UW Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences offers a new, state-of-the-art option for cataract surgery, the femtosecond laser. This device is the next step in providing precision care to patients with cataracts. The femtosecond laser …
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Team Helps Baby See for the First Time
Eden Burgmeier, like any other toddler, loves to play with her toys. She will see a favorite toy in a corner and will crawl with glee to retrieve it. Eden did not always react to …
Seeing Clearly (Now)
As originally published in Beloit Daily News BELOIT — For most, skipping a routine exam isn’t something that would cause panic or result in anything besides a hearty lecture from your doctor. But for others, …
Listening and Learning
Ms. Jeffords came to our clinics with decreased vision in both eyes that had become even more blurry over time. She elected to have cataract surgery in both eyes sequentially with Dr. Heather Potter this …
Judy Chen, MD, PhD, Selected as PI for New Study
Judy (Yanjun) Chen, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Neuro-Ophthalmology, Department of Ophthalmology, Neurology and Neurosurgery was named Principal Investigator for a Midwest Lighting Institute sponsored project entitled: “The effect of modified lighting on unit-wide medical error rates in …
An audacious vision: Researchers aim for first human eye transplant within the decade
PITTSBURGH – Scientists have strived for successful eye transplants for centuries. Early attempts read like the diary of Mary Shelley: implanting a dog’s eye into a rat’s groin, transplanting a rat’s eye onto the neck …
Above and Beyond
It was a typically busy day in UW Heath University Station Eye Clinic recently, when Darla Coullard, Certified Ophthalmic Assistant (COA), one of the ophthalmic techs in the pediatric clinic noticed an elderly gentleman in …
New Affiliate Appointments
The Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences is pleased to announce new affiliate appointments and is excited to work with others across campus to move us all forward, in all ways. Bikash Pattnaik, PhD, MPhil, an …
Department Strengthens International Ties
Sima Das, MD, visited Madison and the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences in early October, to observe oculoplastics, clinics and surgeries, as part of the department’s growing exchange with Shroff’s Charity Eye Hospital in …