Telemedicine is a new option for screening patients with diabetic eye disease. Yao Liu, MD, presented the past, present and future of this revolutionary diagnostic tool that can help patients across the state and around …
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Lucarelli Receives Inaugural Dortzbach Professorship
Mark Lucarelli, MD, FACS, was installed as the inaugural Richard K. Dortzbach Professor of Ophthalmic Facial Plastic Surgery, by department chair Terri Young, MD, MBA, at a ceremony held in conjunction with the annual oculoplastics …
Facing the Future – Oculoplastics 2016
On February 26, UW Ophthalmology residents and participants from throughout the region experienced a full day of updates and pearls on oculoplastics and facial topics at Oculoplastics 2016. Course attendees included residents and fellows from …
Blue Sky Science: How do people get different colored eyes?
[embedr responsive=”true”] [/embedr] Blue Sky Science is a collaboration of the Wisconsin State Journal and the Morgridge Institute for Research. The questions are posed by visitors to Saturday Science events at the Discovery Building, a …
Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences Hosts Vision Science Symposium
The 2016 Spring Vision Science Symposium will be held on Friday, April 1, 2016 at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. The featured keynote speaker is Dale Gregerson, PhD, from the …
Gift Honors Lifetime Commitment to Eye Care in the Philippines
“[FREC was] witness to countless happy tales of sight restoration. There was the old couple, both blind from cataract, seeing again after twelve years upon initial treatment of one eye. When the bandages were taken …
2015 Annual Report
The UW School of Medicine and Public Health Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences 2015 Annual Report is available now. It contains some of the many highlights from the past year. Annual Report 2015
Dr. Yasmin Bradfield Reflects on Visit, Opportunities for Collaboration with University of São Paolo
Dr. Yasmin Bradfield, Associate Professor of Pediatric Ophthalmology, traveled to the University of São Paolo, Brazil, (USP), as Visiting Professor December 1-5, 2015. Dr. Bradfield shares her impressions of the USP, the largest university hospital …
Doctor Day 2016 – Advocacy at the Capitol
The Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences sent resident representatives to participate in Doctor Day 2016 – Advocacy at the Capitol on February 10, 2016. The annual event, sponsored by the Wisconsin Medical Society, brings …