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Finding Your Way with Ocular Melanoma

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by Tara McCannel MD PhD

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Welcome to Finding Your Way with Ocular Melanoma with Tara McCannel, MD PhD, a guide to understanding everything there is to know about your experience with this rare cancer. Learn through the lens of my knowledge and clinical experience as a physician expert and passionate patient advocate. The more you know about ocular melanoma, the better you will do, and the better you will live. Let's go! The content shared on the Finding Your Way with Ocular Melanoma podcast is for informational and educational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. The information provided must not be used as a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. As a listener, you are responsible for your own health-related decisions and must consider consulting with a healthcare professional for personalized medical advice. Tara McCannel MD PhD is a an ocular oncologist, vitreoretinal surgeon and co-founder of Seyhart Wellness. She is also the host of the Mind Body MD podcast where she shares her passion for holistic health and wellness.

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June 23, 2026

The Biology of Connection: A Skill For Cancer Survival

When thinking of all the ways we can beat cancer, most oncologists are thinking of treatments - radiation, surgery, new cancer drugs. All vitally important. And some doctors will discuss the importance of improving your physical health - getting better sleep, doing more exercise and eating healthier. But which doctors are talking about the critical importance of our mental and emotional health in survival? How we think and feel has already been shown to significantly alter our physiology. I believe it is as important to work on what is going on in your brain and mind to give you the best chance at surviving ocular melanoma, and any cancer. The marital status paper by Cai et al, published in Journal of Cancer in 2020, that showed that being married is an independent protective factor for development of metastasis in ocular melanoma is truly breathtaking - evidence that our close personal connections *MATTER* in survival. How can we make the most of this? Get your copy of the one-page <a href= "https://seyhart-y4daaf.myklpages.com/l/VLPfV9">Ocular Melanoma: Start Here Guide</a>, it will be emailed to you immediately. Welcome to Finding Your Way with Ocular Melanoma, a guide to understanding everything there is to know about your experience with this rare cancer. Learn through the lens of my knowledge and clinical experience as a physician expert and passionate patient advocate. The more you know about ocular melanoma, the better you will do, and the better you will live. Let's go! For Tara McCannel's resources (including webinar links and link to my book!), visit my website: <a href= "https://seyhart.com/ocularmelanoma">https://seyhart.com/ocularmelanoma</a> The content shared on the Finding Your Way with Ocular Melanoma podcast is for informational and educational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. The information provided must not be used as a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. As a listener, you are responsible for your own health-related decisions and must consider consulting with a healthcare professional for personalized medical advice. Tara McCannel MD PhD is a an ocular oncologist, vitreoretinal surgeon and co-founder of <a href="https://seyhart.com">Seyhart Wellness</a>. She is also the host of the <a href= "https://feeds.libsyn.com/497578/rss">Mind Body MD podcast</a> where she shares her passion for holistic health and wellness.

June 13, 2026

What Kind of Training Do You Need to Become an Ocular Oncologist?

Surprising as it may seem, the training to become an eye cancer specialist is highly variable. The only common denominator is that we all attended ophthalmology residency after medical school. An ophthalmology residency is the 4 or 5 years of subspecialty training where a medical doctor learns diseases and surgery of the eye. Additional training beyond residency is called a "fellowship". There are no standard "ocular oncology fellowships" with a common curriculum nor consistent learning objectives that exist at this time. No wonders that getting information and second opinions especially regarding treatment options is so extremely variable! Here are the most common pathways to becoming an ocular oncologist after residency: 1. General/comprehensive path: completion of a one-year "ocular oncology fellowship" where you work alongside an established ocular oncologist (surgical skills are limited to cataract surgery and extra-ocular procedures); 2. Oculoplastics path: completion of 1-year oculoplastics fellowship (eye-lids and eye-socket surgery skills) in addition to a one-year "ocular oncology fellowship"; 3. Medical retina path: completion of a 1-year medical retina fellowship (you learn about diseases of the retina but you do not perform surgery of the retina) in addition to a one-year "ocular oncology fellowship"; 4. Surgical retina path: completion of a 2-year vitreoretinal surgical fellowship (you learn diseases and surgery of the retina, with emphasis on retinal detachment repair) in addition to a one-year "ocular oncology fellowship". 5. Other: completion of any fellowship (1-year oculoplastics, 1-year medical retina, or 2-year surgical retina) that includes mentorship with an ocular oncologist who is part of that fellowship. Get your copy of the one-page <a href= "https://seyhart-y4daaf.myklpages.com/l/VLPfV9">Ocular Melanoma: Start Here Guide</a>, it will be emailed to you immediately. Welcome to Finding Your Way with Ocular Melanoma, a guide to understanding everything there is to know about your experience with this rare cancer. Learn through the lens of my knowledge and clinical experience as a physician expert and passionate patient advocate. The more you know about ocular melanoma, the better you will do, and the better you will live. Let's go! For Tara McCannel's resources (including webinar links and link to my book!), visit my website: <a href= "https://seyhart.com/ocularmelanoma">https://seyhart.com/ocularmelanoma</a> The content shared on the Finding Your Way with Ocular Melanoma podcast is for informational and educational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. The information provided must not be used as a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. As a listener, you are responsible for your own health-related decisions and must consider consulting with a healthcare professional for personalized medical advice. Tara McCannel MD PhD is a an ocular oncologist, vitreoretinal surgeon and co-founder of <a href="https://seyhart.com">Seyhart Wellness</a>. She is also the host of the <a href= "https://feeds.libsyn.com/497578/rss">Mind Body MD podcast</a> where she shares her passion for holistic health and wellness.

June 13, 2026

Can My Eye Shrink After Ocular Melanoma Treatment?

It is actually uncommon that your eyeball will shrink after brachytherapy or proton therapy radiation for ocular melanoma treatment. If the tumor is large, and the treatment results in the eye no longer being able to produce aqueous humor, then the eyeball may get smaller due to poor functioning. We call this phthisis bulbi, which means "end-stage eye". However, the majority of people have eyelid or eye-socket issues that make the eye appear smaller, although the eyeball itself is the same size as the unaffected eye. Get your copy of the one-page <a href= "https://seyhart-y4daaf.myklpages.com/l/VLPfV9">Ocular Melanoma: Start Here Guide</a>, it will be emailed to you immediately. Welcome to Finding Your Way with Ocular Melanoma, a guide to understanding everything there is to know about your experience with this rare cancer. Learn through the lens of my knowledge and clinical experience as a physician expert and passionate patient advocate. The more you know about ocular melanoma, the better you will do, and the better you will live. Let's go! For Tara McCannel's resources (including webinar links and link to my book!), visit my website: <a href= "https://seyhart.com/ocularmelanoma">https://seyhart.com/ocularmelanoma</a> The content shared on the Finding Your Way with Ocular Melanoma podcast is for informational and educational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. The information provided must not be used as a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. As a listener, you are responsible for your own health-related decisions and must consider consulting with a healthcare professional for personalized medical advice. Tara McCannel MD PhD is a an ocular oncologist, vitreoretinal surgeon and co-founder of <a href="https://seyhart.com">Seyhart Wellness</a>. She is also the host of the <a href= "https://feeds.libsyn.com/497578/rss">Mind Body MD podcast</a> where she shares her passion for holistic health and wellness.

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What is Finding Your Way with Ocular Melanoma?: Welcome to Finding Your Way with Ocular Melanoma with Tara McCannel, MD PhD, a guide to understanding everything there is to know about your experience with this rare cancer. Learn through the lens of my knowledge and clinical experience as a physician expert and passionate patient advocate. The more you know about ocular melanoma, the better you will do, and the better you will live. Let's go!

The content shared on the Finding Your Way with Ocular Melanoma podcast is for informational and educational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. The information provided must not be used as a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. As a listener, you are responsible for your own health-related decisions and must consider consulting with a healthcare professional for personalized medical advice.

Tara McCannel MD PhD is a an ocular oncologist, vitreoretinal surgeon and co-founder of Seyhart Wellness. She is also the host of the Mind Body MD podcast where she shares her passion for holistic health and wellness.
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