By age 65, one in three Americans will have a vision-impairing eye disease. Many sight-robbing conditions can be effectively treated if detected early enough, in many cases limiting or eliminating the damage to eyesight. During …
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Dr. Yao Liu to Present COVID-19 Telehealth Updates to WAO
Yao Liu, MD, MS, assistant professor and director of the UW Teleophthalmology Program, will present “Telehealth Resources for Eye Care During COVID-19” via webinar at 7:30 p.m. on May 4. The event is hosted by …
Postdoctoral Trainee Receives Knight Templar Eye Foundation Career Starter Award
Philip Mzyk, PhD, a postdoctoral trainee in the Colleen McDowell Laboratory, has been awarded the Knights Templar Eye Foundation Career Starter Grant. The $70,000 award will support Dr. Mzyk’s research in the role of fibronectin extra …
Second Year Medical Students Offer COVID-19 Thanks
The DOVS Education Team received a heartwarming note from UW School of Medicine and Public Health second year medical students. All Phase 2 students are involved in the newly developed distance learning curriculum. Daniel Knoch, MD, …
Yao Liu, MD, MS, Co-authors ATA Telehealth Guidelines
The American Telehealth Assocation (ATA), the premier organization working to accelerate the adoption of telehealth, published the 3rd Edition of its practice guidelines for ocular telehealth-diabetic retinopathy in Telemedicine and eHealth Journal (Vol. 26, No. …
Ophthalmologists Urge Eye Protection for Recreational and Professional Sports
New research shows that about 30,000 people in the U.S. go to emergency departments each year with sports-related eye injuries, a substantially higher estimate than previously reported. This April during Sports Eye Safety Month, the …
Doctors’ Day 2020: Showing Gratitude in the Time of COVID-19
Since COVID-19 began to creep into the fabric of our daily lives, there have been countless stories about the determination and selflessness of healthcare workers across the country and world. Our ophthalmology residents and fellows …
Clinical Trial Patient Races to Raise Awareness
On January 7, 2020, Jason Folie, a Minnesota native, hopped on a Trek bike in San Diego, California, and headed east. His final destination, St. Augustine, Florida, was 3,200 miles away. This wasn’t a typical …
Protect Your Eyes From Too Much Screen Time
A recent study found that the average office worker spends 1,700 hours per year in front of a computer screen. And that doesn’t include our addiction to phones and other digital devices. All this screen time has …