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Month: July 2016
Seeing Clearly Now: Beloit Daily News Featuring Dr. Michael Altaweel
Stephanie Klett almost skipped her routine eye exam. She’s glad she kept the appointment because her home-town ophthalmologist found retinal tears. Dr. Alice Townsend referred Ms. Klett to UW Health Eye Clinics and Michael Altaweel, …
Faculty Receive 2016 Resident Teaching Awards
In June, the residents in the University of Wisconsin Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences announced the faculty recipients of this year’s teaching awards. The awards were presented by graduating residents Sapna Gangaputra, MD, MPH, …
Sex-Specific Association of Obstructive Sleep Apnea With Retinal Microvascular Signs: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis.
PubMed ID: 27451457 Author(s): Lin GM, Redline S, Klein R, Colangelo LA, Cotch MF, Wong TY, Klein BE, Patel SR, Shea SJ, Liu K. Sex-specific association of obstructive sleep apnea with retinal microvascular signs: The …
Dr. Gill McLellan Receives BrightFocus Foundation Award
Glaucoma remains a leading cause of vision loss globally, and it is estimated that over 76 million people will be affected this disease by 2020. There is mounting evidence that a chemical growth factor, transforming …
Both CD8+ and CD4+ T Cells Contribute to Corneal Clouding and Viral Clearance following Vaccinia Virus Infection in C57BL/6 Mice.
PubMed ID: 27170749 Author(s): Larsen IV, Clausius H, Kolb AW, Brandt CR. Both CD8+ and CD4+ T cells contribute to corneal clouding and viral clearance following Vaccinia virus infection in C57BL/6 mice. J Virol. 2016 …
Four Department Doctors Win Patient Experience Awards
Gregg Heatley, MD, MMM Stephen K. Sauer, MD Eugene Cropp, OD Richard Patterson, OD Four doctors from the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences were awarded honors from the UW Health organization …
Periadventitial drug delivery for the prevention of intimal hyperplasia following open surgery.
PubMed ID: 27179635 Author(s): Chaudhary MA, Guo LW, Shi X, Chen G, Gong S, Liu B, Kent KC. Periadventitial drug delivery for the prevention of intimal hyperplasia following open surgery. J Control Release. 2016 Jul …
McLellan Lab Publishes in Prestigious Journal
Dr. Gillian McLellan and her collaborators recently published an exciting manuscript in PLoS One entitled “A Mutation in LTBP2 Causes Congenital Glaucoma in Domestic Cats (Felis catus).” Glaucoma is a group of diseases characterized by …