Recently, I operated on a little old grandma with cataracts so dense, she could see nothing more than shadows moving across her face. With each step, I could feel my heart in my throat. At the climax of the case, I noticed something unusual—she was humming to herself ????. It Read more…
My practice is closed on Mondays, but I (happily) drive through LA traffic to staff residents in the cataract OR at USC. Residents spend their final year of residency perfecting this beautiful but dangerously precarious dance as follows: 1️⃣ The cataract (a hard, cloudy lens) is skillfully broken up and Read more…
Glass half-empty: This past Saturday, I had to operate (15 cataracts and 5 LASIK) for 13-hours straight with little time to rest and eat in between. Glass half-full: This past Saturday, I had the privilege of caring for 20 people who entrusted me to restore their sight during one of Read more…
Survived another Super Surgery Weekend! And boy what a weekend it was. Did 40 cataract surgeries back to back. Once a month, we do cataract surgery 4 days in a row from Thursday until Sunday. We do this for the convenience of our patients so they don’t have to take Read more…