In June, the residents in the University of Wisconsin Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences announced the faculty recipients of this year’s teaching awards. The awards were presented by graduating residents Sapna Gangaputra, MD, MPH, …
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Dr. Gill McLellan Receives BrightFocus Foundation Award
Glaucoma remains a leading cause of vision loss globally, and it is estimated that over 76 million people will be affected this disease by 2020. There is mounting evidence that a chemical growth factor, transforming …
Four Department Doctors Win Patient Experience Awards
Gregg Heatley, MD, MMM Stephen K. Sauer, MD Eugene Cropp, OD Richard Patterson, OD Four doctors from the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences were awarded honors from the UW Health organization …
McLellan Lab Publishes in Prestigious Journal
Dr. Gillian McLellan and her collaborators recently published an exciting manuscript in PLoS One entitled “A Mutation in LTBP2 Causes Congenital Glaucoma in Domestic Cats (Felis catus).” Glaucoma is a group of diseases characterized by …
Faculty and Learners Attend Research Day – June 17, 2016
Faculty and learners from the UW Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences traveled to the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee on June 17, 2016, to participate in Research Day. This annual event is co-sponsored by the two institutions. (This photo is courtesy of Medical College of Wisconsin.)
Partnership with Dr. Shroff’s Charity Eye Hospital Provides Global Experience to Residents
Three senior residents and two faculty members traveled to India in February 2016 for a two-week elective international rotation with Dr. Shroff’s Charity Eye Hospital in New Delhi. This is the second consecutive year for …
Bradfield Awarded Doolittle Professorship
Yasmin Bradfield, MD, was promoted from Associate Professor to Professor, CHS, effective July 1, 2016. Dr. Bradfield joined the Department in 2003 as a pediatric ophthalmologist at the assistant level and was promoted to Associate …
Seven Doctors from Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences Named to Best Doctors List
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, …
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 …