Dr. Brianna Rhue's passion for myopia control runs deep as she grew up in a family of myopes and is married to a neuro-ophthalmologist who shares her passion for myopia research. From how to discuss myopia with parents to the latest research on atropine, these docs dig deep into the diagnosis, discussion, and current and future treatments for this growing epidemic.

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Key moments:

1:32 Guest Intro

2:48 Family history of myopia and its impact on Dr. Rhue’s journey

6:07 Myopia control in the US vs. other countries

7:47 Sharing insights with her neuro-ophthalmologist husband

10:14 Explaining myopia to parents 12:41 Dr. Rhue’s approach to myopia diagnosis and management

14:44 Atropine research

16:16 Atropine safety and dosage

18:15 The atropine concentration debate

20:23 How atropine might be working

23:02 Compounding and safety

24:27 Changing the standard of care for myopia control

25:38 Getting parents excited to enroll kids in a study

29:22 Why formulation matters for atropine

32:30 “Go outside!”

36:20 What’s next?

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While optometry school was a last-minute decision for her, Dr. Julie Rodman knows it was the best decision she ever made. During her residency at the VA, she discovered her passion for working with students and watching them grow. Today, as a professor at Nova Southeastern University, she teaches the retina course and serves as the Chief of the Broward Eye Care Institute, exposing her students to a wide variety of pathologies in the real world. She also spent several years as the residency education coordinator and now runs a resident case report contest for the Optometric Retina Society. Her early introduction to OCT supercharged her passion for retina, so much so that she wrote a book about OCT-Angiography in 2019. Currently, she is working on two studies focused on geographic atrophy and diabetic retinopathy.

Key Moments:

1:37 Dr. Julie Rodman’s path to optometry

3:38 From residency to academia

4:57 Teaching retina and running the clinic

6:55 The ‘sexiness’ of retina

9:30 Dr. Rodman’s research in retina

11:05 Why she loves optometry

13:59 A shout out to the power of OCT-A

18:38 The role of optometry

21:52 Residency programs

25:28 Dr. Allen’s learnings from his own residency

30:10 Dr. Rodman’s two current studies in geographic atrophy and diabetic retinopathy

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Dr. Sherrol Reynolds has three key passions: diversity and representation, mentorship, and high-quality eye health care. This has led her to become a strong voice in optometry focused on advocating for the profession’s role in overall healthcare with a goal of increasing communication and collaboration between optometrists and other members of their patients’ healthcare team. She has won numerous awards and held several key leadership positions for the National Optometric Association, Optometric Retina Society, the National Eye Institute, Prevent Blindness, and the Florida Optometric Society. As a leader in diabetes and diabetic retinopathy education, she is changing the narrative for patients with diabetes and their healthcare providers so that no one unnecessarily loses their vision due to diabetes like her aunt did. Ultimately, she wants every human to have access to high-quality healthcare.

Eye Give a Damn hosted by Dr. Joseph Allen is produced by FluoreSCENE Media.

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