Liste to the second episode of Season 3, Ophthalmology Quicksand Chronicles: Eureka Moments! Episode 2 features Priya Narang, MD. Dr. Narang is an international phenom, talented surgeon, educator and innovator. Dr. Narang will review her Eureka moment where she rivets a haptic bulb to avoid slippage through the intrascleral tunnel in her modified Yamane Technique. Sometimes the best solutions are the most simple and accessible.    This episode is sponsored by Diamatrix.   *Please fill out this brief questionnaire to ensure we are delivering the best education possible! https://f ..read more

ASCRS just hit the Refresh button! Season 3 is coming back as OQC: Eureka Moments! This season of Ophthalmology Quicksand Chronicles is produced as podcast and webcast soundbites filled with enlightening moments that allow us surgeons to “come out of the dark”, and preferably prevent spiraling quicksand from happening! Episode 1 features our very own hosts, Nicole Fram and Elizabeth Yeu who safely manage compromised capsular bags to help achieve patients achieve their visual outcomes! This episode is sponsored by Truckera Medical. Please fill out this brief questionnaire to allow us to make su ..read more

Listen to the final episode of Season 1 of Ophthalmology Quicksand Chronicles where the hosts are joined by Thomas Oetting, MD. Dr. Oetting is an incredible surgeon/educator who has made—and continues to make—a tremendous impact in the field of ophthalmology. Tune in to the last episode of the season with Dr. Oetting sharing a quicksand moment where he tackles an eye with a very mature cataract with a fibrotic anterior capsule, and diffusely loose zonules. Even with all the right technologies and techniques, quicksand moments arise throughout. Dr. Oetting crystallizes and describes his thought ..read more

Listen to this episode of Quicksand Chronicles where our hosts are joined by the legendary Dr. Lisa Brothers Arbisser. Dr. Arbisser is not only a tremendous surgeon but her contribution to ophthalmology through education, research, and mentorship have created a lasting effect in the field of ophthalmology. Dr. Arbisser is known for teaching surgeons how to watch for the signs and avoid complications. In this episode, we will give a glimpse into her wealth of knowledge about one of her own quicksand moments and how this surgical quicksand moment helped her evolve to become even greater. Dr. Arb ..read more

Listen in to this episode of Quicksand Chronicles where our hosts are joined by Dr. Al-Mohtaseb, an incredible surgeon, teacher, and recognized leader in the field of ophthalmology. Dr. Al-Mohtaseb showcases one of the toughest cases she has staffed at the county hospital. Dr. Al-Mohtaseb describes her decision making, how she shifted from observing to taking over the case, given the complex posterior synechiae, thick pupillary membrane, and diffuse zonulopathy. Tune in to listen to Dr. Al-Mohtaseb’s thought process in this challenging quicksand moment!  Thank you to our episode sponsors ..read more

Listen to this episode of Quicksand Chronicles where hosts are joined by Dr. Brandon Ayres. In addition to being a world-class surgeon, Dr. Ayres’ dedication to teaching has made a tremendous impact in the world of ophthalmology. Dr. Ayres discusses a quicksand moment involving a patient who has a dislocated multifocal IOL from a golf ball injury. Per the patient's request, Dr. Ayres made it his priority to keep the patients’ multifocal IOL. After what he thought was a “successful” procedure of recentering the original IOL, Dr. Ayres thought he was king of the world. That all came crashing dow ..read more

Listen to this episode of Ophthalmology Quicksand Chronicles featuring Rosa Braga-Mele, MD. Dr. Braga-Mele discusses her passionate commitment to motherhood, teaching the next generation of surgeons, clinical care of her patients, and athletics. Aside from being a world-renown surgeon, Dr. Braga-Mele has been an accomplished & nationally known bodybuilder. Bodybuilding has proven to improve her spiritual zen, physical endurance, and mental strength for Dr. Braga-Mele, and this has directly improved her skills as a surgeon in the OR. Dr. Braga-Mele will showcase a quicksand moment where a s ..read more

Listen and join us for this episode of Ophthalmology Quicksand Chronicles as the hosts and Dr. Ashvin Agarwal discuss his quicksand moments, the cases that took him a few days to recover from. He reflects on difficult surgical cases: one that went wrong from the start, where MAC was chosen in lieu of general anesthesia for a cognitively challenged young patient and another involving a colobomatous eye, complicated by a mature lens and hours of missing zonules. Join us as Dr. Agarwal shares his profound surgical, clinical, and personal pearls gained through the evolution of his quicksand moment ..read more

Listen and join us for this episode of Ophthalmology Quicksand Chronicles featuring John Berdahl, MD. Dr. Berdahl will showcase a quicksand moment where a patient with a history of trauma and a sutured Ophtec Artificial Iris/IOL undergoes an iStent and ECP for uncontrolled IOP. After the ECP is completed, the chamber begins to shallow, the red reflex is lost, and the pressure is on! This quicksand moment emphasizes the importance of pivoting, getting the complication under control, and how to process the most devastating complication in Ophthalmology…an expulsive suprachoroidal hemorrhage. Dr ..read more

Listen and join us for this episode of Ophthalmology Quicksand Chronicles featuring Marjan Farid, MD. Dr. Farid will dive deep into a challenging cataract surgery, where the degree of capsular support was unknown until she was in the eye. Every step presents a new, complex challenge, starting with the very loose and dense lens. Watch and listen as Dr. Farid teaches us a novel way to perform a Yamane technique for scleral IOL fixation. The final Quicksand teaching moment occurs when she manages the decentered and tilted IOL. You won't want to miss this true test of skill and endurance. Thank yo ..read more