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What is a retina specialist?

You have been told by your doctor that you need to see a retina specialist, but what exactly is a retina specialist?

Check out this infographic to see the extensive training required to become a retina specialist and just a few of the conditions that retina specialists treat!

Or visit our site at https://frontrangeretina.com/what-is-a-retina-specialist/

Happy Father’s Day!

I have been very lucky to have outstanding role models and family members to inspire and encourage me to become a physician. My dad (center) is/was a comprehensive ophthalmologist, and ran a solo practice in Salt Lake City, Utah. His patients LOVED him, and it was so clear that he loved his patients. Just last night at my brother’s wedding reception, former patients of his asked if my office would be like his, with an exam room COVERED in baseball memorabilia, and another covered with train decor. My Uncle Jack (left) was a comprehensive ophthalmologist in Colorado Springs, and before retiring last year, we worked in the same building - he would pop in every few weeks to say hello! I loved that!

I have heard people say that ophthalmology is very hereditary, and while I’m not familiar with ophthalmology-specific studies, being a physician is clearly hereditary! Checkout these screenshots from a 2020 British Medical Journal study asking if medicine “runs in the family.”

For physicians born in 1950-1959 (almost my dad’s generation), just 6% have a physician parent, compared to those born from 1980-1990 (that’s me, y’all, 1983!), where 20% have a physician-parent! That differs considerably from attorneys, where the “heritability” has remained from 5-8% over the same timespan.

Are you a physician? If so, what decade were you born and do you have a physician-parent?

Let’s check the physician-heritability of our own small sample population!

Happy Father’s Day to everyone out there, whether your dad is a MD/DO, a JD - or the best job of all - a DAD!