An impressive team of schedulers, technicians, opticians, medical students, residents, and faculty from the UW Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences and UW Health assisted a record number of patients at the 2023 World Sight Day Clinic.
Patient Care
Annual Right to Sight Clinic Serves 58 Patients
The 2022 Annual World Sight Day Right to Sight Clinic was held Saturday, October 8, 2022, at the UW Health University Station Eye Clinic. 58 people were provided with eye care services, and 34 pairs …
Measure for Measure
“Dishonor not your eye By throwing it on any other object, Till you have heard me in my true complaint, And given me justice, justice, justice, justice!” – Isabella, Measure for Measure William Shakespeare Over …
60 Years of Excellent Eye Care
Don Dehlinger of Stevens Point, Wisconsin, has been a University of Wisconsin-Madison Eye Clinic patient since 1961. At the young age of eight years old, Dr. Matthew D. Davis (Dinny) performed Don’s first eye surgery …
Can precision medicine treat childhood blindness?
Using stem cells, gene therapy to correct errors in retinal cells A research team at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health has shown that two novel approaches to treating an inherited …
Protect Your Eyes While Playing Sports // April is Sports Eye Safety Month
Basketball, Baseball and Air/Paintball Guns Top the List of Leading Causes of Eye Injuries More than 40 percent of eye injuries that occur every year are related to sports or recreational activities. A recent …
The Latest on Low Vision Service at UW Health
A year after Sanbrita Mondal, OD, started the Low Vision Rehabilitation Clinic at UW Health University Station Eye Clinic in Madison, it is now fully operational, holding diagnostic clinics for patients with visual disabilities every …
October is Contact Lens Safety Awareness Month
contact lens safety Developing healthy contact lens hygiene habits from the start, or reviewing them annually when you visit your eye doctor to update your contact lens prescription, is a great way to reduce your …
Don’t Look Now! 2017 Solar Eclipse Eye Safety
As the solar eclipse quickly approaches on Monday, August 21, 2017, our ophthalmologists want to ensure that everyone views this exciting event safely. Whether you are viewing it in Madison, Wisconsin or along the path of …