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.
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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.
Dr. Julie Mares retires after 32 years of research and service
Mares, a professor in the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, retired from UW-Madison on July 14th after a lengthy career exploring the connections between food, a healthy lifestyle, genetics, and nutrition in preserving eye health.
WANDA MARTINEZ NAMED 2023 DISTINGUISHED ALUMNA
We are pleased to announce that Wanda Martinez, MD, PhD is the recipient of the 2023 Ophthalmology Alumni Association’s Distinguished Alumni Award.
Department’s First Cornea Fellow Treats More Than Just Eyes
For Edith Navarro, MD, a 1995 graduate – and the department’s first – of the UW’s ophthalmology cornea fellowship program, providing care for those in need is about much more than just their eyes. As medical director of the Tzu Chi Eye Center in Santa Mesa, Philippines, Navarro believes good eye care treats the whole person in a compassionate way.
UW Researchers Will Develop Gene Editing Therapy to Treat Blindness
A new study by UW researchers will test gene editing therapy to treat blindness. The collaborative project involves a team of ophthalmology researchers and biomedical engineers.