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The American Academy of Ophthalmology's newsletter for senior ophthalmologists (SOs). Scope is published quarterly, with all articles posted online and a PDF download available for print. The online archive includes all articles starting with the summer 2017 issue and select articles from prior issues.

2019 Spring Edition of Scope (PDF 1138K)
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The Medical Board and You

MAY 09, 2019 By Thomas S Harbin, MD, MBA in Features

Thomas Harbin, MD, a member of the Georgia Composite Medical Board, shares an explanation of the role of medical boards and advice on the best way to handle board inquiries.

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In Defense of Wisdom

MAY 09, 2019 By Samuel Masket MD, Alfredo A Sadun, MD, PHD in Features

Last year, The New York Times contributor Haider Javed Warraich, MD, a 29-year-old physician-in-training, wrote that experienced (perhaps older) physicians may not be the best prepared to care for patients. Scope offers two responses to that article.

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To Care is Human

MAY 09, 2019 By Susan H Day MD in Features, Practice Transitions

Caring for patients is admirable, but ophthalmologists also need to learn to care for themselves.

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Bruce T. Haight, MD: A Life on the Puzzler’s Grid

MAY 09, 2019 By M Bruce Shields MD in Features

Bruce T. Haight, MD, has enjoyed a long career as an ophthalmologist. But he also has an avocation as a puzzle master for The New York Times and other publications.

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The Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem: Providing Eye Care Where None Exists

FEB 21, 2019 By Bruce E Spivey MD FACS in History, Features

Palestine, one of the most vulnerable and impoverished populations in the world, is getting the benefit of essential ophthalmic care from The St. John Eye Hospital Group (SJEHG).

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What We Are Doing Today - E. Michael Van Buskirk, MD: A Lifetime of Looking at the Eye and with the Eye

FEB 21, 2019 By M Bruce Shields MD in Features

Dr. E. Michael Van Buskirk, whose career as an ophthalmologist and as a photographer have embodied many unique forms of imaging, had two distinct careers.

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Results From an Academy Survey on Membership Value

OCT 19, 2018 By Brad H Feldman, MD in Features

Like many other organizations, the Academy relies on data to inform its education, advocacy and member services activities. We value the direct feedback we receive from members through surveys and focus groups to measure awareness and utilization of Academy member benefits a…

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What We Are Doing Today - Harry A. Zink, MD: A Man of Visual Science and Visual Art

OCT 19, 2018 By M Bruce Shields MD in Features

Ophthalmology, as we all know, is a visual science, both in terms of the anatomy and physiology with which we deal, but also in the sense that our diagnostic techniques primarily involve visualization of those anatomic structures and their function.

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Dr. Anderson's Eclectic Life Contributions

FEB 21, 2018 By M Bruce Shields MD in Features, As I Remember It, History

If you have read the Scope newsletter for the past decade or so, you have most likely been delighted by the regular contributions of our colleague, W. Banks Anderson Jr., MD. With his inquisitive mind and encyclopedic fund of knowledge, not to mention a perceptive sense of h…

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William H. Coles, MD: Ophthalmologist and Novelist

FEB 21, 2018 By M Bruce Shields MD in Book Reviews, Features

The profession of ophthalmology has contributed its share of accomplished writers of fiction. Many have not achieved the acclaim of Arthur Conan Doyle or Robin Cook, yet are probably no less talented. One of those is our contemporary colleague, William H. Coles, MD.

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