Justin Gottlieb, MD, discusses treatments for age-related macular degeneration at the Saving Sight: Macular Degeneration Symposium in October, 2016.
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Introduction to Age-Related Macular Degeneration, Barbara Blodi, MD
Barbara Blodi, MD, provides an introduction to age-related macular degeneration at the Saving Sight: Macular Degeneration Symposium in October, 2016.
February is National Age-Related Macular Degeneration Awareness Month
The American Academy of Ophthalmology recognizes the month of February to promote awareness about Age-related Macular Degeneration, also called simply macular degeneration or AMD, the nation’s leading cause of vision loss. We at the UW …
Age-Related Macular Degeneration // Treatments and Coping with Low Vision
The American Academy of Ophthalmology recognizes the month of February to promote awareness about Age-related Macular Degeneration, also called simply macular degeneration or AMD, the nation’s leading cause of vision loss. We at the UW …
2017 Annual Report
Transforming Vision The University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences has experienced an era of unprecedented change in health care policy and regulation, advances in multidisciplinary research, and necessary pedagogical evolution to provide …
Everyone’s Right to Sight
Since 2007, Combat Blindness International has partnered with UW Health and the University of Wisconsin Madison Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences within the School of Medicine and Public Health to provide service to Dane County residents …
UW Eye Research Team Discovers Novel Gene Mutations that Cause Glaucoma
January is national glaucoma awareness month A research team of the UW Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences has discovered novel mutations in a gene that are responsible for an important subset of childhood blindness …
A Review: The Association Between Myopia and Glaucoma
CORE CONCEPTS The increasing global prevalence of myopia has significant consequences beyond mere optical correction, as it predisposes individuals to severe ocular pathologies including glaucoma. Biomechanical stresses induced by increased axial length of the globe and oxidative stress are implicated in the development of glaucoma …
Nickells Lab Explores the Molecular Complexities of Retinal Ganglion Cell Death in Glaucoma
January is National Glaucoma Awareness Month Meet Robert Nickells, PhD, a researcher in the University of Wisconsin Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences. Dr. Nickells leads an active research program studying the biology of …