Watch This Before Doing Ophthalmology if You Can’t Decide

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If you’re on the fence about going into ophthalmology or are wondering if it is the best medical specialty to go into then consider some of the points that I bring up the video regarding whether or not ophthalmology is the best specialty for you. This video is geared for medical students who may be in the fence about going into ophthalmology in general and y help them pick a specialty.

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@noahbrown9497 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your advice and guidance! It’s much appreciated. I’m going into my first year of medical school, and while I’m going in with an open mind about specialties, I LOVE ophthalmology!

@Gian96zzz 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for your videos Zac! You're a great help to us oversea, too! This video puts it in a nutshell! Could you sometime tell us more about your experience in humanitarian eyecare you mentioned in a previous video? It would be really interesting to know more about it :-)

@KuroYTenshi 10 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for your videos. I already knew I wanted to become an ophthalmologist when I applied for med school, and that hasn't changed. However, after 4 years (I study in europe, we have 6y of medical school) I do have that concern of "giving up" on medicine. As much as I love the eye, I also love pharmacology and internal medicine subspecialties like rheumatology. Videos like these really help me to organize my thoughts on this.

@LondonNano 3 жыл бұрын

What a great video Zach! Love you expressed your thoughts about the 'giving up medicine' and 'not real surgery' type feelings out there. There are certainly some sub-specialties like uveitis, neuro-ophthalmology and paediatric ophthalmology where you are an integral part of the multidisciplinary team, and internal medics / ENT or Max-Fax Surgeons / paediatricians rely on you especially for your findings. Ophthalmology residents usually find this out on-call when they're running around the hospital examining different patients. By the way, will you be presenting at any academic meetings coming up? Virtually or face-to-face?

@doctoreyeballmd7493 3 жыл бұрын

hi London Nano. Great points as always. Totally agree you still do have to have your medical wits about you in ophthalmology. I recently applied for a potential presentation at a meeting but no word yet. Will post more once I know some though.

@Channel-xi2ll 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Doctor, it was very helpful and thorough video!!! You basically answered all the questions in my head

@doctoreyeballmd7493 3 жыл бұрын

glad it helped!

@claudioagmfilho 3 жыл бұрын

Wow awesome you’re so right, great vid. Everything that is microcosmic is maybe harder. I am also an ophthalmologist, like you, I am a general Ophthalmologist and a cataract surgeon.

@miguelrosales1677 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot doctor. This was so useful, I'm struggling with this decision.

@doctoreyeballmd7493 2 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped! Best of luck in your decision

@drmarhkexplore3433 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Dr for Awesome informative videos I have learning a lot from ur videos I am fresh graduate & as a internee at hospital at ophthalmology rotation inspire me a lot I have feel more interested in ophthalmology but I have little issue here that my right hand is not that strong like I can't hold things strongly with right hand due to Accident trauma injury & now I only like ophthalmology to pursue in coming future please guide me need ur guidance thanks...

@miime5504 3 жыл бұрын

Hello, your videos are amazing ! I can’t see myself doing anything else but Opthalmology , i’ve passed my residency exam Twice (we are tested about what we’ve seen in 7years of medical school ,it’s one exam in a year ) and couldn’t get the score in both times... what should i do please ? Try more for the 3rd year or just give up trying and take another speciality ?

@wuyangkevin 3 жыл бұрын

Your videos are making our Canadian ophthalmology residency even more competitive, please stop making it! ... Just kidding haha. Great job again for the video. In Canada, ophthalmology has consistently been the #1 most competitive specialty. I'm glad that I've matched before you making it even more competitive. By the way, could you please make a video explaining the difference between a one-year fellowship vs two-years fellowship in oculoplastics? For example, what are the differences in terms of what they can do, and which one would you recommend. Thank you Zach!

@doctoreyeballmd7493 3 жыл бұрын

Hahaha! Good questions as well. I will definitely be talking more about oculoplastics fellowship here in the coming months. I’ll try to address that question since I am at a program where there is actually the option to do either. This is one of the few places in the US that offers that. I will address the differences. Cheers

@wuyangkevin 3 жыл бұрын

@@doctoreyeballmd7493 Thank you so much! I will be waiting for that video. Many thanks!

@supriyachauhan924 Жыл бұрын

@3bdulmalik_7iblany 10 ай бұрын

A quick question. Approximately what gpa should I get to be accepted in ophthalmology residency

@Kittendoc 3 жыл бұрын

What kind of step score did you and your classmates that matched optho think was “safe” to match?

@akashgupta8935 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this. I love ophtho but when I tried suturing on a pig eye for the 1st time everything felt so small and magnified that it was so difficult that I felt like I'd never be able to learn. Do you get used to this and better at it with time? It just feels like one tiny wrong move can make someone blind which is scary.

@youhanamarc8786 2 жыл бұрын

What can you do while you are a first year Medical student to be more competitive to match for ophthalmology residency?

@negarghaedi3271 5 ай бұрын

So helpful to me

@ruchircms 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Zach! Love your videos!! I’m a first year US MD student. Very fascinated by ophthalmology. One thing I have a hard time deciding is whether I would like doing procedures and surgery. It is hard to know since I haven’t actually done either of those, just seen others doing it. Do you have any advice on how I could get a sense of whether that is something I am interested in/would be good at? Thank you!

@doctoreyeballmd7493 3 жыл бұрын

It’s a great question. It truly isn’t an easy thing to know in your position. I think I’ll make a video on some ways that you might go about trying to find that out so stay tuned for that.

@ruchircms 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome!! That would be super helpful. Can’t wait!!

@alessandrogianni6520 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for the content! I’m an Italian doctor and I’m trying to make up my mind and choose my future specialty. I’ve always been into “clinical” specialties instead of “surgical” ones, but just recently I’ve had the chance to attend the ophthalmology clinic and surgery. Unexpectedly, I loved the surgery, even more than the clinic, so I’m very confused right now. I’ve never thought of myself as a surgeon, yet I find eye procedures so fascinating and challenging. About the clinical specialties, I like the intellectual challenge of diagnosing the right disease before treating it. Do you think I can find much of this challenge in ophthalmology too? Or is it just a faster and more straightforward clinical field? Thank you 😊

@doctoreyeballmd7493 3 жыл бұрын

Hi, this is a great comment and question. I’m glad you found ophthalmology. Hopefully a lot of my content on this channel can help you out. If you’re really interested in clinical diagnosis then I don’t think you will miss out on that in ophthalmology. The difference with ophthalmology clinical diagnosis is that it is almost entirely exam based and so you are essentially looking at the answer to your clinical question quite literally. For me I like being able to see what is going on and then knowing the diagnosis. Clinical diagnosis is actually less ambiguous i find than other areas of medicine and for me I like that.

@alessandrogianni6520 3 жыл бұрын

@@doctoreyeballmd7493 Thank you very much for your answer! Yes, I've been watching your videos these days and I find your content very helpful. You had the same doubts and questions that I have right now. As a doctor, choosing the specialty is one of the most important moments in life and you are making it a little easier. Thanks for your efforts!

@jacobvillarama4977 3 жыл бұрын

Do you think it gets old just doing cataracts surgeries all the time as a general ophthalmologist? I’ve done some shadowing and I’m worried there won’t be much variety, unless you also do a fellowship. Thanks for all the great content! It really helps!

@doctoreyeballmd7493 3 жыл бұрын

Difficult to say since I haven’t made it that far into ophthalmology yet but I could definitely see myself being happy perfecting that surgery. And even once it is perfect and it’s kind of nice to get in a groove and just achieve flow state on something as high-level as surgery. I personally do not think it would get boring for me but I definitely see where you’re coming from and for some people it might.

@aliatygg 3 жыл бұрын

Thank youuuu from iraq

@tammygravis1462 3 жыл бұрын

Do you do FOV's? Floaters are horrible.

@heronmaximo 3 жыл бұрын

Man, in this video you look so openhearted and that made you look so hot. Hahahaha. Btw thanks for the video. I am currently an emergency doctor and I love it. I chose working in this field before apply to my real dream (ophthalmology) because I wish to taste what is like being a doctor that "save lives". But sincerely... I feel that as a ophthalmologist I will continue saving lives... and this video just confirmed me. Thanks!

@shanth5654 3 жыл бұрын

Hi, I was just wondering really how competitive opthalmology really is? I look up this question a plethora of times but never really get a definitive answer. How many people per year do they take in?

@doctoreyeballmd7493 3 жыл бұрын

Hi. I would say it is one of the more competitive specialties but not so competitive as things like plastic surgery or dermatology. I think the match rate for allopathic graduates that have not taken time off is actually pretty good. I don’t know the exact statistic of hand though. It’s a very doable specialty. I don’t want to paint it as so competitive that people don’t apply for it because I think if you have reasonable stats and are a good easy person to work with you probably have a decent chance of matching somewhere.

@tikipalm 3 жыл бұрын

You mentioned your indigent patients who do not have access to good healthcare, do you have an idea as to why this is happening? I am concerned for them. Are they not able to apply for assistance like with Medicaid or any other local government funding? Sorry I realize this is going off topic but wondering why they are falling through the cracks. Great video by the way, always look forward to them 👍

@doctoreyeballmd7493 3 жыл бұрын

they are able to apply. It is just a bottleneck because they are so many people. It takes a while to get into the system unfortunately.

@tanyabansal521 3 жыл бұрын

What are the timings or a day in the life of an ophthalmologist? Really concerned about work life balance. Also I like doing procedures but I am little scared about being wrong but I know I like doing it. Should I opt for opthal or not?

@doctoreyeballmd7493 3 жыл бұрын

I think the timings can vary a lot depending on your subspecialty and whether you are an academic medicine or in private practice. Since I’m a resident they are probably a bit longer hours than normal but they are still pretty good. For days in the operating room I will normally get there around seven and I may leave around two or three. Four days in the clinic it can be 830 to 6 as a resident sometimes a little shorter sometimes a little longer. I think the schedule as a attending is better. Honestly you’re not going to find much better of a lifestyle balance in medicine. So I wouldn’t let the lifestyle of ophthalmology deter you. As far as knowing if you like procedures that is tough I’m actually going to make a video on how I think you should go about finding that out so stay tuned for that. Cheers

@tanyabansal521 3 жыл бұрын

@@doctoreyeballmd7493 Thank you so much for the reply. You explained my query in a very simplified manner. And I really love watching your videos. Thank you for the content.

@mysavourypot9583 3 жыл бұрын

😊

@SkylarChen18 7 ай бұрын

Is it hard to be an ophthalmologist 😢

@isaiastorres27 2 жыл бұрын

Compensation in occuloplastics?

@doctoreyeballmd7493 2 жыл бұрын

This varies widely, mostly based on the percentage of cosmetic procedures and how busy you are- can be over a million or as low as 150-200k in some academic spots.

@feyzaeroglu1116 3 жыл бұрын

Optho is really technology based specialty that allows you to learn new things every day. My question is,when you prescribing eye glasses to patients most of the time, you still feel that impact on someone's life? After 10 years in the field, if I get bored of my specialty, what will I do? That scares me.

@doctoreyeballmd7493 3 жыл бұрын

a vast majority of my time as an ophthalmologist does not involve prescribing eye glasses. I treat medical eye diseases primarily and perform surgery for patients. As an oculplastic surgeon I may never prescribe eye glasses again in fact. Patients go to optometrists for glasses most of the time.

@feyzaeroglu1116 3 жыл бұрын

@@doctoreyeballmd7493 in Turkey, doctors do all the job😁 including prescribing eye glasses