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RetinaRounds™RetinaRounds™ Podcast 4: Mark Blumenkranz, MDIn today's podcast, part of our "Giants in Retina" series, Dr. Steven Schwartz interviews Dr. Mark Blumenkranz. Dr. Blumenkranz has been an innovator as a clinician, surgeon and department chair. Known for many contributions in ophthalmology, Dr. Blumenkranz founded the retina fellowship training program at the Beaumont Eye Institute and was the guiding force behind the creation of the Byers Eye Institute while Chair of the Department of Ophthalmology at Stanford University. In this interview, Dr. Blumenkranz discusses the difficult decisions he had to make as he navigated from academic medicine to private practice and back to academia, the process of...
2025-03-301h 01
ASRS's History of RetinaASRS Leaders and Legends Interview: Mark S. Blumenkranz, MDThe History of Retina is pleased to share this Leaders & Legends interview featuring the extraordinary life and career of Mark Blumenkranz, MD. Dr. Blumenkranz is the HU Smead Professor Emeritus and co-director of the Ophthalmic Innovation Program at the Byers Eye Institute at Stanford University School of Medicine. In addition, he serves as manager director of Lagunita Biosciences and is co-founder and president of the Collaborative Community on Ophthalmic Imaging Foundation.Mark has been an innovator of vitrectomy surgery techniques and clinical drug studies that have helped usher in the modern era of intravitreal surgical and drug t...
2024-07-1232 min
The Nightingale of IranEpisode 6 - Where I am FromWhen people asked “Where are you from?” Danielle was never sure if they wanted to know the places she’d lived or whether they just thought she looked foreign. She didn’t know many families like hers in mainstream Jewish America. These days, there’s growing awareness about the diversity of the Jewish experience.
Co-creators / Co-executive producers - Danielle Dardashti and Galeet Dardashti
The Nightingale of Iran - nightingaleofiran.com
Presented by The Jewish Telegraphic Agency, a publication of 70 Faces Media
Host - Danielle Dardashti
Writer / Director / Senior Producer - Danielle...
2024-03-1242 min
The Nightingale of IranEpisode 5 - Savta’s DreamHouri Dardashti, Danielle and Galeet’s grandmother, had long dreamed of moving to Israel from Iran. But life was improving for Jews in Iran, and her husband Younes had become a famous radio star there. So it seemed to her that the dream of moving to Israel wasn’t going to happen. But after Farid left Iran for college in America, one by one his siblings started leaving Iran for Israel. And eventually, Houri and Younes moved to Israel, too. But Younes, the Iranian star, felt like an outsider in Israel.
Co-creators / Co-executive producers - Danielle Dardashti and...
2024-03-0536 min
The Nightingale of IranEpisode 4 - AshkenormalizationOn his way from Iran to America, where he planned to study architecture in college, Danielle and Galeet’s father Farid spent the summer in Israel. While walking down a Tel Aviv street one day, a man recognized him from Iranian TV and invited him to sing at an event that week. The night Farid sang, a family of visiting Americans heard him, and it changed the course of his entire life. Once he arrived in the United States, a new pursuit pulled Farid further and further away from his Iranian identity.
Co-creators / Co-executive producers - Danielle Da...
2024-02-2733 min
The Nightingale of IranEpisode 3 - The Tehran Teen IdolDanielle and Galeet’s father, Farid Dardashti, was born in Tehran in 1942, the oldest of Houri and Younes Dardashti’s five children, all of whom had natural musical talent. Farid’s gorgeous voice kept earning him invitations to perform, but his parents didn’t want him to pursue music. To make them proud, he applied to study architecture in America. While waiting for his visa and acceptance to college, he got offered his own weekly show singing on Iranian TV. He quickly became a teen idol. But when his visa came through, he left the country as planned – and never once...
2024-02-2036 min
The Nightingale of IranEpisode 2 - Singing in the DarkDanielle and Galeet's grandfather Younes Dardashti grew up an orphan in Tehran's Jewish ghetto. He was gifted with a gorgeous voice, but had a difficult childhood. He lived with an abusive uncle who forbade him from singing. In his late teens, he left his uncle's house, got a job with the Iranian Railroad and, years later, he married Houri Aziz-Zadeh. In the 1940s, life changed rapidly for the Jews of Iran - a new Shah granted equal rights to Jews, women, and other marginalized groups. Jews could move out of the ghetto into neighborhoods integrated with Muslims. One night...
2024-02-1338 min
The Nightingale of IranEpisode 1 - The Time MachineSisters Danielle and Galeet Dardashti grew up in a Jewish American family band: The Dardashti Family. They sang international folk music in 12 languages – English, Hebrew, Yiddish, Ladino, Greek, Spanish, French, Japanese and more – but never any songs in Persian. This seems odd to them since both their father and grandfather were famous Iranian singers during the “Golden Age” for Jews in Iran, before the Islamic Revolution. Danielle and Galeet make a discovery that takes them back in time, and helps them find answers to their questions about why their family left Iran and abandoned their Iranian identity.
Co-creat...
2024-02-0633 min
The Nightingale of IranTrailer - The Nightingale of IranTheir grandfather was a famous singer known as The Nightingale of Iran. Their father was a Tehran teen idol. It’s always been a mystery to our host Danielle Dardashti (storyteller / documentarian) and her sister Galeet Dardashti (anthropologist / musician) : What drove their Persian Jewish family to leave Iran during a golden age for Jews, so long before the Islamic revolution? The Nightingale of Iran – a new audio documentary about identity, belonging, and music – reveals painful secrets unspoken for generations. The series will resonate with outsiders everywhere. Now available wherever you get your podcasts.
Co-creators / Co-executive producers - Daniel...
2023-09-0501 min
Wu Fei's Music Daily#718 — The black rabbit 黑兔 | Happy Lunar New YearThis piece was created and recorded on multitrack guzheng to welcome the lunar new year of the rabbit, which starts on January 22 this year. Chinese Astrology also incorporates the five elements: Water, Metal, Wood, Earth, and Fire. The zodiac moves through a different element each year. 2023 will be the Year of the Water Rabbit. Because the Yin Water element is associated with the color black, some people call this the “Year of the Black Rabbit.”I would like to share another concert that is coming up in February if you are in New England area in the U.S...
2023-01-2004 min
OIS Podcast | Ophthalmology's leading PodcastTreating Challenges as OpportunitiesThis week, Firas Rahhal sat down (virtually) with none other than Mark Blumenkranz, who shares lessons learned the hard way which led to his proven “Innovation Recipe”. Mark also sheds light on the investing/incubating model for Lagunitas Biosciences and what he claims will be his final CEO role at Kedalion Therapeutics.
2020-08-201h 01
The Aspiring SelfMe, myself and why: Learning to feel good when you’re alone with yourselfHuddol Lifecast Episode 36
Macaulay Culkin taught us the virtues of being home alone. The reality is that a lot of people would tell you they feel totally uncomfortable when they’re alone. Why? Why are we constantly trying to find ways to distract ourselves from our thoughts and feelings? How come no one teaches us to simply be with ourselves given that we spend a lifetime in our own company?
Huddol Pro and Mental Health Therapist Ilana Blumenkranz talks about the fear of being alone and how we maladaptively respond to that fear. Ilana suggests that the fear and anxiety th...
2020-05-1824 min
OIS Podcast | Ophthalmology's leading PodcastMark Blumenkranz Previews Upcoming Laser-Based Imaging Workshop, Updates on Big Data, Digital TechEye care innovator extraordinaire Mark Blumenkranz joins the podcast to preview the April 8 Forum on Laser-Based Imaging workshop. In this interview, Blumenkranz explains why eye care professionals of all types – ophthalmologists and optometrists – should plan on attending. We also talk about one of the more recent investments by Blumenkranz’s venture firm, Lagunitas Biosciences. Go to this link for more information about the workshop.
2019-01-3131 min
OIS Podcast | Ophthalmology's leading PodcastDigital Health Is Dead? Don’t Tell Mark Blumenkranz, the FDA, or the Organizers of an Oct. WorkshopAccomplished ophthalmologist Mark Blumenkranz, MD, moved early into the Digital Health space by co-founding Digisight, one of the more advanced efforts in ophthalmology. Six years, later, Dr. Blumenkranz still sees enormous opportunity so he’s working with the FDA and top clinical societies to hold a one-day workshop for physicians, investors, and entrepreneurs interested in learning how Digital Health fits into ophthalmology.
2017-09-1337 min
Medtech TalkStanford’s Blumenkranz Delivers His State of Innovation Address. Spoiler: It Includes LasersSerial innovator Mark Blumenkranz, MD, who last year moved into an emeritus position at Stanford, shares his enthusiasm and concerns for the future of innovation in the US.
2017-04-1327 min
OIS Podcast | Ophthalmology's leading PodcastWhat’s the Difference between Creativity and Innovation? Blumenkranz Answers That and Much MoreMark S. Blumenkranz, MD, H. J. Smead Professor of Ophthalmology, Emeritus, delivers his State of Innovation address. You can guess what his assessment is, but we’ll give you a hint. It involves cool lasers.
2017-04-1227 min
OIS Podcast | Ophthalmology's leading PodcastA Favorite From The OIS Podcast StackOculeve’s stunning acquisition by Allergan last week led us back to a conversation we had with Mark S. Blumenkranz, MD, Professor & Chairman of the Department of Ophthalmology, Stan-ford University. Mark S. Blumenkranz is the H.J. Smead Professor and Chairman of the De-partment of Ophthalmology at Stanford University. He received his Baccalaureate, Master of Medical Science, and MD degrees at Brown University, followed by a Residency in Ophthalmol-ogy at Stanford. Dr. Blumenkranz is a noted vitreoretinal surgeon who served as Co-Director of the Retinal Service at Stanford for five years prior to assuming the Chairmanship in November 1997.
2015-07-2126 min
OIS Podcast | Ophthalmology's leading PodcastBlumenkranz Shares His Success, Failures And New Opportunities For Ophthalmic InnovatorsMark Blumenkranz, MD, has had a hand in starting many exciting biotech, medtechs and digital health companies. Hear how his innovative process begins and what he’s doing to help foster new ideas in ophthalmology. The Ophthalmology Innovation Summit was created to facilitate meaningful interactions and business partnerships between physicians, entrepreneurs, investors and industry executives who are driving ophthalmic innovation. Learn more about: Sponsorship Presenting Companies Any other questions? Contact the producer of OIS, Craig Simak.
2015-03-0226 min