Congratulations to our residency and fellowship graduates! With a dedication to excellence and a commitment to patient care, we are confident they will go on to make significant contributions to the field of ophthalmology.
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Department’s First Cornea Fellow Treats More Than Just Eyes
For Edith Navarro, MD, a 1995 graduate – and the department’s first – of the UW’s ophthalmology cornea fellowship program, providing care for those in need is about much more than just their eyes. As medical director of the Tzu Chi Eye Center in Santa Mesa, Philippines, Navarro believes good eye care treats the whole person in a compassionate way.
In Situ Vaccination Following Intratumoral Injection of IL2 and Poly-l-lysine/Iron Oxide/CpG Nanoparticles to a Radiated Tumor Site.
PubMed ID: 37216491 Author(s): Zhang Y, Rahman MM, Clark PA, Sriramaneni RN, Havighurst T, Kerr CP, Zhu M, Jones J, Wang X, Kim K, Gong S, Morris ZS. In Situ Vaccination Following Intratumoral Injection of …
UW Researchers Will Develop Gene Editing Therapy to Treat Blindness
A new study by UW researchers will test gene editing therapy to treat blindness. The collaborative project involves a team of ophthalmology researchers and biomedical engineers.
A versatile laser-induced porcine model of outer retinal and choroidal degeneration for preclinical testing.
PubMed ID: 37288665 Author(s): Barone F, Amaral J, Bunea I, Farnoodian M, Gupta R, Gupta R, Baker D, Phillips MJ, Blanch RJ, Maminishkis A, Gamm DM, Bharti K. A versatile laser-induced porcine model of outer …
Hypertensive retinopathy and cardiovascular disease risk: 6 population-based cohorts meta-analysis.
PubMed ID: 36936860 Author(s): Liew G, Xie J, Nguyen H, Keay L, Kamran Ikram M, McGeechan K, Klein BE, Jin Wang J, Mitchell P, Klaver CC, Lamoureux EL, Wong TY. Hypertensive retinopathy and cardiovascular disease …
Cost-Utility Comparison of Bevacizumab and Aflibercept in the Treatment of Central or Hemiretinal Vein Occlusion in the SCORE2 Trial.
PubMed ID: 37166820 Author(s): Kymes SM, Oden NL, VanVeldhuisen PC, Scott IU, Ip MS, Blodi BA, King J; SCORE2 Investigator Group. Cost-Utility Comparison of Bevacizumab and Aflibercept in the Treatment of Central or Hemiretinal Vein …
High Variation in Inner Retinal Reflectivity Predicts Poor Visual Outcome in Patients With Central Retinal Vein Occlusion: SCORE2 Report 21.
PubMed ID: 37367722 Author(s): Mehta N, Patil S, Modi V, Vardi R, Liu K, Singh RP, Sarraf D, Oden NL, VanVeldhuisen PC, Scott IU, Ip MS, Blodi BA, Modi Y. High Variation in Inner Retinal …
Guillermo de Venecia: Honoring a Lifetime of Compassionate, Dedicated Service
The Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences is saddened by the loss of longtime faculty member, colleague and beloved friend Guillermo de Venecia, MD. De Venecia died May 11, 2023, at the age of 91.