There's cornea, and there's cornea

I was chatting with an ophthalmologist today and we discussed the difficulty patients have of getting a doctor willing to take the time to deal with a complex dry eye case. He told me he's the only corneal specialist in his area that "does cornea". He does refractive too, but said he'd go crazy if he had to do it all the time. Prefers patient interaction.

It says a lot that I find this quite remarkable in a corneal specialist of today. Wish I had one in my neighborhood.