Seven doctors from the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences were named to the 2015-16 Best Doctors in America List in adult and pediatric ophthalmology categories. Barbara Blodi, MD, Gregg Heatley, MD, MMM, Mark Lucarelli, …
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UW Eye Research Team Discovers Novel Gene Mutations that Cause Glaucoma
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 called primary congenital glaucoma (PCG). Read …
Chief Resident Update: AAO Advocacy Day
Chief Resident Jeremy Lavine, MD, PhD, recently traveled to Washington, DC, where he represented the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health’s Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at the American Academy of …
International Ophthalmology Collaboration: Dr. Umang Mathur Speaks at May 13 Grand Rounds
A commitment to international health has long been a priority within the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. This is no more evident than with the doctors and staff in the Department …
Allergic Eye Disease
Allergic eye disease is a bilateral immune mediated process of the ocular surface that occurs in up to 25% of the population of developed countries. Five entities are described as having at least in part …
Mary Ann Croft, MS, One of Nine UW Academic Staff to Receive Award
Mary Ann Croft, MS, a researcher in the Kaufman Lab in the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, studies issues of the aging eye such as presbyopia and visual accommodation. Read about the award she …
Reaching More Patients through Telemedicine (Video)
Telemedicine is a new option for screening patients with diabetic eye disease. Yao Liu, MD, presented the past, present and future of this revolutionary diagnostic tool that can help patients across the state and around …
Lucarelli Receives Inaugural Dortzbach Professorship
Mark Lucarelli, MD, FACS, was installed as the inaugural Richard K. Dortzbach Professor of Ophthalmic Facial Plastic Surgery, by department chair Terri Young, MD, MBA, at a ceremony held in conjunction with the annual oculoplastics …
Residents Benefit from Refractive Surgical Training
Second-year residents, Han Kim, MD, Alex Ringeisen, MD and Angeline Wang, MD recently attended the Resident Refractive Surgery Course presented by the University of Iowa Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences. Dr. Sarah Nehls, cornea …