Good advice on starting your own practice

Published: Jan. 8, 2022, 7:18 p.m.

Dr. Dagny Zhu, a nationally acclaimed, board-certified ophthalmologist and fellowship-trained specialist in cornea, cataract, and laser refractive surgery who is the Founder/Owner of\xa0NVISION Eye Centers in Rowland Heights, California joins Enterprise Radio.
Listen\xa0to host\xa0Eric Dye\xa0& guests Dr. Dagny Zhu discuss the following:

* Tell us your passion for medicine and why you chose eye-care as your specialty?
* How did you go about setting up your own practice?
* What do you believe it takes to be a successful\xa0entrepreneur?
* What advice would you give your younger self?
* Can you share with us how your treatment as a doctor changed during COVID-19?
* Where do you see yourself and your practice in 5 years?
* Do you have any advice for anybody looking to start their own practice?


Dr. Zhu is a Harvard-educated, board-certified ophthalmologist who specializes in cornea, cataract, and laser refractive surgery. She was born in Shanghai, China and immigrated to the United States with her working-class parents at the age of 3. As a Southern California native, Dr. Zhu graduated top of her high school class as valedictorian and attended\xa0UCLA\xa0on a full-tuition Regents scholarship (the highest award granted in the UC system) where she graduated Summa Cum Laude\xa0with a degree in molecular, cell, and developmental biology.
Dr. Zhu received her M.D. from\xa0Harvard Medical School\xa0where she discovered her love for ophthalmology and performed cutting-edge research on corneal immunology at Harvard\u2019s\xa0Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary. As a medical student, she co-founded the Medical Mandarin course for doctors-in-training and embarked on a medical mission with Operation Burns in Mumbai, India where she worked alongside plastic surgeons to treat burn victims with debilitating skin and eyelid contractures. Dr. Zhu then returned to Southern California to complete her ophthalmology residency at the prestigious\xa0Doheny Eye Institute/University of Southern California (USC)\xa0+\xa0Los Angeles County Medical Center, where she served a predominantly Latino community and cared for the sickest patients at one of the largest public hospitals in the country. Described as a \u201cgifted surgeon\u201d by her mentors, Dr. Zhu elected to complete fellowship training in cornea and refractive surgery at\xa0Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, the\xa0#1 eye hospital in the world.

Website: https://dzeyemd.com
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