Ophthalmologist

1 00:00:11.920 --> 00:00:13.180 I'm originally from Michigan. 2 00:00:13.210 --> 00:00:15.180 That's where I was born and brought up. 3 00:00:15.210 --> 00:00:19.220 After completing all my training, I moved back to Michigan for a couple of years. 4 00:00:19.240 --> 00:00:21.900 That's where I started practice about twelve years ago. 5 00:00:21.920 --> 00:00:24.860 In 2006, I moved to Massachusetts 6 00:00:24.890 --> 00:00:27.660 and joined this practice and I've been here since. 7 00:00:27.690 --> 00:00:29.700 I started my schooling at University 8 00:00:29.730 --> 00:00:34.380 of Michigan in an arbor, did my Bachelor's and Master's there. 9 00:00:34.410 --> 00:00:37.060 Then I went to Wayne State University, 10 00:00:37.090 --> 00:00:42.700 which was in Detroit, Michigan and did my medical school as well as my internship. 11 00:00:42.730 --> 00:00:45.700 I went to Cleveland to do my Ophthalmology 12 00:00:45.730 --> 00:00:50.560 residency and then I did a two year fellowship in Louisiana for my cornea 13 00:00:50.590 --> 00:00:54.220 fellowship, cornea refractive surgery and external disease fellowship 14 00:00:54.250 --> 00:00:58.540 at the facility where Lasic was researched and developed. 15 00:00:58.570 --> 00:01:02.180 In medicine, you usually have two pathways 16 00:01:02.210 --> 00:01:05.900 either you're going nonsurgical pathway or surgery. 17 00:01:05.930 --> 00:01:12.380 I've always had good hands and like the short term 18 00:01:12.410 --> 00:01:15.050 resolution and solution that is offered by surgery. 19 00:01:15.080 --> 00:01:18.380 So I went down the surgical pathway. 20 00:01:18.400 --> 00:01:21.100 Some of the things I love about Ophthalmology is very cutting edge, 21 00:01:21.130 --> 00:01:25.490 very technically advanced, and it deals with one of the senses 22 00:01:25.520 --> 00:01:29.660 that is most of us regard as the most important site. 23 00:01:29.690 --> 00:01:34.820 And helping people preserve, maintain, improve their vision 24 00:01:34.850 --> 00:01:39.900 gives me a sense of satisfaction that is really quite rewarding. 25 00:01:39.920 --> 00:01:40.980 One of the things I love about 26 00:01:41.010 --> 00:01:48.100 Ophthalmology where I do get to utilize my skills surgically, but we see patients 27 00:01:48.130 --> 00:01:53.260 lifelong as well as entire family, so you get to develop those relationships. 28 00:01:53.290 --> 00:01:58.140 Those doctor patient relationships are probably some of the most important 29 00:01:58.170 --> 00:02:03.260 aspects of what I do, as well as the results that I give 30 00:02:03.290 --> 00:02:06.100 to patients doing some of the procedures I do. 31 00:02:06.130 --> 00:02:11.610 So a combination of the surgery, scientific results, 32 00:02:11.640 --> 00:02:16.170 as well as the long term interpersonal relationships with my patients and their 33 00:02:16.200 --> 00:02:19.100 families, those are both very important to me. 34 00:02:19.130 --> 00:02:21.700 Well, I'm involved in quite a few things. 35 00:02:21.730 --> 00:02:24.600 I enjoy sports, I like to play, 36 00:02:24.630 --> 00:02:29.660 racquetball, golf, I ski downhill ski, water ski. 37 00:02:29.690 --> 00:02:32.580 I'm active outdoors person. 38 00:02:32.610 --> 00:02:34.660 I'm a pretty social person as well. 39 00:02:34.690 --> 00:02:38.580 I enjoy going to wine tastings, 40 00:02:38.610 --> 00:02:42.500 theater, networking with friends, colleagues, family, 41 00:02:42.530 --> 00:02:46.540 spending time with people that are important to me in my life. 42 00:02:46.570 --> 00:02:48.540 I'd like a new patient to know about me 43 00:02:48.570 --> 00:02:54.940 that I will do my absolute best to deliver the best care that is currently available 44 00:02:54.970 --> 00:03:00.460 and treat them with the respect and care that they deserve. 45 00:03:00.490 --> 00:03:02.980 There is a culture within my practice 46 00:03:03.010 --> 00:03:08.460 that I work very hard to deliver, and that's a combination of care and results. 47 00:03:08.490 --> 00:03:17.180 Everyone from my front desk to my texts to myself will work our hardest to take 48 00:03:17.210 --> 00:03:21.200 care of you and deliver the results that you're looking for.