MD/DO - Comprehensive Ophthalmologist
Posted Aug 6, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
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About your past
Tell me about a difficult cataract case and how you handled a complication during surgery.
What they are checking: Whether they stay calm and skilled when surgery goes off plan and know their limits.
How do you handle a patient who is unhappy with their vision after premium lens surgery?
What they are checking: Whether they listen, look for fixable causes, and handle disappointment without getting defensive.
What are you looking for in a long-term partnership with a physician-led practice?
What they are checking: Whether they plan to stay and contribute to the group over years, which this practice says it values.
What would you do
The practice includes optometrists, technicians and subspecialists. How do you decide which patients you keep and which you route to someone else?
What they are checking: Whether they work as part of a team and use everyone's skills well instead of holding onto every patient.
This is a high-volume practice. How do you keep clinic moving without patients feeling rushed?
What they are checking: Whether they use technicians and workflow well while still giving patients enough time and attention.
How do you work with low vision and contact lens staff for patients whose vision cannot be fully restored?
What they are checking: Whether they think about the patient's daily life beyond surgery and use the whole team for support.
About the work
Walk me through how you counsel a cataract patient about toric and multifocal premium lenses.
What they are checking: Whether they match lens choice to the patient's eyes and goals and set honest expectations, not just upsell.
How do you manage patients getting intravitreal injections, and when do you send them to the surgical retina specialist?
What they are checking: Whether they are comfortable with medical retina care and know when a case needs subspecialty help.
A patient comes in with sudden vision loss in one eye. Talk me through your workup.
What they are checking: Whether they can quickly sort urgent causes and act fast on those that threaten sight or life.
When would you manage glaucoma yourself and when would you refer to the glaucoma specialist?
What they are checking: Whether their sense of comprehensive scope fits a practice that has subspecialists down the hall.
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