Sanbrita Mondal, OD, clinical optometrist, clinical adjunct assistant professor and director of the UW Health Low Vision Clinic, is part of a team of researchers who have been awarded the McPherson Eye Research Institute 2021 …
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Research to Prevent Blindness Funds DOVS Eye Research
The University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health has been granted an Unrestricted Grant by Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB) in the amount of $115,000 a year to support eye research conducted by …
Barbara Klein, MD, MPH, International Leader in Epidemiologic Research, Announces Retirement
Barbara Klein, MD, MPH, has announced her retirement from the University of Wisconsin Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences. Dr. Klein’s last day is July 5, 2021. Dr. Klein has had a significant impact on …
Marilyn Kay, MD, Neuro-ophthalmology Specialist and Vice Chair of Education, Announces Retirement
Marilyn Kay, MD, associate professor, neuro-ophthalmology specialist and vice chair of education and faculty development has announced her retirement. Dr. Kay’s last day is June 30, 2021. Dr. Marilyn Kay joined the UW Department of …
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 …
Yao Liu, MD, MS, Awarded Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Grant
Yao Liu, MD, MS, assistant professor, glaucoma specialist and director of the UW Teleophthalmology Program, was awarded a Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Endowment grant for her project, “Advancing I-SITE in African American Communities.” Blindness from diabetes …
Nayan Patel, OD, Gives Back to the Community Through BAPS Charities
Nayan Patel, OD, clinical optometrist and clinical adjunct assistant professor, has spent over a decade providing eye screenings at the BAPS Charities health fair in Chicago, Illinois. This charitable organization extends from the Bochasanwasi Shri …
Work of Yao Liu, MD, MS, Selected as ARVO Annual Meeting “Hot Topic”
The work of Yao Liu, MD, MS, assist professor, glaucoma specialist and director of the UW Teleophthalmology Program, was selected as one of 19 “Hot Topics” of The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology …
Barbara Klein, MD, MPH, and Ronald Klein, MD, MPH, Honored at ARVO
Dr. Barbara Klein, professor, and the late Dr. Ronald Klein were honored with a symposium, “Epidemiology of Diabetic Retinopathy and Age-related Macular Degeneration: Past, Present and Future,” at the Association for Research in Vision and …