{"id":6632,"date":"2025-05-18T22:15:20","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T05:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/?p=6632"},"modified":"2025-05-20T22:23:33","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T05:23:33","slug":"duke-vr-dreams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/2025\/05\/18\/duke-vr-dreams\/","title":{"rendered":"Duke VR Dreams"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a>I missed my department’s Napa Eye<\/a> conference for the first time this year to attend the Duke AVS<\/a> course as guest faculty. My first visit back to the Duke Eye Center<\/a> in nearly a decade had me spending more time reconnecting with friends and co-workers than facilitating the hands-on vitrectomy workshop that I was assigned to on the first day. Arriving on a red-eye flight and filling up on pasta from Cucciolo Osteria<\/a> made it difficult for me to stay up late to practice my talk before another full day of vitreoretinal education. Friday dinner at the Wallace Wade Stadium<\/a> featured a Squid Game<\/a>-themed fellow skit broadcasted on the Jumbotron while I munched on fried mac-n-cheese balls, chicken-n-waffle bites, and lobster rolls. My mentor Cindy replayed snippets of our own AVS skit, and Duke residents reminded me that my OKAP review slides are still in demand. I was fortunate to take some naps between sessions on Saturday, catch up on Black Mirror<\/a> episodes, and burn off calories at the Wa-Duke<\/a> swimming pool. Our last dinner at Geer Street Garden<\/a> took us to downtown Durham<\/a>, where I appreciated the revitalized neighborhood while sipping sweet tea to good company. The party atmosphere at the Velvet Hippo<\/a> reminded me of my age and early flight home next morning. So I bid goodnight to my hosts and returned home with fond memories of the program and institution that launched my academic career.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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