Top Doctors Awarded Seven doctors from the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences were named to the 2015-16 Best Doctors in America List in adult and pediatric ophthalmology categories. Barbara Blodi, MD, Gregg Heatley, MD, …
Year: 2016
Single ocular injection of a sustained-release anti-VEGF delivers 6months pharmacokinetics and efficacy in a primate laser CNV model.
PubMed ID: 27810558 Author(s): Adamson P, Wilde T, Dobrzynski E, Sychterz C, Polsky R, Kurali E, Haworth R, Tang CM, Korczynska J, Cook F, Papanicolaou I, Tsikna L, Roberts C, Hughes-Thomas Z, Walford J, Gibson …
Dr. Kushner Treats Three Generations of Family for Strabismus
After being in clinical practice for 40 years, Burton Kushner, MD, is not surprised to care for the children, and even sometimes the grandchildren, of his patients. It is not common, however, for a former patient to greet …
Femtosecond Laser Cataract Surgery Offers Improved Precision
UW Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences offers a new, state-of-the-art option for cataract surgery, the femtosecond laser. This device is the next step in providing precision care to patients with cataracts. The femtosecond laser …
Team Helps Baby See for the First Time
Eden Burgmeier, like any other toddler, loves to play with her toys. She will see a favorite toy in a corner and will crawl with glee to retrieve it. Eden did not always react to …
Seeing Clearly (Now)
As originally published in Beloit Daily News BELOIT — For most, skipping a routine exam isn’t something that would cause panic or result in anything besides a hearty lecture from your doctor. But for others, …
Listening and Learning
Ms. Jeffords came to our clinics with decreased vision in both eyes that had become even more blurry over time. She elected to have cataract surgery in both eyes sequentially with Dr. Heather Potter this …
Judy Chen, MD, PhD, Selected as PI for New Study
Judy (Yanjun) Chen, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Neuro-Ophthalmology, Department of Ophthalmology, Neurology and Neurosurgery was named Principal Investigator for a Midwest Lighting Institute sponsored project entitled: “The effect of modified lighting on unit-wide medical error rates in …
Acetoacetate promotes the formation of fluorescent advanced glycation end products (AGEs).
PubMed ID: 26621475 Author(s): Bohlooli M, Ghaffari-Moghaddam M, Khajeh M, Aghashiri Z, Sheibani N, Moosavi-Movahedi AA. Acetoacetate promotes the formation of fluorescent advanced glycation end products (AGEs). J Biomol Struct Dyn. 2016 Dec;34(12):2658-2666. Epub 2016 …