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, …
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Four Department Doctors Win Patient Experience Awards
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 …
Bradfield Awarded Doolittle Professorship
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 …
Seven Doctors from Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences Named to Best Doctors List
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, …
UW Eye Research Team Discovers Novel Gene Mutations that Cause Glaucoma
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 called primary congenital glaucoma (PCG). Read …
Chief Resident Update: AAO Advocacy Day
Chief Resident Jeremy Lavine, MD, PhD, recently traveled to Washington, DC, where he represented the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health’s Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at the American Academy of …
International Ophthalmology Collaboration: Dr. Umang Mathur Speaks at May 13 Grand Rounds
A commitment to international health has long been a priority within the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. This is no more evident than with the doctors and staff in the Department …
Allergic Eye Disease
Allergic eye disease is a bilateral immune mediated process of the ocular surface that occurs in up to 25% of the population of developed countries. Five entities are described as having at least in part …
Mary Ann Croft, MS, One of Nine UW Academic Staff to Receive Award
Mary Ann Croft, MS, a researcher in the Kaufman Lab in the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, studies issues of the aging eye such as presbyopia and visual accommodation. Read about the award she …