BLOG: $1 million mistake? Not for ophthalmologists

The title of a recent CBS article certainly grabbed my attention, “$1 Million Mistake: Becoming a Doctor” With a title like that I just had to click on the link to read the article.It turns out that a recent survey of physicians showed that most were dissatisfied with their jobs and most would not choose to go into medicine if they were able to do it all again. That comes as a surprise to me since just about every ophthalmologist I meet enjoys helping patients and performing ocular surgery. Sure, when it comes to paperwork, reimbursement and bureaucracy, we are in the same boat as the other physicians, but there's something special about being trusted with our patients' most precious sense, their sight.