The MOD Pod
The MOD Pod

03.06.23

Vitreous Opacities: How ODs and MDs Can Collaborate

How can retina surgeons work with optometrists to create a framework that best manages the cases of patients with vitreous opacities? To answer this question, John Kitchens, MD, turns to Tarek Hassan, MD, and Walt Whitley, OD, MBA. The panel discusses how collaboration can transition patients smoothly to surgical consultation, the anatomy of a referral, and if some patients are better suited for surgery than others. This editorially independent podcast is supported with advertising.

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