Ep. 67 - Ophthalmology & The Eye ft. Tina Felfeli

<p><strong>Tina Felfeli </strong>is a resident physician in the Department of <strong>Ophthalmology </strong>and Vision Sciences at University of Toronto. Currently, she's completing a <strong>PhD </strong>degree in <strong>Clinical Epidemiology</strong> at the <strong>University of Toronto (UofT)</strong> as a part of the Integrated Physician-Scientist program. She is a Vanier Scholar and was recently awarded the Fighting Blindness Canada Clinician Scientist Emerging Leaders Award. She's also the author of the Toronto Guide to Clinical Ophthalmology (linked below), which is a textbook used in the ophthalmology curriculum for medical students at UofT. Her research interests include population-based studies, economic evaluations, and prediction models for outcomes of surgical retinal diseases and <strong>uveitis</strong>, and evaluation of health care delivery within the field of ophthalmology. She combines the worlds of health services research and biomedical research to better understand patient outcomes.<br> <br> <strong>Tune in for answers to questions like...</strong><br> What are the key structures of the eye and the visual system that contribute to my sense of sight?<br> What's the difference between optometry and ophthalmology?<br> What's the deal with eye floaters?<br> What constitutes proper contact lens etiquette?<br> Why have I never heard of the leading cause of preventative blindness (Uveitis) before?<br> How do we diagnose and treat ocular diseases?</p> <p><strong>Topics &amp; Concepts</strong><br> Retinal Degenerative Diseases<br> Optometry vs. Ophthalmology<br> Anatomical Structures of the Visual System:<br> - Surrounding the Eye: Orbit, Extraocular Muscles, Fat<br> - Front of Eye: Iris, Lens, Cornea, Anterior/Posterior Chamber, Ora Serrata<br> - Back of Eye: Vitreous Humor, Retina, Macula, Rods, Cones, <br> Floaters<br> Retinal Detachment (yikes!)<br> Oblong Eyeballs &amp; Myopia (Near-Sightedness)<br> Lasik<br> Refraction<br> Non-Infectious Uveitis: The Star of the Show<br> Age &amp; Pathology<b