300: Tips from an Ophthalmologist to Prevent Eye Strain & Limit Blue Light Exposure w/ Dr. Rupa Wong

Beauty Bytes with Dr. Kay: Secrets of a Plastic Surgeon™

Kay Durairaj, MD, FACS @beautybydrkay

Health & Fitness, Medicine, Arts, Management & Marketing, Fashion & Beauty, Business

5 • 604 Ratings

🗓️ 19 January 2021

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Hi Beauties!

Has the pandemic increased your daily screen time? Are your eyes constantly dry and irritated? Well I have all the answers for you! All the way from Honolulu, Hawaii, world renowned surgeon, entrepreneur, and ophthalmologist, Dr. Rupa Wong talks about how unhealthy levels of screen time can lead to eye strain, fatigue, loss of focus, & retinal damage. Dr. Wong built her career in Honolulu, Hawaii for the past 13 years and specializes in diagnosis and treatment of eye diseases and disorders all while being a mother of three. She’s also an advocate for community who empowers female pre-meds and medical students through a program called Lounge. Tune in to hear more about tips and advice on eye care and career goals while maintaining work-life harmony! Have a question or something you’d like covered on the podcast? Send me a DM or email [email protected]

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0:00.0	Well, hello, hello, guys, you're listening to Beauty Bites with Dr. K, Secrets of a Plastic Surgeon,
0:19.0	and today on the podcast, it's time to meet the beautiful
0:22.1	all the way from Hawaii, Dr. Rupa Wong. Welcome, Rupa. Hi, Dr. K, it's so nice to be here.
0:29.3	Thanks for having me. I'm so excited to do this podcast because Dr. Wong is a really renowned,
0:36.4	very well-known ophthalmologist.
0:38.3	And she has been in practice for 13 years in private practice.
0:42.3	Her training in ophthalmology was at NYU, and she went on to do her fellowship training
0:48.3	in pediatric ophthalmology in adult tribusmas.
0:51.3	And she is currently working in Honolulu with the beautiful family. She's one of the
0:55.8	inspirational boss girls on Instagram whose account I look at all the time when I'm feeling like,
1:01.5	oh, it's hard this life of running a practice, seeing patience and managing and trying to be the best
1:06.8	academician that you can. It's killer. It is. It's not easy. And, you know, I don't ever want to
1:13.7	portray it as being easy. And I want to share my struggle so that people also know that it's okay
1:19.7	to feel like overwhelmed sometimes because sometimes it is overwhelming. It's very overwhelming.
1:26.0	And you have the added challenge of, you know, being a woman and then being a mother.
1:30.7	You're Indian.
1:31.8	I'm Indian.
1:32.4	So that's interesting.
1:33.5	And then you married an Asian guy.
1:35.8	So you have gorgeous children.
1:39.5	So you have three.
1:40.6	I have four.
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