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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.
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On Pandemics: Looking Back from COVID-19

NOV 29, 2021 By Steven A Newman MD in Practice Transitions, Features

Steven Newman, MD, a neuro-ophthalmologist, puts our present COVID-19 pandemic into context.

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Pearls for My Younger Colleagues

NOV 29, 2021 By Marguerite B McDonald MD in Practice Transitions, Features

There are many things that we all learn from life, aka as the school of hard knocks. I hope that I am still learning!

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Slava Fyodorov, MD: How Russia Influenced Refractive Surgery in the U.S.

NOV 29, 2021 By Stephen A Obstbaum MD in Features, Practice Transitions

For a long time, I thought about writing an article on Russian ophthalmologist, Svyatoslav “Slava” Nikolayevich Fyodorov, MD but was uncertain how to approach a topic about the early days of refractive surgery.

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Life in Retirement: Perry S. Binder, MD, Adjusting to Shifting Goals

NOV 29, 2021 By John R Stechschulte MD in Practice Transitions, Features

Authors note: Finding, keeping and sometimes recapturing fulfillment in retirement can be challenging. It is not uncommon for our goals, aspirations, interests, hobbies, recreation, and dreams to change several years after retirement.

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The Year That Arkansas Lost the Innovative Push for Patient Safety

AUG 19, 2021 By Laurie Gray Barber, MD in Features, Practice Transitions

Most of us have blazed our way through college and medical school so that we could compete for a treasured spot in an excellent ophthalmology residency program. We then concentrated on studying the ophthalmic system and the relationship of the eye to the brain and remainder…

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Life in Retirement

AUG 18, 2021 By Ralph D Levinson MD, Cynthia J Parlato MD, John R Stechschulte MD in Practice Transitions, Features

Are you going to retire? Have you retired? An article in the spring edition of Scope introduced my goal to assist members who are planning to retire and members seeking greater joy in retirement.

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Planning for and Succeeding in Retirement

MAY 19, 2021 By John R Stechschulte MD in Practice Transitions, Features

In 2018, former Scope editor, Dr. M. Bruce Shields began sharing some of the activities of fellow retired ophthalmologists. His stories of many distinguished colleagues have inspired many of our readers.

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What We’re Doing Today - J. Charles Garvin, MD, Ophthalmologist, Dog-Breeder and Leader

AUG 13, 2020 in Practice Transitions

J. Charles Garvin, MD, has always loved dogs. In fact, he had once intended to devote his life to their care as a veterinarian. But a family member’s blindness and other considerations along the way led to a distinguished as an ophthalmologist. Now, as he enters retirement t…

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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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Thoughts on Slowing Down

OCT 19, 2018 By Paul N Orloff MD in Practice Transitions

To only slightly paraphrase Hamlet: “To retire or not to retire: THAT is the question.” For the majority of Americans, this is, in fact, not a question at all. You work 30 or 35 years, you have a 401(k), you can afford to quit working, and so you stop.

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