Eyeworld

MAY 2017

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EW IN OTHER NEWS 90 May 2017 the cost of increasing our debt. We shared our lives 36 hours at a time, arriving late on Friday night and cramming 2 weeks' worth of mar- riage into the next day and a half before Sunday afternoon brought another temporary split. We learned in very different residency settings, and our experiences complemented one another," Will added. According to Karli, "Sunday af- ternoons were usually accompanied by a pit in the stomach as we knew we were parting for another 2 to 3 weeks." At the conclusion of their residencies, they both found jobs at Vistar Eye Center in Roanoke, where they first fell in love. "We are 6 months into our careers now as comprehensive ophthalmolo- gists and are feeling right at home in Virginia. Every Sunday evening that we spend together, rather than on an airplane back to our separate cities, is a reminder of how lucky we are and how far we've come," Will says. EW Contact information Karli: Karli.griffeth@gmail.com Will: will.griffeth@gmail.com into something more. "By the time we had to rank our internship programs, we had decided we'd try to do the first year together just for fun. We were lucky enough to land together in Roanoke, Virginia, where we enjoyed a year in the gorgeous Blue Ridge Mountains and fell in love. We married in April of our intern year, with a chasm of 3 years of compelled separation looming ahead," Will explained. Spending the first 3 years of their marriage apart was not easy. "Before living apart, we sought advice from others who had been in similar situations. We heard some cautionary tales of the kind of toll living apart can put on a relation- ship. This certainly brought some apprehension while considering the upcoming 3 years. Turns out, living apart from your spouse truly is hard. However, at the end of the day, we feel lucky since it was hard because we missed each other, not because of strain on our relationship," Karli said. Their residency years were excit- ing, joyful, stressful, and expensive, as they flew to see each other as often as they could. "We pledged to prioritize our time together, even at The ultimate continued from page 89 Index to Advertisers APACRS Page: 65 Phone: 65-63278630 www.apacrs.org Alcon Laboratories Inc. Page: Cover 2, 3, 5 Phone: 800-862-5266 Fax: 800-241-0677 www.alconlabs.com Allergan Page: 9 Phone: 714-246-4500 Fax: 714-246-4764 www.allergan.com BRASCRS Page: 75 www.Brascrs.com.br Bausch + Lomb Page: 40 and 41 Phone: 585-338-6536 Fax: 585-338-0898 www.bausch.com Beaver Visitec Int. Page: 37 Phone: 781-906-6926 Fax: 781-906-7992 www.beaver-visitec.com Diamatrix Ltd. Page: 33 Phone: 281-367-8081 Fax: 281-292-5481 www.diamatrix.com ESCRS Page: 79 and 86 Phone: 941-751-0588 Fax: 941-752-4738 www.escrs.org Hurricane Medical Page: 43 Phone: 941-751-0588 Fax: 941-752-4738 www.hurricanemedical.com Innovative Excimer Solutions Page: 19 Phone: 416-615-0185 Fax: 416-631-8272 www.innovativexcimer.com Katena Products Page: 25 Phone: 973-989-1600 Fax: 973-989-8175 www.katena.com Lacrimedics Page: 54 Phone: 800-367-8327 Fax: 253-964-2699 www.lacrimedics.com Marco Ophthalmic Inc. Page: 7 Phone: 904-642-9330 Fax: 904-642-9338 www.marcooph.com MicroSurgical Technologies Page: Cover 3 Phone: 888-279-3323 Fax: 425-556-0437 www.microsurgical.com Omeros Page: Cover 4 Phone: 206-676-5000 Fax: 206-676-5005 www.omeros.com Ophthalmology Innovation Summit Page: 67 www.oisascrs.com Rhein Medical Inc. Page: 17 Phone: 813-885-5050 Fax: 813-885-9346 www.rheinmedical.com Stephens Instruments Page: 45 Phone: 800-354-7848 Fax: 859-259-4926 www.usiol.com World Ophthalmology Congress Page: 81 www.woc2018.org ASCRS•ASOA/ EyeWorld Information 2018 ASCRS/ASOA Reg and Housing Page: 23 AnnualMeeting.ascrs.org ASCRS Clinical Web Seminars Page: 77 www.ascrs.org ASCRS Membership Page: 21 www.ascrs.org ASOA Membership Page: 125 www.asoa.org COS 2017 Page: 38 www.ascrs.org/cos ASCRS Center 4 Learning Page: 31 www.ascrs.org ASCRS Webinars Page: 77 www.ascrs.org Cornea Society Page: 47 and 59 www.corneasociety.org EyeConnect 365 App Page: 22 www.ascrs.org EyeWorld AR Page: 11 www.eyeworld.org? (don to approve) EyeWorld Daily Page: 85 www.daily.eyeworld.org EyeWorld Surgical Summit 2018 Page: 29 Surgicalsummit.eyeworld.org EyeWorld Digital Page: 26 and 27 Digital.eyeworld.org EyeWorld Hub Page: 51 Hub.eyeworld.org EyeWorld Replay Page: 72 www.ewreplay.org EyeWorld.org Page: 70 www.eyeworld.org YES Residents & Fellows Page: 35 and 63 AnnualMeeting.ascrs.org " We are 6 months into our careers now as comprehensive ophthalmologists and are feeling right at home in Virginia. Every Sunday evening that we spend together, rather than on an airplane back to our separate cities, is a reminder of how lucky we are and how far we've come. " —Will Griffeth, MD

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