An Interview with Dr. Md. Anisuzzaman
Q: As a Doctor, what is the one thing you consider to be THE most important in your profession?
- Staying updated. Nothing beats staying updated in any field, but in the Medical Field most of all. Given the pace at which medical treatment is making advancements, failing to stay updated is equivalent to being not just backdated, but restricted in your medical options. Most of all as a surgeon in particular you feel unsatisfied with yourself and that is my personal motivator.
Q: Since medical advancements are so important to you – what is ONE medical advancement in your field that you find the most exciting?
- Hands down the use of Femtosecond Laser in cataract surgery. This is an absolutely amazing advancement – the precision reproducibility that it generates as well, as its ability to convert what was once an extremely difficult surgery into a very easy surgical option, is quite literally ground breaking.
Q: As an Eye Specialist what are the things you wish general public understood about optical health care?
- First of all, glaucoma awareness is a huge issue – the number of people who come to us with irreversible nerve and retina damage simply because of how late stage their glaucoma is, is disheartening. If you have a family history of glaucoma or if you are above the age of 40, you need to try a regular checkup every six months or failing that at least yearly.
The same applies to retinal diseases – diabetic retinopathy in particular usually comes to us in the last stages, which is upsetting because at that stage it can lead to irreversible vision loss in a significant number of cases. When this comes to us in an early stage however it’s almost completely manageable by way of injections and laser sealing.
Also, if you’re dealing with headaches or migraines you may want to make sure you are getting regular eye checkups, often times refractive errors can be a major reason why you or your child is getting headaches whenever a book is cracked open, or when you’re swamped with work.