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Lean Practice Management: AAO EyeNet Article Features Input from Mark Lucarelli, MD, FACS
Jul 16 2021
*This article has been shared with permission from the American Association of Ophthalmology/EyeNet Magazine, July 2021 By Leslie Burling, Contributing Writer Lean Practice: Lessons Learned During the Pandemic Last year’s public health emergency forced practices…
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Phaco Education Continues in the Time of COVID
Jun 17 2021
In the summer of 2020, the tough decision was made to cancel the annual Phacoemulsification Course hosted jointly by the University of Wisconsin and University of Iowa Departments of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences (DOVS) due…
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Yao Liu, MD, MS, Awarded Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Grant
Jun 15 2021
Yao Liu, MD, MS, assistant professor, glaucoma specialist and director of the UW Teleophthalmology Program, was awarded a Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Endowment grant for her project, “Advancing I-SITE in African American Communities.” Blindness from diabetes…
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Nayan Patel, OD, Gives Back to the Community Through BAPS Charities
Jun 03 2021
Nayan Patel, OD, clinical optometrist and clinical adjunct assistant professor, has spent over a decade providing eye screenings at the BAPS Charities health fair in Chicago, Illinois. This charitable organization extends from the Bochasanwasi Shri…
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Work of Yao Liu, MD, MS, Selected as ARVO Annual Meeting “Hot Topic”
May 09 2021
The work of Yao Liu, MD, MS, assist professor, glaucoma specialist and director of the UW Teleophthalmology Program, was selected as one of 19 “Hot Topics” of The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology…
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Barbara Klein, MD, MPH, and Ronald Klein, MD, MPH, Honored at ARVO
May 09 2021
Dr. Barbara Klein, professor, and the late Dr. Ronald Klein were honored with a symposium, “Epidemiology of Diabetic Retinopathy and Age-related Macular Degeneration: Past, Present and Future,” at the Association for Research in Vision and…
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