S2:E6 - Eye Tea - Global Ophthalmology - Leslie Hyman, Richard Lee, Pulin Shah - Ophthalmology podcast

Eye Tea - Ophthalmology Podcast

Nicoh Reyes, MD, Hannah Walsh, and Anthony Olganov along with Eye TeaM dive into this conversation with Drs. Leslie Hyman, Richard Lee, and Pulin Shah about Global Ophthalmology.

Get to know our panelists:

Dr. Hyman is an ocular epidemiologist with expertise in observational epidemiologic studies and clinical trials. She earned her PhD in Epidemiology from The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health (now Bloomberg School of Public Health). She was recruited to the Department of Preventive Medicine at Stony Brook University Medical Center, Stony Brook, New York, where in 2004 she was named Head, Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics. In September 2016, she joined Wills Eye Hospital as the Vice Chair for Research where she was also appointed Thomas D. Duane Endowed Chair, Professor and Vice Chair of Research in the Department of Ophthalmology at the Sidney Kimmel Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University. Dr. Hyman’s research has focused on identifying causes, risk factors and treatment of the leading causes of visual impairment and blindness. Her work on macular degeneration helped lay the foundation for future research on its causes and treatments. She has also done extensive work in myopia progression and stabilization in children, evaluating treatment for glaucoma, and examining how hypertension and cardiovascular risk factors impact causes of visual decline.

Dr. Lee is a California native and attended Pomona College. He completed his MD, PhD, ophthalmology residency & glaucoma fellowship at UM and the BPEI. His clinical interest in imaging technologies for glaucoma led Dr. Lee to help develop a platform for in vivo glaucoma animal experiments on neuronal and axonal regenerations. Dr Lee serves the Director of Community Ophthalmology and the faculty advisor for the University of Miami’s Ophthalmology Interest Club. Over the years, Dr. Lee has led medical students and physicians to conduct vision screenings in South Florida and all over the world. Notably, Dr. Lee helped families in both Japan and Haiti who were displaced by severe natural disasters by bringing Bascom Palmer’s Vision Van as a temporary eye clinic to these communities in need. He has personally volunteered with a number of international eye organizations, including Orbis and LifeLine Express. Dr. Lee has been the recipient of numerous awards including the Humanitarian of the Year Award from the American Glaucoma Society.

Dr. Shah grew up in the heart of the Cajun Country, Lafayette, Louisiana and attended LSU medical school. He completed ophthalmology residency at California Pacific in San Francisco before moving to Miami for cornea fellowship at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute. Shortly after Hurricane Katrina, he returned to New Orleans to establish his medical practice at Ochsner Medical Center. For over a decade, he has served as Section Head of Cataract and Corneal Surgery and Medical Director of the Ochsner Baptist Laser Vision Center where he teaches medical students and residents. Dr. Shah also serves as a Medical Director for the Southern Eye Bank and partners with St. Thomas Clinic and Daughters of Charity to provide free cataract surgery to needy New Orleanians. Beyond our borders, he is the Board President of the International Eye Institute, where he performs cataract and corneal surgeries in Central America and has just recently returned from one of these trips.