<p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Drs. Zubair Ansari and Kat Talcott join to discuss the 2026 ophthalmology residency match, especially focusing on the declining match rate for first time applicants and what that means for future applicants and reapplicants.&nbsp;</p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"></p><p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Listeners, as we approach our <strong>500th</strong> episode, we will be having a <strong>Q&amp;A session</strong> featuring questions and thoughts from you! It’s your chance to have your voice heard on the podcast.</p><p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Please record an audio / video of your question and upload it to the linked <a href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?data=05%7C02%7Cjustin.zhang%40som.umaryland.edu%7Ccd4a1b65ab4b49b0b86b08de6b92733f%7C717009a620de461a88940312a395cac9%7C0%7C0%7C639066473924066992%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;reserved=0&amp;sdata=PFVRdfrAunyxmxpOQS42lympMWvc7yAPw4A4Bcfycgw%3D&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fforms.gle%2Fnyv3fvCHZJ4XzQe67">form</a> (<a target="_blank" href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fforms.gle%2Fnyv3fvCHZJ4XzQe67&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cjustin.zhang%40som.umaryland.edu%7Ccd4a1b65ab4b49b0b86b08de6b92733f%7C717009a620de461a88940312a395cac9%7C0%7C0%7C639066473924066992%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=PFVRdfrAunyxmxpOQS42lympMWvc7yAPw4A4Bcfycgw%3D&amp;reserved=0">https://forms.gle/nyv3fvCHZJ4XzQe67</a>). We are excited to hear what you have to say!</p>