George L. Spaeth

About George L. Spaeth

I am the Louis Esposito Research Professor at Wills Eye Hospital, Sydney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

If you weren’t an ophthalmologist…

I am not an ophthalmologist. I am a person trying to do better.

What is the biggest challenge in your field?

The biggest challenge is to acknowledge that we are all biased and that we actually know little.

Do you have any controversial opinions? 

Medical care will not effectively and affordably help people be healthy until people know how to care well for themselves. People actually have access to what is necessary for them to become well, and the major objectives of the medical profession are to help people both learn to take care of themselves and to create an environment where that is possible.