In this episode of Seeing Clearly, Emaan Chaudry and Danielle Solish talk to Dr. Radha Kohly, medical retina specialist at the University of Toronto.
Dr. Radha Kohly is a fellowship-trained medical retina specialist at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and the Kensington Eye Institute. She is an associate professor in the Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences (DOVS) at the University of Toronto (UofT). Dr. Kohly obtained her fellowship in medical retina from Moorfields Eye Hospital in London, England after completing her residency in ophthalmology at the University of Toronto. Prior to medical school at McMaster University, she obtained her PhD in visual psychophysics.
Dr. Kohly’s has a broad medical retina practice which includes screening and treatment of retinopathy of prematurity, diagnosing inherited retinal diseases and performing occasionally pneumatic retinopexies. She contributes significantly to teaching medical retina and cataract surgery to residents. Her research portfolio is growing and most recently has focussed on sex-disparities across a variety of measures in ophthalmology. Dr Kohly is the Vice Chair for Faculty Development, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and Wellness at DOVS at UofT. She is also a doting mother to 4 children between the ages of 6-14.
In this episode, we discuss:
Dr. Kohly’s unique journey to and within ophthalmology.
Dr. Kohly’s experience being a female surgeon
Dr. Kohly’s work on what it means to “become a micro-revolutionary”
Advice for learners (medical students and residents)
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