I am going to take a little stroll down memory lane in this commentary and present some personal thoughts on the economic past, present and future of ophthalmology.
I committed to ophthalmology in 1972 in my senior year of medical school after completing a 6-week rotation at the University of Minnesota department of ophthalmology, another 6 weeks with the then-icon of Minnesota ophthalmology, the late Malcolm McCannel, MD, in his private practice, and entering into ophthalmology research on corneal preservation and eye banking with the late Donald J. Doughman, MD. After medical school, I