S2:E6 Michael T. Yen, MD, and Frank Cotter, MD – Fingernail Eye Injuries in Basketball
Dr. Yen and Dr. Cotter discuss fingernail eye injuries in basketball. Dr. Cotter emphasizes the need for regulation on fingernail length in the WNBA, and Dr. Yen provides insight as a team ophthalmologist in the NBA.
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Dr. Michael T. Yen is an oculoplastic surgeon and current Sarah Campbell Blaffer Chair in Ophthalmology at the Cullen Eye Institute at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TX. Dr. Yen attended medical school at the University of Michigan and completed his residency at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute in Miami, followed by a fellowship in ophthalmic and facial plastic surgery with Dr. Richard Anderson in Salt Lake City. Dr. Yen is a team ophthalmologist for the Houston Rockets in the NBA.
Dr. Frank Cotter is a glaucoma specialist in Roanoke, VA. Dr. Cotter completed his Doctorate of Medicine at Georgetown University in Washington, DC. After an internship with Letterman Army Medical Center in San Francisco, he returned to Washington DC to complete his residency at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. He also completed two fellowships with a focus on glaucoma at the University of Virginia and the Medical College of Virginia.
