UW Eye Research Team Discovers Novel Gene Mutations that Cause Glaucoma
Jan 30 2017
January is national glaucoma awareness month A research team of the UW Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences has discovered novel mutations in a gene that are responsible for an important subset of childhood blindness…
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Matthew Davis, MD Honored by American Academy of Ophthalmology
Aug 08 2016
Dr. Matthew Davis, of the UW-Madison Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, has been selected as the recipient of the 2016 Laureate Recognition Award from the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO). Dr. Davis is known…
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Macular Degeneration Insight Identifies Promising Drugs to Prevent Vision Loss
Aug 04 2016
by David Tenenbaum, University Communications Media Inquiries: news@uwhealth.org In a study published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a University of Wisconsin-Madison research team pinpoints how immune abnormalities beneath the…
Read More2016 Alumni Association Dues
Jul 28 2016
Dues can be paid online with a credit card or your PayPal account. Alumni who completed residency or fellowship in 2014 or 2015 please choose the “recent graduate” option, $25 per calendar year. Regular membership…
Read MoreSeeing Clearly Now: Beloit Daily News Featuring Dr. Michael Altaweel
Jul 28 2016
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,…
Read MoreFaculty Receive 2016 Resident Teaching Awards
Jul 26 2016
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,…
Read MoreFour Department Doctors Win Patient Experience Awards
Jul 13 2016
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…
Read MoreBradfield Awarded Doolittle Professorship
Jun 24 2016
Yasmin Bradfield, MD, was promoted from Associate Professor to Professor, CHS, effective July 1, 2016. Dr. Bradfield joined the Department in 2003 as a pediatric ophthalmologist at the assistant level and was promoted to Associate…
Read MoreSeven Doctors from Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences Named to Best Doctors List
Jun 14 2016
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, MMM, Mark Lucarelli,…
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