Out of the Blindspot

In the last episode of the podcast, we heard from several attendees of the 2025 NANOS meeting in Tucson, Arizona. One meeting session in particular resonated with many attendees, sparking, deep, personal reflections on their approach to this important topic. Co-created and co-led by Drs. Melissa Ko and Guy Jirawuthiworavong, the sessions was titled The Science and Clinical Practice of Supporting Patients Through Vision Loss: Therapy When There is No Cure. This unique symposium tackled a...

The NANOS 2025 annual meeting in Tucson Arizona was as informative, exciting, fun, and impactful as ever. In this episode, I bring you a unique taste of the meeting through a conversation with a wonderful neuro-ophthalmologist and through reflections of meeting attendees from Tucson during the event. In the first part, I speak with Dr. Susan Mollan who is a world-renowned Neuro-ophthalmologist practicing in Birmingham, England. Her group is at the forefront of IIH research and we spoke ...

In the last episode, we began a conversation with Dr. Howard Krauss, founding partner of the Pacific Neuroscience Institute in Southern California and a pioneering surgical Neuro-ophthalmologist. In this episode, we continue our conversation, learning more about his experience training to become a surgical Neuro-ophthalmologist, his experience as a co-founder of the Pacific Neuroscience Institute, and r. Krauss offers some of his thoughts on the current state of our healthcare system, and sag...

Dr. Krauss is a pioneering surgical Neuro-ophthalmologist specializing in minimally invasive orbital and oculoplastic surgery and adult strabismus. A leader in ophthalmology and medicine, he has blazed the trail for many of us who followed his footsteps into this specialty as surgeons. In this episode, we’ll learn about his formative years including his journey from rocket scientist to Neuro-ophthalmologist. Dr. Howard Krauss

In this episode, I’m honored to bring you my conversation with Dr. Lenworth Johnson, a true pioneer in neuro-ophthalmology. As one of the first African American neuro-ophthalmologists, Dr. Johnson paved the way for future generations, breaking barriers and making an indelible mark on our field. Beyond his significant clinical expertise and technical contributions to ophthalmology, Dr. Johnson is also a historian of our profession. His book, Breaking the Color Line in Medicine: African A...