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Terri L. Young, MD, MBA Receives Prestigious Women in Ophthalmology Award
Oct 04 2022
Terri L. Young, MD, MBA has devoted her career to advancing the voices of women and underserved minorities in the field of ophthalmology. She was honored for this work by the Women in Ophthalmology (WIO)…
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Roomasa Channa, MD Named to Ophthalmology Management’s 40 Under 40
Oct 03 2022
Amazing. That is how Roomasa Channa, MD of the University of Wisconsin Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences is being described. At a special reception at the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) annual meeting in…
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New Pediatric Ophthalmology Rotation Announced
Sep 27 2022
The UW Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences is pleased to announce a new pediatric ophthalmology rotation. The new three-week rotation, which officially launched in September 2022, is designed to address the critical shortage of…
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Department Activity at 2022 American Academy of Ophthalmology Annual Meeting
Sep 13 2022
Join the faculty of the University of Wisconsin Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at the 2022 American Academy of Ophthalmology Annual Meeting in Chicago September 30- October 1 as we connect, share, and advance our…
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Kazuya Oikawa, BVSc, PhD Awarded Knights Templar Eye Foundation Grant
Aug 30 2022
Kazuya Oikawa, BVSc, PhD, a postdoctoral researcher in the McLellan Laboratory, has been awarded the Knights Templar Eye Foundation Career Starter Grant. The $70,000 award will support Dr. Oikawa’s research project “Neuroinflammation in Pediatric Glaucoma.” Primary congenital…
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Department Hosts 2022 Multiphasic Phaco Course
Aug 26 2022
53 residents and medical students from 10 institutions receive training in modern cataract removal techniques at DOVS’ 2022 Phacoemulsification Course. For more than two decades, medical and veterinary ophthalmology residents, UW and visiting medical students,…
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