Blind surgeon?

[totid]

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Anyone ever heard of a sugeon that is totally blind in one eye? I've asked around and consensus is okay for general, orthopedic. Not for neuro, optho. 😕

 

[drpectin]

Anyone ever heard of a sugeon that is totally blind in one eye? I've asked around and consensus is okay for general, orthopedic. Not for neuro, optho. 😕

I personally know one general surgeon who had an eye enucleated due to cancer who no longer operates.

 

[fishmonger69]

you'd have to be pretty damn amazing to operate without much depth perception. i personally wouldn't let such a surgeon near my vessels.

 

[cdql]

I agree. It's discriminatory but I would prefer a surgeon with two functional eyeballs to work on me.

 

[Pilot Doc]

It's discriminatory

hardly. Binocular depth perception is an important skill in the OR.

 

[Careofme]

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[debvz]

I ran into someone on the interview trail last yr w/ a glass eye. Said he'd learned how to compensate pretty well - just had to rely moreso on landmarks - likened it to someone learning to operate laparoscopically,where everything is 2D.

 

[mysophobe]

I guess you could say she had a real eye for monocular operating.

 

[Amy]

One of my friends from med school is totally blind in one eye, and is now a surgery resident. I do find it a little scary, but he's been that way most of his life and I suppose he's gotten good at compensating for the lack of depth perception by now.