"You're a little doctor with a practice somewhere--it's very intimidating, " says Peter McDonnell, chair of the ophthalmology department at the University of California at Irvine.

FORBES: Eye strain

Dr. XXX had been hired as clinical trials coordinator for the Department of Ophthalmology at MCG to work specifically with Dr. Marcus on the clinical trials being performed by him and his staff.

FORBES: MISTAKES WERE MADE

Dr. Harvey Fishman, who founded and directed the Ophthalmic Tissue Engineering Laboratory in the Department of Ophthalmology at Stanford University in California, and his business partner, Tamer Abuelata, have created an iPhone app that will help limit the number of visits to your opthamologist.

FORBES: The iPhone Eye Doctor's In Your Pocket