Day in the life - Ophthalmologist (Eye Surgeon/Eye Medical Doctor).

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Published on May 20, 2022
Shannon Wong, MD walks you through a day in the life of an ophthalmologist in private practice. He is CEO of Austin Eye in Austin, TX and specializes in premium cataract and lens replacement surgery and LASIK.

0:10 Introduction
0:44 Our ophthalmology practice focus or area of specialization within ophthalmology
1:55 Private practice ophthalmology
4:14 The mission of our practice
5:45 Evolving professionally and personally over a lifetime and a professional career
14:51 My responsibilities as CEO of Austin Eye (Job description)
18:47 Day in the life begins – Prior preparation prevents poor performance
20:30 Preview of the next day’s schedule – types of patients that we care for
26:10 Questions/answers/random thoughts on the drive home
32:44 The morning routine
35:14 Morning workout
37:46 Driving to work
41:21 Morning patients seen in the office from 8:00 am-Noon
1:05:44 Driving from one office to the other. Questions/answers/random thoughts.
1:11:42 Performing surgery in our surgical center – Cataract and lens replacement surgery
1:21:24 Performing YAG laser capsulotomy in our surgical center
1:22:28 Performing LASIK and PRK surgery
1:25:24 Nearing the end of the day
1:26:17 Closing thoughts at the end of the day