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) …
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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 …
Will Your Sunglasses Protect You From Serious Eye Disease?
With summer in full swing, the days are longer, the sun hotter, and the threat from the sun’s damaging ultraviolet rays, greater. July is UV Safety Month and the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences …
Wellness Champions: A Show of Appreciation
On Wednesday, June 13, 2018, UW Health Wellness Options at Work recognized the Wellness Champions for their contributions to the health and wellbeing of employees at the first Wellness Champion Recognition event. The event, held …
No Fireworks Are Safe, Even “Innocent” Sparklers Can Cause Serious Eye Injuries
Fireworks injuries cause approximately 10,000 visits to the emergency department each year. Most of those visits involve children who suffer thousands of eye injuries.1 Though the most disabling injuries occur with illegal firecrackers, most injuries …
Cat Burkat, MD, FACS, Named to Minority Ophthalmology Mentoring Program
Cat Burkat, MD, FACS, professor, will represent the UW-Madison Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences on the Minority Ophthalmology Mentoring (MOM) committee. The MOM program is a partnership between the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) and Association …