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The Wizard of Eyes shares answers to his most frequently asked questions.
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- Segment Number 4
- Audio File wizard_of_eyes/1618we1d.mp3
- Featured Speaker Robert Abel Jr., MD
- Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Robert Abel, Jr., MD
What's with the Zika virus?
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- Segment Number 3
- Audio File wizard_of_eyes/1618we1c.mp3
- Featured Speaker Omar A. Khan, MD, MHS, FAAFP
- Guest Website Christiana Care Health System
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Guest Bio
Omar A. Khan, M.D., MHS, FAAFP, is Service Line Leader, Primary Care & Community Medicine, and Medical Director for Community Health & the Eugene duPont Preventive Medicine & Rehabilitation Institute. He also serves as Associate Vice Chair of the Department of Family & Community Medicine.
Dr. Khan is a practicing family physician with particular interests in general primary care, health systems improvement, medical education, and global health. He also serves as Director of the Global Health Residency Track in Family Medicine, and Co-Director for the Community Engagement & Outreach component of the multi-site Clinical & Translational Research (CTR) program (ACCEL).
He is on the clinical faculty of the University of Pennsylvania and Jefferson Medical College and on the medical staff of Christiana Care and AI DuPont Hospital for Children. He is Associate Director of the Delaware Health Sciences Alliance, a collaboration between the four major medical institutions in our area. Omar has previously served on the faculty of the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health and the University of Vermont College of Medicine, where he directed the Global Health electives in the Dept. of Family Medicine.
Omar is a graduate of Wilmington Friends School, received his BA and MA from the University of Pennsylvania, MD and residency from the University of Vermont, and public health degree from the Johns Hopkins University. He also completed a mini-fellowship in Geriatrics from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
Omar has authored over 65 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters, and is part of the referee panel for a variety of academic journals, including JAMA, American Journal of Public Health, Lancet, AIDS, American Family Physician, British Medical Journal and others. He is on the editorial boards of several journals, including serving as Section Editor for Global Health for BMC Public Health. He has authored or co-authored four books in the area of global health, including Readings in Global Health co-edited with Sir Michael Marmot; The End of Polio? with Tim Brookes; and Megacities & Global Health co-edited with Dr. Gregory Pappas.
He serves on the annual Holloway Infectious Disease Symposium planning committee, the American Public Health Association annual conference program, and chairs the annual DHSA Global Health Symposium. He is appointed to the State's Youth Tobacco Prevention Committee, and the Healthy Neighborhoods committee of the Delaware Center for Health Innovation (a CMMI-funded state innovation model).
Omar has been named a ‘Top Doc’ by Philadelphia Magazine and has received the Recent Alumnus of the Year award from Wilmington Friends School; Alumnus of the Year award and the Resident Teacher of the Year award from the University of Vermont; the AAFP/Pfizer Teaching Development Award; the Executive Director’s Citation from the APHA; and the Leonard F. Tow Humanism in Medicine Award from the Arnold F. Gold Foundation. He is a Past President of the Delaware Academy of Family Physicians and is currently Secretary of the Delaware Academy of Medicine, Board member of the Christiana Care VNA and a Trustee of Christiana Care Health System.
When not engaged in the above, Omar attempt to prune his growing stack of unread periodicals and tends to assorted automobiles in various states of disrepair. He attempts to eat healthy and exercise and is occasionally successful at doing so. - Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Robert Abel, Jr., MD
Learn about this new tool in refractive surgery.
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- Segment Number 2
- Audio File wizard_of_eyes/1618we1b.mp3
- Featured Speaker Ravi Patel, MD
- Guest Website Atlantic Eye Physicians
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Guest Bio
Dr. Ravi Patel is a Board Certified Ophthalmologist and practices at Atlantic Eye Physicians in Monmouth County, NJ. His practice sub-specializes in corneal disease and refractive surgery. He is currently on the faculty at Wills Eye Hospital where he teaches residents and fellows about the latest options in corneal refractive surgery. His innovative approach with modern technology allows patients a fully customized treatment where there is no one size fits all.
- Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Robert Abel, Jr., MD
Why are ophthalmic technicians a necessity in the vision world?
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- Segment Number 4
- Audio File wizard_of_eyes/1618we1a.mp3
- Featured Speaker Sandy Fasano, COA
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Guest Bio
Sandy Fasano has been a certified ophthalmic assistant with Delaware Ophthalmology Consultants for the past 25 years. She currently is in charge of the Laser Vision Correction department and is the Lasik surgical assistant to Dr. Barrett. With her many years of experience, Sandy wears many hats for the organization and enjoys helping to improve patients’ vision.
- Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Robert Abel, Jr., MD
The Wizard of Eyes shares answers to his most frequently asked questions.
Additional Info
- Segment Number 4
- Audio File wizard_of_eyes/1617we1d.mp3
- Featured Speaker Robert Abel Jr., MD
- Guest Bio
- Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Robert Abel, Jr., MD
How can you use art to enhance your life?
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- Segment Number 2
- Audio File wizard_of_eyes/1617we1b.mp3
- Featured Speaker Adam Abel, Artist
- Guest Facebook Account https://www.facebook.com/qalqilyathefilm/
- Guest Twitter Account @qalqilyathefilm
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Guest Bio
Adam Abel is a New York-based artist working with photography, video and film. His latest work includes a feature documentary film about a group of Palestinian youth in the West Bank that skate, do parkour and perform beatbox and hip-hop.
- Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Robert Abel, Jr., MD
If you have diabetes, you’re at increased risk for a variety of eye problems.
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- Segment Number 1
- Audio File wizard_of_eyes/1617we1a.mp3
- Featured Speaker Robert Abel Jr., MD
- Guest Bio
- Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Robert Abel, Jr., MD
Find relief from the overwhelming multitude of contact lens options.
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- Segment Number 4
- Audio File wizard_of_eyes/1615we1d.mp3
- Featured Speaker Paul Kuhwald, FCLSA
- Guest Website Kuhwald Contact Lens Co., Inc.
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Guest Bio
Paul Kuhwald has been a Contact Lens Specialist since 1972. Paul served on the Board of Directors of the Contact Lens Society of America for nine years. He authored and co-authored articles on the use of extended wear lenses after cataract surgery. Paul has lectured around the country and in Canada on subjects ranging from design and fitting of multifocal rigid and soft lenses, design and fitting of astigmatic lenses, and on special designs for pathology i.e., keratoconus and post-corneal transplants. Paul's current practice includes pediatric fitting, multifocal and bifocal designs, and astigmatic soft and RGP lens designs. Offices are located both in Wilmington and in Lewes, Delaware.
- Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Robert Abel, Jr., MD
Learn about the benefits of music for those with autism.
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- Segment Number 3
- Audio File wizard_of_eyes/1616we1c.mp3
- Featured Speaker Sevy Phalangas, Composer
- Guest Website Sevy
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Guest Bio
Sevy Phalangas majored in music and minored in theater at the University of Pennsylvania. She studied with Pulitzer Prize winning composers, George Crumb and Richard Wernick. Highlights in her career include: receiving commissions to compose and perform original compositions for The Re-dedication of Ellis Island, and for Olympic Torch celebrations for Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004, in Greece; receiving an Individual Artist Grant from the Delaware Division of the Arts to develop and record original compositions strongly influenced by Greek music; creating and implementing extensive educational programs that integrate music and cultural studies to the curriculum of public and private schools in the North Wilmington area; working extensively with children on the autism spectrum; celebrating music’s power to bring joy and understanding to people of all ages and with different abilities for over 20 years.
- Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Robert Abel, Jr., MD
The Wizard of Eyes shares answers to his most frequently asked questions.
Additional Info
- Segment Number 5
- Audio File wizard_of_eyes/1616we1e.mp3
- Featured Speaker Robert Abel Jr., MD
- Guest Bio
- Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Robert Abel, Jr., MD
