“How could I miss that?” was John Lenart’s first reaction when he struck out during a baseball game in August 2018. Lenart plays second base with the Racine Blues, an age-60+ team that is part …
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Lifestyle Choices May Help Glaucoma Patients Preserve Eyesight
Glaucoma is one of the leading causes of vision loss, affecting about 3 million people in the United States. Because there are no symptoms early on, about half of people with the disease don’t know …
2019 Mind and Motion
The ophthalmology portion of the UW School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH) Mind and Motion course was held on two recent Saturdays, November 16 and 23, at the UW Health University Station Eye Clinic. These 3 …
ReSpectacle Volunteers Clean and Organize Donations
Elaine Downie, MD, second-year ophthalmology resident, is the founder and current director of the UW-Madison chapter of ReSpectacle, an organization that processes donated glasses into an online database and then distributes them to those in …
DOVS Mentee Presents at 2019 Medical Student Research Forum
The 2019 Medical Student Research Forum was held on November 25, 2019, at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health’s Health Sciences Learning Center. Jackson Korger, a second-year medical student, presented a poster for his …
Med Students Practice Ophthalmology Skills at Micro-Olympics
The UW School of Medicine and Public Health’s Ophthalmology Interest Group and the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences held the annual Micro-Olympics event at the Health Sciences Learning Center on the evening of November …
PanOptix Trifocal Intraocular Lens Now Available at UW Health
UW Health Eye Clinics is pleased to announce that the AcrySof®IQ PanOptix® Trifocal Intraocular Lens (IOL) is now available for patients undergoing cataract surgery. The PanOptix Trifocal IOL is the first and only FDA-approved trifocal lens available …
UW DOVS Researchers Attend ISER/BFF Glaucoma Symposium
Several DOVS researchers attended the International Society for Eye Research/BrightFocus Glaucoma Symposium in Atlanta, GA, October 23-26, 2019. The symposium focused on concepts and breakthroughs in glaucoma and brought together researchers from around the world. …
Sixty Percent of Americans with Diabetes Skip Annual Sight-Saving Exams
People with diabetes are at increased risk of developing serious eye diseases, yet most do not have sight-saving, annual eye exams, according to a large study. The Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences joins the American Academy of Ophthalmology in reiterating the importance of …