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 …
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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 …
Holly Cohn, MFA, Senior Research Specialist, Featured in Latest Edition of Corpus Callosum
Holly Cohn, MFA, senior research specialist in the Fundus Photograph Reading Center, was featured in the newest edition of Corpus Callosum, an online arts journal produced by Ebling Library in the UW-Madison School of Medicine …
David Gamm, MD, PhD, and Multidisciplinary Team of Researchers Develop Second Generation Retinal Patch
Tens of millions of people worldwide are affected by diseases like macular degeneration or have had accidents that permanently damage the light-sensitive photoreceptors within their retinas that enable vision. The human body is not capable …
Micro-molded ‘ice cube tray’ scaffold is next step in returning sight to injured retinas
In new research published today, UW–Madison researchers reported a new nanoparticle-based treatment for sepsis that delivers anti-inflammatory molecules and antibiotics.
Treating Antimicrobial Resistant Infections: A Nano-scale Approach with Big Impacts
Antimicrobial-resistant (AMR) infections are predicted to kill 10 million people each year by 2050—up from 700,000 in 2019—and force 24 million people into extreme poverty as early as 2030. Yet, the pharmaceutical industry has divested from the antibiotic resistance crisis, investing instead in more lucrative types of drugs.
Licensed to Lead: Faculty Discuss Physician Burnout and Scribes on Podcast
Barbara Blodi, MD, Matthew D. Davis Professor, medical director of the Fundus Photograph Reading Center and retina specialist, and Mark Lucarelli, MD, FACS, were invited to the Licensed to Lead Podcast for a conversation on …
DOVS Well Represented at Oculofacial Rejuvenation Webinar
Mark Lucarelli, MD, FACS, Richard K. Dortzbach Professor of Ophthalmic Facial Plastic Surgery, and Cat Burkat, MD, FACS, professor, participated in the Asian Pacific Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery – American Society of …