Why It’s Hard To Get Into Ophthalmology

[@athelstan5794]

man you made me fall in love with opthalmology

[@doctoreyeballmd7493]

That means allot!

[@Drew-uv2zi]

Just fished my 3rd interview today. Got 3 more to go. 🤞

[@doctoreyeballmd7493]

Congrats!! That's a huge step. Good luck to you!!

[@Drew-uv2zi]

@@doctoreyeballmd7493 Thank you!!

[@ISB_Lectures]

I love ophthalmology, my dream is to get ophthalmology residency at stanford

[@doctoreyeballmd7493]

Good luck to you! I didn’t interview there but I’m sure it’s a great program

[@drrakan1021]

I know it’s sensitive subject , but can you please talk about how much you get paid from first year residency program until you become specialist and when you finish your fellowship.... thanks

[@rakkon1415]

That’ll be interesting vid 👍

[@doctoreyeballmd7493]

Yeah I can do that. I think there should be more transparency about money in medicine

[@Edde2016]

Speaking of my experience with my ex-gf who was a cornea specialist. She made roughly $50k as a resident and a fellow. It may have been slightly less... may have been slightly more (its been a couple of years). Then once she graduated she moved to a small town in an underserved area and her starting salary was $450k. I think her salary may have been artificially inflated due to certain extraneous circumstances. But from my time around her and her friends it seems like $200-300k per year is within reason for your salary. And it can go up quite a bit if you getting into stuff like lasik. She estimated once she got her personal clinic up and running that she would be making $1M+ per year. Especially with lasik, as the doctors in the area were known to knock out lots and lots of patients in one day. Note - she made a lot of money... but it seemed like an extremely stressful job (maybe that was just her - I always thought it sounded fascinating) and having to live in that underserved area was pretty awful too.

[@maxpayne8953]

@@Edde2016 hey mate why was it stressful for her ? From this video it seems like Ophthalmology is not stressful at all !

[@wardtaylore]

Any chance you could make a how to video on smartphone ophthalmology photography?

[@doctoreyeballmd7493]

That's a good idea. I'll put it on the list

[@ajaynarayanaswamy3073]

Hi Doc, What's the likelihood of the vitreous detaching completely / retina undergoing tears during REM sleep when the eye involuntarily darts back and forth rapidly in an already highly myopic eye with weak retinas and degenerated vitreous ?

[@gracestephanie5130]

Glaucoma subspecialty includes catarat surgeries too? You mentioned them doing premium IOL?

[@doctoreyeballmd7493]

sure. glaucoma docs definitely do cataracts- including premium lenses if they like

[@monicab8400]

How much harder is it to get into ophthalmology residency as a DO? I’m applying to both MD and DO schools this June and ophtho is my dream specialty!

[@crazyskater4561]

You'll get probably 25-30% of the interviews of your MD counterparts with the same scores. Just how it is. I am applying this year as a DO and it is really rough

[@doctoreyeballmd7493]

Unfortunately it is more difficult as a DO. I know some DO ophthalmologists but the Preference is definitely given to allopathic students

[@monicab8400]

kontakt4561 thanks for your insight. I wish you the best of luck with ur application process!

[@monicab8400]

Doctor Eyeball MD that seems to be the consensus unfortunately. Thanks for ur reply and best of luck with fellowship!!

[@BethanystarYT23]

Please help me choose CURRENTLY Between oncologist ENT

[@pizzagirl9908]

What happens if someone doesn't match into any residencies? Do you have to wait and apply again next year?

[@doctoreyeballmd7493]

You can scramble and try to match into unfilled positions. If that doesn’t work then typically yes you’ll have to wait

[@jasonb4254]

Did you do a prelim medicine, surgery, or transitional year? Or is ophthalmology categorical?

[@doctoreyeballmd7493]

I did a transitional year. But programs are switching to a categorical model now which will mean more exposure to ophthalmology during the intern year and likely a smoother transition into being a pgy2.

[@Life2dmax1]

Since you just matched into oculoplastics fellowship match, do you have more insight on how compensation is there? Or just compared to other subspecialties like retina

[@doctoreyeballmd7493]

I think it can vary widely but the potential to do very well financially is there because it's alot of out of pocket / cosmetic procedures and it's almost entirely a surgical subspecialty- much less medical management than something like glaucoma. But I do not have specific numbers at this point.

[@Médecinebatnaalgérie]

I m found of ophtalmology😍 I m at 5th year of medicine I wish To get To ophtalmology i m found of it found of it ❤

[@BethanystarYT23]

Pls pls pls pls Give me ur best specialty I know opthalmology is NO 1

[@nitinz7817]

I read an article saying depression is highest among Ophthalmologist after psychiatrist,3rd is anaesthetist in our country...Can you come up with a reason for the finding?

[@kylemyers1300]

I think the most important thing to remember is that surveys and articles paint with a broad brushstroke. It's up to the individual to find his/her own fulfillment, to have healthy self esteem and to foster meaningful relationships. All of these qualities combat the psychosocial component of depression and are characteristic of happy people in general (not just ophthalmologists). Still, I'd encourage you to check out Medscape Physician Lifestyle & Happiness Report. Ophthalmologists in the US seem to be very happy doctors relative to their colleagues in different specialties.

[@maxpayne8953]

@@kylemyers1300 cz in US they don't have socialist medicine where doctors are Forced to work for little pay

[@Kencan254]

To put ophthalmology and plastic surgery in the same category is akin to comparing a Ferrari to a Nissan Rogue.

[@maxpayne8953]

Which one is Ferrari and which is nisan ?