My name is Mandeep Singh, and I'm a retinal surgeon at Johns Hopkins Medicine Wilmer Eye Institute
I trained in retinal surgery in London England and that was a
Fantastic experience, you know
We were a very large unit that received cases from all over London and England and Europe. In fact
so these these were people with tough eye conditions that needed surgery and
Having that kind of broad exposure and the depth, you know, it was busy
Incredibly busy and incredibly fulfilling. I think that experience gave me the skills
To be able to handle almost any kind of case and to help
help as many people as possible by being
safe as a surgeon and effective and efficient
so I think overall it was a really really wonderful experience to train in London part of my work at Wilma at Johns Hopkins is
Research and that's I would say that's the most fun part of my job because it's a little bit like play
I have a great team and
Together we were working to develop stem cell therapy as a treatment for blinding diseases
So we do what's called translational research which means both ends of it on the one end
we work on the science in the lab to make sure that the stem cells are doing well and
on the other end
We work on the surgical aspects that's going to be important when this treatment becomes a reality for people
best moments of my job during
Surgery, it's what I've been passionate about all along actually ever since I was a medical student
You know doing a surgery
while you're doing it it it just fills me with a sense of
focus and dedication to the mission and a sense of flow with with what's happening that
Really you forget about time
You forget about the time of day about you forget about everything else because your mind is only on one thing
And at the end of a day of surgery when things go very well
and I know I've helped the patient out to the best of my abilities that
Really fills me with an incredible sense of joy and a great feeling that we've done the best for the patient. So I must say
Operating is the best part of what I do
working at the Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins is
To be honest, it's an incredible experience
Wilma's the kind of place where there's a lot of people who really care about what they do and
They are the top experts in their field
I think that's one of the biggest things if I have a patient with a very complex problem
that has another issue that's not part of my
Expertise. I know that I can pick up the phone or walk down the corridor and just ask someone who's right there and chances are
This is a person who's thought about that very deeply and as a world expert in that other condition, I love that
collaborative
Approach that we have to every person that comes into Wilmer and there's a real sense among the doctors here that we're all
Connected as family and we're all going to combine
Our different skills to help people out as best as we can
That's an incredible collegial environment to work in Rome is a special place. So the most important part of my job
Is making sure that the patient knows that the doctor cares about them and cares about how they do you
know giving
diagnoses and medical advice and
Operating to a very high standard that that's given I think all great doctors do that
but the most important thing in addition to all of that is to make sure that the patient knows you care and
I think that comes with taking the time to listen to
Getting to know them and their families to know what's happening in their lives and how their vision
really is getting in the way of what they love doing, or they have to do and
I think that's probably the most important thing to make sure that the patient knows you're on their side and
Then you care that they do well and you're going to do your very best
for them at all times
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