Brain & Body Things

The eye health lifestyle with Dr. Shani Esparaz.

December 04, 2023 Dr. Natasha Mehta Season 3 Episode 8
Brain & Body Things
The eye health lifestyle with Dr. Shani Esparaz.
Show Notes

Shanika Esparaz M.D. is a board-certified Ophthalmologist who is currently in private practice at Northeast Ohio Eye Surgeons. She provides comprehensive care as well and performs cataract surgery. She serves as a clinical associate professor of surgery at NEOMED. She enjoys connecting with her patients in clinic as well as teaching and connecting with young professionals on social media platforms. She is also board certified in Lifestyle Medicine as well as a certified health coach. She enjoy coaching other women in healthcare in terms of their health and wellbeing.

Dr. Esparaz has launched two digital courses- Mindful Nutrition and Master Your Mindset. They are geared towards women in healthcare, especially early career physicians and physician moms who want to take a crash course in nutrition science and/or learn how to become more intentional and mindful to uplevel their mental well being. Here is the website to check out more!

In this episode we discuss:

  • The path to ophthalmology.
  • Ophthalmology versus other eye specialists.
  • Eye anatomy.
  • Red flag symptoms.
  • Screen time.
  • Healthy eye development in children.
  • My silly questions: eye rubbing, cosmetics, and eye skincare.


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