An Academic Approach to Addressing Gaps in Care

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This article originally appeared in the January/February 2022 issue of MillennialEYE.

Global

January/February 2022

An Academic Approach to Addressing Gaps in Care

Why is academia going more global, and what do outreach opportunities look like?

John C. Anhalt, MD; Brenton D. Finklea, MD; Zeba Syed, MD

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Zeba A. Syed, MD, invites Brenton D. Finklea, MD, and John C. Anhalt, MD, to shed light on subspecialty care in global ophthalmology, including ways in which physicians can get involved at home and abroad. They also discuss the growth of global ophthalmology fellowships across the country.

Cristos Ifantides, MD, summarized his experience with the Wills Eye Academic Global Ophthalmology Fellowship and comments on the impact young ophthalmologists can have on the fight against global blindness. Watch here: bit.ly/MEglobal

Learn more about the Wills Eye Fellowship in Academic Global Ophthalmology here: bit.ly/MEglobal2

John C. Anhalt, MD

Co-Director of the Academic Global Ophthalmology Fellowship, Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia

Brenton D. Finklea, MD

Director, Center for Academic Global Ophthalmology, Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia
brenton.finklea@gmail.com

Zeba Syed, MD

Co-Director of the Cornea Fellowship, Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia
zsyed@willseye.org