PubMed ID: 28239560 Author(s): Bainbridge KE, Cowie CC, Gonzalez F 2nd, Hoffman HJ, Dinces E, Stamler J, Cruickshanks KJ. Risk factors for hearing impairment among adults with diabetes: the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos …
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An audacious vision: Researchers aim for first human eye transplant within the decade
PITTSBURGH – Scientists have strived for successful eye transplants for centuries. Early attempts read like the diary of Mary Shelley: implanting a dog’s eye into a rat’s groin, transplanting a rat’s eye onto the neck …
Above and Beyond
It was a typically busy day in UW Heath University Station Eye Clinic recently, when Darla Coullard, Certified Ophthalmic Assistant (COA), one of the ophthalmic techs in the pediatric clinic noticed an elderly gentleman in …
New Affiliate Appointments
The Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences is pleased to announce new affiliate appointments and is excited to work with others across campus to move us all forward, in all ways. Bikash Pattnaik, PhD, MPhil, an …
Department Strengthens International Ties
Sima Das, MD, visited Madison and the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences in early October, to observe oculoplastics, clinics and surgeries, as part of the department’s growing exchange with Shroff’s Charity Eye Hospital in …
Mouse Tmem135 mutation reveals a mechanism involving mitochondrial dynamics that leads to age-dependent retinal pathologies.
PubMed ID: 27863209 Author(s): Lee WH, Higuchi H, Ikeda S, Macke EL, Takimoto T, Pattnaik BR, Liu C, Chu LF, Siepka SM, Krentz KJ, Rubinstein CD, Kalejta RF, Thomson JA, Mullins RF, Takahashi JS, Pinto …
Noninvasive imaging of the photoreceptor mosaic response to light stimulation.
PubMed ID: 27810954 Author(s): Srinivasan VJ, Dubra A. Noninvasive imaging of the photoreceptor mosaic response to light stimulation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2016 Nov 15;113(46):12902-12903. Epub 2016 Nov 3. PMID 27810954 Journal: …
LEBW Gift of Sight Discovery Fund Advances Glaucoma Research at UW-Madison
Glaucoma is the second leading cause of blindness in the world, according to the World Health Organization. The University of Wisconsin Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences has a long history of focused study and …
Scleritis with Devastating Consequences.
PubMed ID: 27772649 Author(s): Raven ML, Burris CK, Potter HD. Scleritis with devastating consequences. Ophthalmology. 2016 Nov;123(11):2337. doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2016.06.003. PMID 27772649 Journal: Ophthalmology, Volume 123, Issue 11, Nov 2016