Real World Ophthalmology is a free educational resource created by Dr. Lisa Nijm designed to help young ophthalmologists successfully transition from training to practice. This podcast highlights the “greatest hits” from our wildly popular virtual meetings. Join Dr. Nijm and her esteemed co-hosts, Dr. Grayson Armstrong and Dr. Alison D. Early as they discuss key clinical, business and areas of personal growth with experts around the globe. We are thrilled to have launched season 4 this May 2026!
What if 80% of the tedious work in research could be automated?
In this episode, Dr. Lisa Nijm sits down with Jan Degenhardt, Healthcare Product Manager at Zeiss, to explore how AI is democratizing ophthalmology research, making it accessible not just to academics, but to busy clinicians in private practice too.
We discuss why ophthalmology is uniquely positioned to lead AI-driven discovery, how Zeiss's cloud-based research platform is changing the game, and why AI won't replace researchers.
24 Jun 2026
When Sustainability Meets Surgery
Did you know the 28-day rule for eye drops has no scientific evidence behind it? It was never meant to apply to topical medications at all.
In this episode, Dr. Lisa Nijm sits down with Dr. Lucy Mudie — oculoplastic surgeon, Johns Hopkins MPH graduate, and one of the AAO's inaugural Green Grant recipients — to talk about something most ophthalmologists don't think about: sustainability in the OR. And why it matters more than you might expect.
Dr. Mudie breaks down what green ophthalmology actually means (hint: it's really about longevity and cost savings), walks through practical steps any early career ophthalmologist can take starting with their preference list, and shares how she reduced waste in her own oculoplastics practice through her AAO Green Grant project.
But that's not all. She also covers the latest innovations in oculoplastics — from checkpoint inhibitors and immunostains for eyelid malignancies to gene therapy for thyroid eye disease — and gives practical advice on how not to miss a lid cancer, why she sends everything to pathology, and what it really takes to build a career in oculoplastics.
17 Jun 2026
Vision Through Music
What if the key to unlocking a blind child's potential isn't found in a clinic — but in a music lesson?
In this episode, Dr. Lisa Nijm sits down with Dr. Bradley Black, retired pediatric ophthalmologist and founder of Vision Through Music — a program of the Children's Eye Foundation of AAPOS in partnership with the Academy of Music for the Blind — to explore the remarkable neuroscience behind early blindness and music.
Dr. Black explains why blind children have a significantly higher prevalence of perfect pitch than even virtuoso musicians, how the visual cortex is literally recruited for musical processing in the blind brain, and why the shift away from schools for the blind has left many families without access to the music education their children desperately need.
He also walks through how ophthalmologists can reframe difficult visual diagnoses by introducing music as a path forward — and how Vision Through Music connects families with trained teachers, financial grants, and free resources at visionthroughmusic.org.
Whether you're delivering a hard diagnosis or looking for ways to better support your patients, this episode will change how you think about blindness, the brain, and the power of music.
🎵 Visit visionthroughmusic.org to refer patients, find a teacher, or get involved.
📩 Questions? Contact@visionthroughmusic.org
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