Orangetober is upon us. This month-long campaign was created by the Organ and Tissue Donor division of UW Health to encourage residents to register as organ, tissue and eye donors on the Wisconsin Donor Registry. …
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Meet our First Year Residents: 2018-2019
ELAINE DOWNIE, MD Education: BA in Chemistry from Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota MD from University of Minnesota Medical School in Minneapolis, Minnesota PGY-1 internship at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota Why Ophthalmology? My …
DOVS Teleophthalmology Program Launches at Two UW Health Clinics
The Teleophthalmology for Diabetic Eye Screening program, led by assistant professor and glaucoma specialist Yao Liu, MD, is now live at UW Health East and Yahara Clinics. The program launched August 28, 2018. UW Health …
Ophthalmologists Encourage Making Your Eyes Part of a Healthy Aging Strategy
According to a national survey released by the American Academy of Ophthalmology, nearly two out of three American adults report having eye or vision problems. A significant percentage of them, however, fail to seek medical …
Lions Eye Bank of Wisconsin Gift of Sight Discovery Award is Announced
Yao Liu, MD, and Stuart Tompson, PhD, received this year’s Lions Eye Bank of Wisconsin (LEBW) Gift of Sight Discovery Award through an internal competition open to UW Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences (DOVS) …
Gregory Skuta, MD, Receives 2018 UW OAA Distinguished Alumni Award
Gregory L. Skuta, MD, (Residency 1985) will receive the University of Wisconsin Ophthalmology Alumni Association’s (OAA) 2018 Distinguished Alumni Award at the alumni reception on October 27, 2018, at the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) …
Back to School! Good Vision and Overall Eye Health are Vital to Learning
Back-to-school time is just around the corner, and the scramble to buy school clothes and new pencils, backpacks and notebooks will begin. Ophthalmologists remind busy parents not to neglect one of the most important learning …
Music To Our Ears: Patient Sight Story Series
Just ask and you’ll learn that Steve Birchall thinks that the University of Wisconsin’s Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences has been “music to his ears.” Steve, a former music professor who has worn glasses …
Paul Kaufman, MD, To Be Honored With The 2018 Endre A. Balazs Prize
Paul Kaufman, MD, professor and chair emeritus, will be presented with The Endre A. Balazs Prize by the International Society for Eye Research (ISER) at the upcoming Biennial Meeting in Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK, September …