Ask "what can I do for my profession?"

Dr. Martin Spiro, current President of the Canadian Association of Optometrists, joins the podcast to discuss some of the most pressing topics that are at the forefront of optometry in Canada.

Dr. Spiro had just returned from the Optometric Leadership Forum in Ottawa, which is an event held by the CAO to bring leaders in Canadian optometry together to discuss the future of the profession. Not surprisingly, the primary topic of discussion this year was scope expansion. Dr. Spiro share insights and data from the meeting to help us understand why scope expansion is necessary for our profession, the healthcare system and, most importantly, for our patients.

We also dive into some of the different ways that CAO is support optometry and optometrists across the country. But, no matter how much our associations do for us, ultimately it comes down to each of us to continue to work to make the profession better.

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http://www.opto.ca/

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Dr. Matthew Nagra is a doctor naturopathic medicine, a staunch believer in the benefits of a vegan diet, and a defender of scientific integrity.

A brief scan of Dr. Nagra's Instagram page will tell you he is dedicated to sharing helpful nutritional information that is back by science. In the process, he has found himself fighting back against the mountains of nutritional misinformation (and disinformation) that is shared every day on social media.

This episode was recorded almost 5 years ago, in the early days of COVID lockdown. It was somehow lost shortly after recording but I was luck enough to recover it very recently. I was impressed by the fact that the discussion we had about nutrition, veganism, and making decisions based on science was all still very relevant 5 years later. So I decided it was still worth sharing it.

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Dr. Claudine Courey is the founder of Eye Drop Shop, which has become one of the leading online retailers for eyecare products in Canada and the USA. She is also a clinical expert in specialty contact lens and dry eye.

In this episode, we discuss what has changed in Claudine's professional and personal life in the past few years; how she balances family, clinic, and entrepreneurship; and some advanced clinical tips for fitting scleral lenses and treating complex dry eye cases.

This episode was supported by Thea Pharma Canada and recorded at their headquarters in Toronto. A big thank you to Thea for their continued support of the podcast.

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