DRCR Retina Network Protocol W 4 year results: For mod-sev NPDR, q4 mon intravitreal antiVEGF offered no visual acuity benefit vs treating only if complications developed raj maturi ja.ma/3JKVJOB

ICYMI: Great free online NIH course targeted to med/grad students, doctors, nurses, scientists: Introduction to Principles & Practice of Clinical Research (IPPCR): study design, statistics, ethical/regulatory issues Available until 8/1/23: ocr.od.nih.gov/courses/ippcr.… #MedTwitter

Happy "Thank a Resident/Fellow Day"! Mayo Clinic Department of Ophthalmology appreciates all of the hard work, time and dedication all of our trainees provide to our patients every day. You are a vital part of our healthcare team! Thank you from the entire Department of Ophthalmology Mayo Clinic!

Our #residents are saving eyes day and night and are super-heroes along with all other medical trainees who give everything to help patients and master their field 💫 Thank your residents today! Mayo Clinic Department of Ophthalmology Prashant Tailor Andrea A. Tooley, MD Andrew Barkmeier MD

For rising M4s applying to ophthalmology, rotating at different institutions offers another lens through which to appreciate this amazing specialty 👁️ And the similarities/differences between training environments can help sort out what will help YOU thrive See you this fall!

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Congratulations Vishal Swaminathan representing Mayo Clinic Department of Ophthalmology and all other awardees!

DRCR's Protocol AC primary results from NEJM nejm.org/doi/full/10.10… as a top 10 Ophtho Article of the Last Year blog.doximity.com/articles/the-t…

Mayo Clinic Department of Ophthalmology congratulates all of our graduating #Residents and #Fellows! Andrew Barkmeier MD Andrea A. Tooley, MD Rachel Mogil Saumya Shah, M.D. Marybeth K. Farazdaghi, M.D. #MaudeAndersonMN #BlakeFortesMD #AliSalamanMD #AhmedSheikhMD #LulwaElZeinMD #TaylorNaymanMD #NegarMohebMD

👨‍⚕️ “… and you shouldn’t lift anything heavy for the next week” “What about my pet raccoon? She’s about 40 pounds.” 👨‍⚕️“oh… really… yeah, not this week”

No significant diurnal variation in optical coherence tomography-based macular fluid or thickness was identified in patients w/ exudative age-related macular degeneration per Andrew Barkmeier MD Aaron Fairbanks MD in International Journal of Retina and Vitreous. bit.ly/47eptM1

Our Ophthalmology study, Expert vs #LLM vs Expert-edited LLM responses to Retina questions: -Expert-edited LLM > Expert responses in quality & empathy -Expert placed 4/7 quality & 6/7 empathy -⏱️ savings for Expert-edited vs Expert responses #AI #ChatGPT tinyurl.com/4sv2kpmb

Importance of including metastatic disease in the differential diagnosis of new visual floaters, blurred vision & other common ocular symptoms in patients with a history of cancer per Aaron Fairbanks MD Diva R. Salomao, MD & Andrew Barkmeier MD in American Journal of Ophthalmology. bit.ly/4e6nqxk

Congrats to John J. Chen, MD, PhD and Elias Sotirchos on securing $10M The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute funding to conduct a randomized clinical trial on early plasma exchange for severe optic neuritis and transverse myelitis (TIMELY-PLEX). w/ Johns Hopkins Medicine Mayo Clinic Neuro bit.ly/4gjz3CT