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Length:
24 minutes
Released:
Feb 20, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Dr. Mona Kaleem is an associate professor of ophthalmology at Wilmer Johns Hopkins in North Bethesda, Maryland. In this episode Dr. Kaleem shares her expertise about risk factors, screening, diagnosis, resources, development, and treatment for glaucoma. Dr. Kaleem shares resources including her own podcast, Diagnosis Glaucoma and Sigtwise, a project designed by Dr. Kaleem to evaluate eye clinics for accessibility. In This Episode We Discuss: Types of glaucomaRisk factors to develop glaucomaDiagnosis of glaucomaTreatments for glaucomaRegular ophthalmologist vs specialist Mission of Diagnosis Glaucoma podcastDr. Kaleem’s research project, SightwiseGrants available for glaucoma research Advice for those with vision lossCheck out Hadley.edu for further support and resources for adjusting to low vision.  Stay tuned for the next new episode of It Happened To Me! In the meantime, you can listen to our previous episodes on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, streaming on the website, or any other podcast player by searching, “It Happened To Me”. It Happened To Me is created and hosted by Cathy Gildenhorn and Beth Glassman. Steve Holsonback is our media engineer and co-producer. DNA Today’s Kira Dineen is our marketing lead and co-producer. Ashlyn Enokian is our graphic designer. See what else we are up to on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and our website, ItHappenedToMePod.com. Questions/inquiries can be sent to ItHappenedToMePod@gmail.com. 
Released:
Feb 20, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

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The mission of our podcast is to support you, our listeners and to create community, as you confront the toughest challenges in life. All of us will experience health hardships. The real question is how we adapt. That is the focus of It Happened To Me, which wants to help you overcome limitations and live a full and satisfying life. Drawing on their own health challenges, hosts Cathy Gildenhorn and Beth Glassman interview guests who share stories and research to help you succeed in the face of difficult health obstacles. It happened to me…I’m not alone and neither are you. We encourage you to learn more at ItHappenedToMePod.com. Please use the contact form on our website to submit your guest suggestions, comments, questions, ideas, and feedback for the show, you can also email us directly at ItHappenedToMePod@gmail.com. It Happened To Me is created and hosted by Cathy Gildenhorn and Beth Glassman. Steve Holsonback is our media engineer and co-producer. DNA Today’s Kira Dineen is our marketing lead and co-producer. Ashlyn Enokian is our graphic designer. And remember, it happened to me…I’m not alone and neither are you.