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hi London Nano. Great points as always. Totally agree you still do have to have your medical wits about you in ophthalmology. I recently applied for a potential presentation at a meeting but no word yet. Will post more once I know some though.

glad it helped!

Glad it helped! Best of luck in your decision

Hahaha! Good questions as well. I will definitely be talking more about oculoplastics fellowship here in the coming months. I’ll try to address that question since I am at a program where there is actually the option to do either. This is one of the few places in the US that offers that. I will address the differences. Cheers

@@doctoreyeballmd7493 Thank you so much! I will be waiting for that video. Many thanks!

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A quick question. Approximately what gpa should I get to be accepted in ophthalmology residency

It’s a great question. It truly isn’t an easy thing to know in your position. I think I’ll make a video on some ways that you might go about trying to find that out so stay tuned for that.

Awesome!! That would be super helpful. Can’t wait!!

Difficult to say since I haven’t made it that far into ophthalmology yet but I could definitely see myself being happy perfecting that surgery. And even once it is perfect and it’s kind of nice to get in a groove and just achieve flow state on something as high-level as surgery. I personally do not think it would get boring for me but I definitely see where you’re coming from and for some people it might.

Hi, this is a great comment and question. I’m glad you found ophthalmology. Hopefully a lot of my content on this channel can help you out. If you’re really interested in clinical diagnosis then I don’t think you will miss out on that in ophthalmology. The difference with ophthalmology clinical diagnosis is that it is almost entirely exam based and so you are essentially looking at the answer to your clinical question quite literally. For me I like being able to see what is going on and then knowing the diagnosis. Clinical diagnosis is actually less ambiguous i find than other areas of medicine and for me I like that.

​@@doctoreyeballmd7493 Thank you very much for your answer! Yes, I've been watching your videos these days and I find your content very helpful. You had the same doubts and questions that I have right now. As a doctor, choosing the specialty is one of the most important moments in life and you are making it a little easier. Thanks for your efforts!

they are able to apply. It is just a bottleneck because they are so many people. It takes a while to get into the system unfortunately.

Hi. I would say it is one of the more competitive specialties but not so competitive as things like plastic surgery or dermatology. I think the match rate for allopathic graduates that have not taken time off is actually pretty good. I don’t know the exact statistic of hand though. It’s a very doable specialty. I don’t want to paint it as so competitive that people don’t apply for it because I think if you have reasonable stats and are a good easy person to work with you probably have a decent chance of matching somewhere.

I think the timings can vary a lot depending on your subspecialty and whether you are an academic medicine or in private practice. Since I’m a resident they are probably a bit longer hours than normal but they are still pretty good. For days in the operating room I will normally get there around seven and I may leave around two or three. Four days in the clinic it can be 830 to 6 as a resident sometimes a little shorter sometimes a little longer. I think the schedule as a attending is better. Honestly you’re not going to find much better of a lifestyle balance in medicine. So I wouldn’t let the lifestyle of ophthalmology deter you. As far as knowing if you like procedures that is tough I’m actually going to make a video on how I think you should go about finding that out so stay tuned for that. Cheers

@@doctoreyeballmd7493 Thank you so much for the reply. You explained my query in a very simplified manner. And I really love watching your videos. Thank you for the content.

a vast majority of my time as an ophthalmologist does not involve prescribing eye glasses. I treat medical eye diseases primarily and perform surgery for patients. As an oculplastic surgeon I may never prescribe eye glasses again in fact. Patients go to optometrists for glasses most of the time.

@@doctoreyeballmd7493 in Turkey, doctors do all the job😁 including prescribing eye glasses

This varies widely, mostly based on the percentage of cosmetic procedures and how busy you are- can be over a million or as low as 150-200k in some academic spots.