The Wizard of Eyes

What Is Pharmacy Compounding?

If you have allergies to certain ingredients or preservatives in your medication, pharmacy compounding may be right for you.

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Segment Number 1
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Featured Speaker Brenda Pavlic, CPhT
Guest Website SaveWay Compounding Pharmacy
Guest Bio Brenda Pavlic has over 30 years of general pharmacy experience and specialized in sterile compounding in 2007. Since then, she has developed Delaware's only sterile compounding pharmacy practice adhering to strict State and Federal Regulations inside of SaveWay Compounding Pharmacy which also provides non-sterile compounding for both humans and animals. Some of the patient-specific preparations that are formulated in her lab include preservative-free eye drops and injectables, ophthalmic ointments, and treatment options that are not otherwise available like certain antibiotics or antivirals.

Brenda also teaches Sterile Compounding to pharmacists, technicians, doctors and nurses at American College of Apothecaries in Bartlett, Tennessee. In this course she teaches her students proper technique and procedure so as to avoid contamination and potential patient harm.
Length (mins) 10
Waiver Received No
Host Robert Abel, Jr., MD

Ask the Wizard: Dr. Abel Responds to FAQs

The Wizard of Eyes shares answers to his most frequently asked questions.

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Segment Number 5
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Featured Speaker Robert Abel Jr., MD
Length (mins) 10
Waiver Received No
Host Robert Abel, Jr., MD

Eye Mission in Ghana

Dr. Robert Abel invites special guest Brittany Peterson to discuss her time spent in Ghana working with the blind.

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Segment Number 4
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Featured Speaker Brittany Peterson
Guest Bio Brittany Peterson has worked in eye care, taking medical courses and is currently completing her master's degree in Public Health since graduating from Bryn Mawr in 2008. Peterson volunteered during the summer of 2015 to aid cataract and tuberculosis patients in Ghana with the international organization Unite For Sight.
Length (mins) 10
Waiver Received No
Host Robert Abel, Jr., MD

Laugh Your Way to Better Health

Did you know laughter is a powerful stress-relief remedy?

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Segment Number 2
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Featured Speaker Lauren Chicklo, Comedian
Guest Twitter Account @laurenchicklo
Guest Bio Lauren Chicklo has been in the pharmaceutical industry for 15 years, specifically with Johnson and Johnson working in their diabetes space. Lauren works closely with endocrinologists, diabetes educators and Internists. In addition, Lauren has also been performing stand-up comedy in New York City for the past four years. She loves writing comedy and finds that it truly relieves stress and keeps her sharp. Usually, her family members are the targets in her sets. Lauren loves dogs, Netflix and the beach. She is also an avid skier and practices yoga consistently.
Length (mins) 10
Waiver Received No
Host Robert Abel, Jr., MD

Treatments for Excessive Tearing

Learn about the anatomy of tears and how to treat tearing abnormalities.

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Segment Number 2
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Featured Speaker Ari D. Abel, MD
Guest Website Abel Center
Guest Bio Dr. Ari Abel has performed his ophthalmology training at the Wilmer Institute of Johns Hopkins and then did additional training in Plastic Surgery of the face and eyes. He is board certified by the American Academies of Ophthalmology, Ophthalmic Surgery and Cosmetic Surgeons. He practices in Wilmington, Delaware.
Length (mins) 10
Waiver Received No
Host Robert Abel, Jr., MD

Breakthrough in Pain-Free Living

Learn a simple self-treatment technique to help you live a pain-free life.

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Segment Number 4
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Featured Speaker Sue Hitzmann, MS, CST, NMT
Book Title The MELT Method
Guest Website MELT Method
Guest Facebook Account https://www.facebook.com/meltmethod
Guest Twitter Account @MELT_Method
Guest Bio Sue Hitzmann, is the creator of the MELT Method®, a revolutionary yet simple self-treatment technique that helps people get out and stay out of chronic pain. A nationally recognized educator, manual therapist, exercise physiologist, and founding member of the Fascial Research Society, Sue is the author of the New York Times bestselling book, The MELT Method®: A Breakthrough Self-Treatment System to Eliminate Chronic Pain, Erase the Signs of Aging, and Feel Fantastic in Just 10 Minutes a Day!, which has helped over 200,000 people lead a healthy, pain-free life. Sue’s journey to help others began in the world of fitness. She became a group exercise instructor in 1988. In 1999, she starred in the Crunch video Boot Camp Training, which has sold more than half a million copies worldwide and remains one of the bestselling fitness videos today. She continues to teach in some of NYC’s top fitness facilities today. Sue's interest in manual therapy began with her quest to find answers to her own debilitating pain, which served as the foundation for the MELT Method®. After receiving her Masters in Exercise Science from New York University, Sue went on to complete thousands of hours of research, as well as certifications in manual therapies such as neuromuscular, craniosacral, and lymph drainage. Since 1998, Sue has had a private manual therapy practice, working with clients who suffer from a wide range of injuries, disorders, diseases, and dysfunctions as well as their associated chronic pain symptoms, which are most often overmedicated and infrequently remedied. In 2001, Sue was inspired to create "homework" for her clients, which led to the development of the MELT Method® – the first-ever form of Hands-off Bodywork™. This groundbreaking program provides a self-care option that reduces and eliminates the cause of pain, rather than offering temporary relief, such as medication and surgery, to support health, fitness, and quality of life of any person, at any age or activity level. Now with the bestselling book, The MELT Method®, and the products Sue personally designed (including the MELT Soft Body Roller and MELT Hand & Foot Treatment kit) anyone, anywhere, can take steps to restore whole-body efficiency and lead a healthier, more active life. Sue has personally trained more than 1,300 professionals from 13 different countries, some of whom are even working with Olympic and professional athletes. Sue is a leading presenter for national organizations such as IDEA, ECA, and PMA, and an accredited continuing education provider for ACE, AFAA, NASM, PMA, and NCBTMB.

Sue has appeared on The Dr. Oz Show, Nightline, Good Morning America, The Rachael Ray Show, and Live! with Regis and Kelly, and the MELT Method® has been featured in magazines such as SELF, More, and Prevention. To date The MELT Method® has been translated into eight languages. Sue Hitzmann lives in New York City.
Length (mins) 10
Waiver Received No
Host Robert Abel, Jr., MD

Complementary Therapy for Arthritis

Allan Tilloston returns to discuss the benefits of using herbal medicine for chronic arthritis.

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Segment Number 4
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Featured Speaker Alan Keith Tillotson, LAc, RH, PhD
Book Title The One Earth Herbal Sourcebook, Ayurveda in Nepal
Guest Website The Tilloston Institute of Natural Health
Guest Bio Alan Tillotson is a Registered Herbalist who has been practicing herbal medicine for over 30 years, and is a professional member (R.H.) of the peer reviewed American Herbalists Guild. He holds an accredited Master's degree in Asian Medical Systems (Goddard College), a non-accredited Ph.D. in Integrative Health Sciences (IUPS), and is licensed to Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine in Delaware (L.AC.). Alan is well known in America for his apprenticeship study of Ayurvedic herbology beginning in 1976 in Nepal under Vaidya Mana Bajra Bajracharya. He has studied and practiced Chinese medicine in detail working side by side with his wife Naixin Hu Tillotson since 1991.
Length (mins) 10
Waiver Received No
Host Robert Abel, Jr., MD