A summer job after college turned Cathi Lyons, MHA, COE, COT, away from the teaching career she had planned and toward one in ophthalmology. “[I’m especially remembering] a burn patient in his thirties who was a pilot. Seeing the joy on his face after his first corneal transplant when he realized the surgeon had restored his vision—it was so inspiring,” she said. “The doctors I started with also did research, and I have been able to see the results of this groundbreaking work over the years.”