or Amanda experienced on their test days.

We review pigment dispersion syndrome, which can cause pigmentary glaucoma, one of the most common secondary open-angle glaucomas.

This week, find out what's so pseudo about pseudoexfoliation glaucoma, one of the most common causes of secondary open-angle glaucoma.

Learn what you need to know to prevent and prepare for medical malpractice lawsuits, and what it's like to be on the other side as an expert witness with Dr Jonathan Trobe, head of neuro-ophthalmology at the Kellogg Eye Center at the University of Michigan, as well as frequent expert witness in medico-legal cases.

For our 100th episode, we get Amanda, Andrew and Ben together to reflect on their residency and fellowship training to discuss what they thought was important and what they think is actually important in training and for their rank list. These thoughts are our own, and do not reflect the opinions of any institution we have trained or worked at. Thank you to all of our supporters and listeners on the way to episode 100! Amanda Redfern did her residency at Yale, her neuro-ophthalmology fellowship at the Moran Eye Center at the University of Utah, and is now faculty doing both neuro-ophthalmology and comprehensive ophthalmology at the Casey Eye Institute at OHSU. Andrew Pouw did his residency at Yale, his glaucoma fellowship at the Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins University, and is now faculty at the University of Iowa. Ben Young did his residency at Yale, is currently doing his vitreoretinal surgery fellowship at the Kellogg Eye Center at the University of Michigan, and is signed to join the faculty at…

This week, we explore a mystery case of missing vision presented by the excellent University of Michigan resident, Nikhil Bommakanti. Also, if you're a medical retina, surgical retina, or pediatric ophthalmology fellow, we are very interested in your thoughts and attitudes towards retinopathy of prematurity. It would be a huge help if you take the brief survey below: https://umich.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6tFZWIwIilSd54y And here's a link to the paper referenced in the episode (warning: spoilers for the final diagnosis!): https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3055391/

After a hiatus, we're back this week to talk about corneal grafts, starting with selection criteria. Learn what disqualifies a donor cornea from being a transplant candidate, the preservation times and transport media, and the basics of the Cornea Donor Study.

In this episode, we present four neuro-ophth cases to Dr. Jonathan Trobe, division head of Neuro-Ophthalmology at the Kellogg Eye Center, where he dissects them to find the seemingly small details that can get us and our patients into big trouble if missed. Join along in his case analysis, and see if you can find where mistakes were made so you can avoid them yourself! Dr. Trobe went to Harvard Medical School, did his residency at Wills Eye, a neuro-ophth fellowship at Bascom Palmer, then a full neurology residency at the University of Miami. He's also served in the US Air Force, and is a tireless supporter of medical education, having won the teaching award at the University of Michigan countless times.

Learn the fundamentals of vitreous composition and anatomy; important facts to know for beginning trainees, and higher level facts to memorize for senior trainees studying for boards.

Learn about the board testable exotic conditions that can affect the eye and surrounding bones: Unifocal eosinophilic granuloma of the bone, Multifocal eosinophilic granuloma of the bone (previously called Hand-Schuller-Christian disease) Diffuse soft tissue histiocytosis (previously called Letterer-Siwe disease)

Learn about the unusual condition juvenile xanthogranuloma, the four adult xanthogranulomas (Adult xanthogranuloma, Necrobiotic xanthogranuloma, Adult xanthogranuloma with asthma and periocular involvement, and Erdheim-Chester disease), and basics about histiocytes and giant cells.

Haven't read about PPS Maculopathy? Just because it isn't in your BCSC yet doesn't mean you won't need to learn about this newly described disease. We learn about it here from the man who first discovered it, Dr. Nieraj Jain, vitreoretinal surgeon and ophthalmic genetics expert at the Emory Eye Center. Learn how he came to realize he was seeing a previously undescribed disease associated with a commonly used drug, how you can recognize it, and some of the techniques Dr. Jain used to show the strength of the association.

This week, we return to acute angle closure and discuss how to manage this challenging disease. All residents will eventually need to know how to tackle this in the ED! We reference this video during the episode, a demonstration of the Argon Laser Peripheral Iridoplasty technique, by Dr. Christopher Teng: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2NYixE_0xQ He also has videos demonstrating the traditional Laser Peripheral Iridotomy technique as well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVicnPkZ6WA&pbjreload=102

Learn about angle closure, from fundamentals, to a deep dive into mechanisms of what makes angle closure occur. Plus, intro and intermediate gonioscopy tips!

This week we review the Age-related Eye Diseases Studies (AREDS) which resulted in the AREDS and AREDS2 vitamin supplements for patients with age-related macular degeneration. Learn the finer points of when to actually prescribe them, the evidence behind them, and what to do in those odd edge cases.