In this commentary, I will share a few thoughts targeted to the young ophthalmologist about to start practice. I will focus on core advice I have found useful for anterior segment fellows at Minnesota Eye Consultants.
The highest priority goal when leaving training is to build a meaningful personal private practice. We spend a large amount of time during our training learning the skills associated with ophthalmic surgery. However, building an ophthalmology practice starts in the office. Ophthalmology is a surgical subspecialty, but most of us spend 4 days a week in the office and only 1 day a