Each winter, our Oculoplastics faculty and fellows present a multiphasic Oculoplastics Course. The course comprises two full-days of surgical training featuring short presentations by oculoplastics faculty and hands-on surgery experience where residents practice procedures on …
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Retinal signs and 20-year cognitive decline in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study.
PubMed ID: 29490915 Author(s): Deal JA, Sharrett AR, Rawlings AM, Gottesman RF, Bandeen-Roche K, Albert M, Knopman D, Selvin E, Wasserman BA, Klein B, Klein R. Retinal signs and 20-year cognitive decline in the Atherosclerosis …
5 Ways to Care For Your Eyes at Work
March is a busy month for eye health and wellness. Last week, March 11-17 was World Glaucoma Awareness Week, while the entire month of March has been declared as Eye Wellness in the Workplace month …
Art, In Spite of AMD
Jefferey Lange is fascinated by the beauty and arrangement of colors and textures. As an artist diagnosed with age-related macular degeneration (AMD), Lange is acutely aware of being able to see colors and textures. Lange …
Workplace Eye Safety: An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure
Eye injuries in the workplace are a serious concern. Nearly 2,000 people in the U.S. injure their eyes while working every day. Jennifer Larson, MD, chief resident with the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences …
AAO Recognizes Medical Student Educators With Distinguished Service Award
The American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) has announced that ophthalmologist medical student educators will be presented with the Distinguished Service Award at the 2018 AAO Annual Meeting, held October 27-30 in Chicago. This award is …
It’s a Go – The Clinical Trials Unit Embarks on the First Human Gene Therapy Trial in DOVS History
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences (DOVS) has formally been announced as a partner site for Nightstar Therapeutics’ STAR Phase 3 Registrational Trial for NSR-REP1 in Choroideremia. This is the first …
Saving Sight Across the Border // Mission Trip to Mexico Provides Care for 97 Patients
From March 1-4, 2018, Mark J. Lucarelli, MD, FACS, Richard K. Dortzbach Professor of Ophthalmic Facial Plastic Surgery, joined a team of volunteers serving on a medical mission trip to Cordoba, Mexico. The team included two …
Winners Never Quit: Meet Mia Zutter
Mia Zutter, a former patient at the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, has had an amazing journey from receiving a devastating diagnosis to achieving a Paralympic dream. Mia had wanted to excel in sports …