The Vision Research Core has received a $3.1 million grant from the National Eye Institute to provide expertise, facilities, and equipment to foster and expand vision research across the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
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Department Mentoring Program Showcases Our People First Culture
Our People Enriching People mentoring program fosters and promotes the career aspirations of the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences and UW Health Ophthalmology community.
UW Ophthalmologist Travels to Paraguay in the Fight Against Childhood Vision Loss
As a pediatric ophthalmologist with longstanding involvement in global education, Yasmin S. Bradfield has gone to great lengths to combat childhood vision loss. In fact, she recently traveled more than 5,000 miles from her Madison, Wisconsin clinic to Asunción, Paraguay.
Department Welcomes New Faculty and Providers
The Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences is pleased to welcome seven new colleagues to our team: one faculty researcher, three ophthalmology faculty, and three optometry faculty.
Department Activity at 2023 American Academy of Ophthalmology Annual Meeting
Join the faculty of the University of Wisconsin Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at the 2023 American Academy of Ophthalmology annual meeting in San Francisco, California November 3 – 6 as we connect, share, and advance our mission to save sight.
Annual Right to Sight Clinic Serves a Record Number from the Underinsured Community
An impressive team of schedulers, technicians, opticians, medical students, residents, and faculty from the UW Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences and UW Health assisted a record number of patients at the 2023 World Sight Day Clinic.
Med Students Practice Ophthalmology Skills at Micro-Olympics
Ophthalmology faculty and residents shared an evening of learning and fun with medical students at the annual Micro-Olympics at the Health Sciences Learning Center on the evening of September 19, 2023.
Thomas Castillo, DO named department’s 2023 Distinguished Educator
Castillo, a clinical adjunct professor with the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, has been named the department’s 2023 Distinguished Educator.
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.