Tina Felfeli is a resident physician in the Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences at University of Toronto. Currently, she's completing a PhD degree in Clinical Epidemiology at the University of Toronto (UofT) as a part of the Integrated Physician-Scientist program. She is a Vanier Scholar and was recently awarded the Fighting Blindness Canada Clinician Scientist Emerging Leaders Award. She's also the author of the Toronto Guide to Clinical Ophthalmology (linked below), which is a textbook used in the ophthalmology curriculum for medical students at UofT. Her research interests include population-based studies, economic evaluations, and prediction models for outcomes of surgical retinal diseases and uveitis, and evaluation of health care delivery within the field of ophthalmology. She combines the worlds of health services research and biomedical research to better understand patient outcomes.
Tune in for answers to questions like...
What are the key structures of the eye and the visual system that contribute to my sense of sight?
What's the difference between optometry and ophthalmology?
What's the deal with eye floaters?
What constitutes proper contact lens etiquette?
Why have I never heard of the leading cause of preventative blindness (Uveitis) before?
How do we diagnose and treat ocular diseases?
Topics & Concepts
Retinal Degenerative Diseases
Optometry vs. Ophthalmology
Anatomical Structures of the Visual System:
- Surrounding the Eye: Orbit, Extraocular Muscles, Fat
- Front of Eye: Iris, Lens, Cornea, Anterior/Posterior Chamber, Ora Serrata
- Back of Eye: Vitreous Humor, Retina, Macula, Rods, Cones,
Floaters
Retinal Detachment (yikes!)
Oblong Eyeballs & Myopia (Near-Sightedness)
Lasik
Refraction
Non-Infectious Uveitis: The Star of the Show
Age & Pathology
Welcome to the Uvea: Iris, Ciliary Body, Choroid
Psoriasis, Arthritis, Sarcoidosis
Inflammatory Disease
Contact Lense PSA
Treatment
Cataracts
Developing vs. Developed Countries
Macula & Fovea
/// Resources ///
Book: The Toronto Guide to Clinical Ophthalmology (https://books.google.ca/books?id=DDmhDwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false)
Webinar: FBC’s Clinician-Scientist Emerging Leader Award Recipients
(https://youtu.be/F8mahC46a7Y?t=1220)
///Contact///
Website: https://theta.utoronto.ca/tina-felfeli-md
Twitter: @TinaFelfeli, @ihpmeuoft, @uoftmedicine
