The MOD Pod
The MOD Pod

03.17.21

Disruption • Allergies • Nate R. Lighthizer, OD

Brianna Rhue, OD, FAAO, gives her take on how some things we have seen as threats to optometrists may actually offer opportunities (0:51). Leslie O’Dell, OD, FAAO, explains why although ocular allergies may be the easy answer when reviewing a patient's signs and symptoms, but it pays to make the effort to diagnose and treat correctly, because symptoms commonly associated with ocular allergy are often shared with other conditions (9:57). Finally, hear why Nate R. Lighthizer, OD, FAAO, became an optometrist, how he got into electrodiagnostics, and more (19:44).

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