[optimal] Re: Scientific Session idea: gender in ophthalmic
- From: Mark Maio <markmaio@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Optimal <optimal@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 09 Aug 2012 18:31:16 -0400
D,
If you remember that conversation you and I had many years ago at that
restaurant in New Orleans, I never had any doubts. :)
Mark
On 8/9/12 6:27 PM, "CPMC Eye Services" <cpmceyelab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> So glad all of the ³guys² think we ³gals² are up to the task?..
>
>
> Denice Barsness, CRA, COMT, ROUB, CDOS, FOPS
> Ophthalmic Diagnostic Center
> CPMC Department of Ophthalmology
> 2100 Webster Street Suite 212
> San Francisco CA 94115
> (415) 600-3937 FAX (415) 600-6563
>
>
> From: optimal-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:optimal-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Anton Drew
> Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2012 3:24 PM
> To: optimal@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [optimal] Re: Scientific Session idea: gender in ophthalmic
>
> I concur with Mark, having been a Medical Photographer from 1972, who
> specialised in Ophthalmic Photography while working in the Medical Photography
> Department, eventually to be invited by the Professor of Surgery to become a
> full time Ophthalmic Photographer in Ophthalmology. That "natural progression"
> Mark mentioned.
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> Some 40 years later, I now have an assistant who has been with me for 8 years,
> and has a far better command of IT and computer issues than me, and I gladly
> let her take the reins in that department.
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>
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> As far as other duties, she does what I do, and as well, I might add, making
> my future transition to retirement less stressful knowing I have left the
> Ophthalmology Unit in good hands. :o)
>
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>
> Anton Drew
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>
>
> On 10/08/2012, at 1:13 AM, Mark Maio wrote:
>
>
> My observations on gender, having started in ophthalmic photography in 1978
> after beginning my career in 1975 as a medical photographer.
>
> Most ophthalmic photographers back in the 70¹s started as medical
> photographers. The majority of ophthalmic photography (a new sub specialty of
> medicine) was being done in teaching hospitals and it required not only the
> knowledge of diagnostic imaging but also running a full service darkroom and
> imaging support for research and educational projects. Medical photographers
> were recruited or applied for ophthalmic photography positions as a natural
> progression of furthering their careers. Back then I explained my job as doing
> diagnostic imaging of the eye and at the same time doing all the additional
> functions of a medical photographer in support of the ophthalmology
> department. The majority of these photographers were male.
>
> As many university programs started retina fellowships, a good number of these
> new specialists in ophthalmology chose to go into private practice rather than
> academics. As they did, the need for retina photography in private practice
> increased and many ophthalmic technicians started doing the photography, the
> majority of which were women. I remember sitting down with Paul Montague as he
> was OPS President in the mid 80¹s and I was on the BOD and discussing the
> change in gender makeup of the OPS. At the time it was around 50/50. We looked
> at the BOD and BOE and saw that men made up the majority of members running
> the OPS and decided to start looking for and encouraging women to run for
> those positions. We figured that if 50% of our organization was female, that
> percentage should be reflected in the governing bodies. I continued this same
> philosophy for the four years I was President after Paul. It would be
> interesting for someone to do a retrospective look at the male/female makeup
> of the OPS over the years. My guess is that the OPS is probably 75% female.
>
> I agree with Marty that I don¹t think there is a difference between men and
> women in photographic or computer problem solving ability or skills. While
> working as an ophthalmic photographer I needed to learn to troubleshoot my
> equipment to make sure I could continue doing diagnostic imaging on patients
> every day. Did I enjoy it? No! I did it because I needed to do it. I have no
> need to know how my camera or computer works, I just need to use it to do my
> job. On the other hand I know women in our field who are excellent at both
> troubleshooting their diagnostic imaging equipment and are quite the ³geek²
> when it comes to their computers.
>
> Mark
>
> Mark Maio
> InVision, Inc.
> 5445 Buckhollow Drive
> Alpharetta, GA 30005
> markmaio@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 404-386-5676
>
> Consultant in ophthalmic and biomedical imaging.
> Member of Adobe's Biomedical Imaging Advisory Group
>
> My fine art photography is represented by Lumiere:
> http://lumieregallery.net/wp/?p=254
>
>
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Mark Maio
InVision, Inc.
5445 Buckhollow Drive
Alpharetta, GA 30005
markmaio@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
404-386-5676
Consultant in ophthalmic and biomedical imaging.
Member of Adobe's Biomedical Imaging Advisory Group
My fine art photography is represented by Lumiere:
http://lumieregallery.net/wp/?p=254
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