Physician · WRITER · RESEARCHER

Exploring what it means to see — and to care.

I’m Henry Bair, an ophthalmology resident at Wills Eye Hospital in Philadelphia. I study eye diseases and surgical care, write about health policy and the experience of illness, and created and co-host The Doctor’s Art, a podcast exploring meaning in medicine.

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What I Do

Clinical Research

CORNEA · ANTERIOR SEGMENT · OCULOPLASTICS

New surgical techniques, instruments, and diagnostic approaches at Wills Eye Hospital.

Writing

NARRATIVE & HUMANISTIC MEDICINE

Reflective essays, stories, and poems on the human side of medicine in JAMA, Academic Medicine, Neurology, and more.

Health Policy & Artificial Intelligence

COMMENTARY · OP-EDS · DIGITAL HEALTH

Writing on how medical AI should be evaluated, how care is paid for, and who can access it.

The Doctor’s Art

AWARD-WINNING PODCAST

Stories from physicians, patients, and leaders on finding meaning in medicine.