Castillo, a clinical adjunct professor with the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, has been named the department’s 2023 Distinguished Educator.
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Big Data, Big Results: UW Selected as Member of IRIS Registry Analytics Consortium
The department is now a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology’s Intelligent Research in Sight (IRIS) Registry Analytics Consortium. This will allow the access to big data that has the potential to shape future scientific research.
Dr. Julie Mares retires after 32 years of research and service
Mares, a professor in the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, retired from UW-Madison on July 14th after a lengthy career exploring the connections between food, a healthy lifestyle, genetics, and nutrition in preserving eye health.
Vice Chair and Ophthalmology Residency Training Program Director Announces His Retirement
A 28-year veteran of the University of Wisconsin Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences has announced his retirement, effective September 30, 2023.
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.
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.
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.
Celebrating the Class of 2023
On June 16, the University of Wisconsin Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences will celebrate the graduation of three resident physicians and four clinical fellows.
UW Provides Free Eye Care to Wisconsin’s Plain Communities
As a pediatric ophthalmologist and inherited retinal disease specialist, Melanie Schmitt, MD, an assistant professor in the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, identified a need for comprehensive eye care among Wisconsin’s Amish and Old Order Mennonite people, collectively called the Plain communities. This led to the creation of an eye clinic targeted to their needs.