Madam President (The Unicorn) - Part 1

What is a Unicorn? Do you think of a horse-like mythical beast with magical powers and a single ribbon-like horn protruding from its forehead? While true mytholoigcal unicorns likely don't exist, a unicorn is that rare individual with a unique set of skills, abilities, characteristics, and achievements that sets them apart from the rest. Joining me today is one such individual. Dr. Jane Edmond. She is a pediatric neuro-ophthalmologist and also the past president of AAPOS the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, the inaugural chair of the Mitchell and Shannon Wong Eye Institute at UT Austin’s Dell Medical School, and the President Elect of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, to begin her tenure in 2024.In the next two episodes of OOTBS we explore the intersection of neuro-ophthalmology and leadership through Dr. Edmond’s life and experiences. How did someone who did not originally set out to be a leader and had no formal leadership training achieve this level of successful and sustained organizational leadership and how can her experience help her subspecialty fields of ophthalmology? Stay tuned to find out what happens when you take the experiences that life gives you, the expected and unexpected, the good and the bad and make the absolute most out of it.   Jane Edmond, MD - https://dellmed.utexas.edu/directory/jane-c-edmond2023 AAO President-Elect Nominee: Jane C. Edmond, MD