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Mend the Gap: Equity in MedicineAuthor: Healio
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Live from the Women in Ophthalmology Summer Symposium: Advocating for Women in Health Care
Episode 39
Monday, 15 December, 2025
In this episode, Cathleen McCabe, MD, and Laura Enyedi, MD, chat with guest Erin M. Shriver, MD, FACS, an ophthalmologist and clinical professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences and the Jim O'Brien Gross and Donnita Gross Chair of Ophthalmology at the University of Iowa, about how we can better advocate for patients. ● Welcome to this episode 0:11 ● Introducing Erin M. Shriver, MD, FACS 0:35 ● Tell us a little bit about where you are now and how you got there 1:45 ● Choosing to look at advocacy and public health issues 5:36 ● Research on intimate partner violence 6:15 ● Do you think doing surgery is giving patients/women control over their body? 9:20 ● The Intimate Partner Violence Toolkit 10:08 ● Speaking on sensitive topics with patients 10:51 ● Your new role of Vice Chair of Faculty Affairs 11:31 ● Having standardized metrics 13:54 ● Gender disparities 14:21 ● Global mentorship of other women ophthalmologists 16:06 ● Stronger together, virtually and globally 19:40 ● The importance of listing 'being a mom' on your CV 20:20 ● Thank you! 24:24 Laura Enyedi, MD, is a professor of ophthalmology and pediatrics at Duke Eye Center and medical director of South Durham Ophthalmology in North Carolina. Cathleen McCabe, MD, is chief medical officer of Eye Health America and medical director of The Eye Associates in Sarasota, Florida. Erin M. Shriver, MD, FACS, an ophthalmologist and a clinical professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences and the Jim O'Brien Graoss and Donnita Gross Chair of Ophthalmology at the University of Iowa. Find the Intimate Partner Violence Toolkit here. We'd love to hear from you! Send your comments/questions to podcast@healio.com. Follow us on Twitter @Healio_OSN. Disclosures: The hosts and guests report no relevant financial disclosures.
