For Sanbrita Mondal, OD, FAAO, patient care and teaching have always gone hand in hand. Whether she’s helping someone adapt to vision loss or mentoring the next generation of eye care professionals, her goal is …
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Department Chair Steps Into Two of Ophthalmology’s Top Leadership Roles
In the span of just a few months, Terri Young, MD, MBA passed one national leadership baton and picked up another— placing her at the forefront of two of ophthalmology’s most influential organizations. In early …
Dr. Amitha Domalpally Announced as WRC Professor in Imaging Innovation
On July 1, 2026, Amitha Domalpally, MD, PhD, was appointed as the inaugural Wisconsin Reading Center (WRC) Professor in Imaging Innovation. A national and international leader in retinal image biomarkers and Artificial Intelligence, Dr. Domalpally …
Building the Next Generation of Clinician-Scientists Through Ophthalmology Residency Research
Research and evidence-based medicine are foundational to the practice of ophthalmology. At the University of Wisconsin Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences (DOVS), residents are immersed in scholarly activity through a structured research curriculum designed …
UW Vision Researchers Uncover a New Clue to Preventing Herpes-Related Blindness
Herpes Simplex Virus 1 (HSV-1) is best known as the virus that causes cold sores, but it is also the leading infectious cause of blindness in the United States. In the eye, HSV-1 can produce …
Alumni Spotlight: Timothy Daley, MD ’11 and ‘12
For Timothy Daley, MD, becoming a Badger was the beginning of a lifelong connection to the University of Wisconsin—Madison (UW). After earning his undergraduate and medical degrees at the UW, he completed his ophthalmology residency …
A Molecular ‘Override’ for Inherited Blindness: Vision Research Group Publishes Recent Paper
For children born with a rare form of inherited blindness called Leber congenital amaurosis type 16 (LCA16), the genetic culprit can be a single miswritten instruction in their DNA — a so-called “nonsense mutation” that …
UW-Madison Recruits Leading Vision Researcher as Inaugural Monroe E. Trout, Jr. Chair in Eye Research
The UW-Madison Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences and the McPherson Eye Research Institute at UW-Madison are pleased to announce the recruitment of Jianhai Du, PhD. Dr. Du joined the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual …
A Partnership in Life, Family, and Vision Care
When Drs. Barbara Blodi and Justin Gottlieb arrived at the University of Wisconsin (UW) Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences (DOVS) three decades ago, they brought with them a shared passion for retina care and …