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#6 Glaucoma with Dr. Mona Kaleem
FromIt Happened To Me: A Rare Disease and Medical Challenges Podcast
#6 Glaucoma with Dr. Mona Kaleem
FromIt Happened To Me: A Rare Disease and Medical Challenges Podcast
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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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