Eyeworld

Contact information Name: by Title NOVEMBER 2019 | EYEWORLD | 23 sults, postoperative patients, brief appointments, and long appointments. In each hour I try to do a mix of all of the above," he says. True to his word, Dr. Clinch spends the morning tog- gling between two exam rooms and a lounge-like consul- tation room. During brief moments between patients, Dr. Clinch reviews preoperative charts for cataract surgery the next day and answers questions from his techs. "You actually don't find much time for yourself. It's actually quite busy and patients will often comment about how we jump from room to room, but I have a phe- nomenal staff, so that everything is preorganized for me, which makes it easier, and I do try to get a sip of water in between each patient," he says. Dr. Clinch greets each patient with a handshake and personally reviews details of their chart with them, con- firming information is correct. At some points, he uses his own experience or humorous analogies to relate or com- municate messages to patients. When talking with a dry eye patient, Dr. Clinch makes a Game of Thrones reference that "Winter is coming" and when forced dry heat turns on, it necessitates increased artificial tear use. To a cataract consult with mild dry eye, he likens the ocular surface to grass. That grass (the ocular surface) needs to be optimized now before the Redskins, D.C.'s NFL team, starts to play on it (as in the surgeon performing cataract surgery). He also uses an analogy of knees that hurt after climbing the stairs. The stairs exacerbate the problem in the knees, they don't cause it (cataract surgery doesn't cause dry eye, but it can exacerbate it). "The easiest part of the day is that we feel blessed that we can really help people. It's a really gratifying field to be in—ophthalmology. Probably one of the most challeng- ing areas is it's also very critical sense—sight—so it's very precious," Dr. Clinch says. Challenges include the different perceptions patients can have about what can be achieved and their levels of concern. "In Washington, D.C., it's a high-angst area, lots of questions, I find giving patients a little bit of humor throughout that process tends to make it a little easier and repetition of important facts is very important. We try to drive any really important point home to a patient three times between my staff, myself, and our counselors," Dr. Clinch says. Like a well-oiled, on-time machine, the clinic empties of patients by noon. After nearly 20 patients, Dr. Clinch is ready for lunch. I N S T R U M E N T S | S I N G L E U S E | D R Y E Y E | B I O L O G I C S © 2018 Stephens Instruments. All rights reserved. Stephens Instruments | 2500 Sandersville Rd | Lexington KY 40511 USA Toll Free ( USA ) 800.354.7848 | info@stephensinst.com | stephensinst.com SAVE TIME & MONEY Removes hidden costs of time and resources spent on cleaning, sterilization, repair and replacement. REDUCE RISK Reduces risk of cross contamination. Overall improved patient safety. FRESH & PRECISE Each procedure begins with a new, precise and sterile SafeSite™ instrument. ! Look to Stephens for single-use instruments. SafeSite ™ Sterile Single-Use Instruments $

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