The UW Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences is pleased to announce a new pediatric ophthalmology rotation. The new three-week rotation, which officially launched in September 2022, is designed to address the critical shortage of …
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Kazuya Oikawa, BVSc, PhD Awarded Knights Templar Eye Foundation Grant
Kazuya Oikawa, BVSc, PhD, a postdoctoral researcher in the McLellan Laboratory, has been awarded the Knights Templar Eye Foundation Career Starter Grant. The $70,000 award will support Dr. Oikawa’s research project “Neuroinflammation in Pediatric Glaucoma.” Primary congenital …
Department Hosts 2022 Multiphasic Phaco Course
53 residents and medical students from 10 institutions receive training in modern cataract removal techniques at DOVS’ 2022 Phacoemulsification Course. For more than two decades, medical and veterinary ophthalmology residents, UW and visiting medical students, …
DOVS Announces Transition for Phase 2 Medical Student Education Director
A 15-year veteran of the University of Wisconsin Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences will soon be stepping aside from his role as Director of Medical Student Education. But he’ll be handing the reigns to …
DOVS Announces Launch of New Medical Retina and Uveitis Fellowship
The UW Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences is excited to announce a brand-new clinical fellowship – Medical Retina and Uveitis – which will officially launch next year. The new one-year dual training program begins …
DOVS Faculty, Learners Team Up to Teach Ophthalmology to Local Students
A group of UW Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences staff, faculty and learners recently teamed up to put on a half-day learning opportunity – all about eyes – for local students. The “Odyssey Into …
DOVS and UW School of Veterinary Medicine Team Up for Ocular Pathology Day
The UW Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences (DOVS) and the UW School of Veterinary Medicine were proud to have successfully hosted another annual Ocular Pathology Day on September 17, 2021. The morning began virtually …
2021 Multiphasic Phacoemulsification Course
In a return to regularly scheduled education programming that was disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences (DOVS) hosted the 2021 Multiphasic Phacoemulsification Course on August 20-21 at the Health …
Phaco Education Continues in the Time of COVID
In the summer of 2020, the tough decision was made to cancel the annual Phacoemulsification Course hosted jointly by the University of Wisconsin and University of Iowa Departments of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences (DOVS) due …