In September, T. Michael Nork, MD, MS, FARVO, professor and retina specialist, treated Jessie Kekula, a school principal from Liberia. The story behind Kekula’s journey to UW Health Eye Clinics is quite remarkable. Judy Reed, …
Month: October 2018
SB772077B, A New Rho Kinase Inhibitor Enhances Aqueous Humour Outflow Facility in Human Eyes.
PubMed ID: 30341380 Author(s): Ashwinbalaji S, Senthilkumari S, Gowripriya C, Krishnadas S, Gabelt BAT, Kaufman PL, Muthukkaruppan V. SB772077B, a new rho kinase inhibitor enhances aqueous humour outflow facility in human eyes. Sci Rep. 2018 …
Annual Right to Sight World Sight Day Clinic Held at University Station Eye Clinic
The 2018 Annual Right to Sight World Sight Day Clinic was held Saturday, October 6, 2018, at UW Health University Station Eye Clinic. Nearly 60 people were provided with eye care services. Since 2007, Combat Blindness International has partnered …
Low Vision Lunch and Learn Series Continues to Educate Staff
Nearly 140 Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences (DOVS) and UW Health providers, technicians, residents, students, schedulers, administrative, and other clinic and support staff attended the second installment of the Low Vision Lunch and Learn …
Orangetober: Donate Tissue, Save Sight
Orangetober is upon us. This month-long campaign was created by the Organ and Tissue Donor division of UW Health to encourage residents to register as organ, tissue and eye donors on the Wisconsin Donor Registry. …
Meet our First Year Residents: 2018-2019
ELAINE DOWNIE, MD Education: BA in Chemistry from Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota MD from University of Minnesota Medical School in Minneapolis, Minnesota PGY-1 internship at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota Why Ophthalmology? My …
Atrophy in Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration: Age-Related Eye Disease Study 2 Report Number 15.
PubMed ID: 30506012 Author(s): Domalpally A, Danis RP, Trane R, Blodi BA, Clemons TE, Chew EY; Age-Related Eye Disease Study 2 (AREDS2) Research Group. Atrophy in neovascular age-related macular degeneration: Age-Related Eye Disease Study 2 …
Mouse retinal pigment epithelial cells exhibit a thiocyanate-selective conductance.
PubMed ID: 29874109 Author(s): Cao X, Pattnaik BR, Hughes BA. Mouse retinal pigment epithelial cells exhibit a thiocyanate-selective conductance. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. 2018 Oct 1;315(4):C457-C473. doi: 10.1152/ajpcell.00231.2017. Epub 2018 Jun 6. PMID 29874109 …
Neural dysfunction and retinopathy in persons with type 1 diabetes.
PubMed ID: 29985712 Author(s): Klein BEK, Horak KL, Lee KE, Meuer SM, Abramoff MD, Soliman EZ, Rechek M, Klein R. Neural dysfunction and retinopathy in persons with type 1 diabetes. Ophthalmic Epidemiol. 2018 Oct – …