On June 16, the University of Wisconsin Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences will celebrate the graduation of three resident physicians and four clinical fellows.
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UW Provides Free Eye Care to Wisconsin’s Plain Communities
As a pediatric ophthalmologist and inherited retinal disease specialist, Melanie Schmitt, MD, an assistant professor in the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, identified a need for comprehensive eye care among Wisconsin’s Amish and Old Order Mennonite people, collectively called the Plain communities. This led to the creation of an eye clinic targeted to their needs.
DOVS Faculty, Learners Team Up to Teach Ophthalmology to Local Students
Faculty and residents teamed up to put on a half-day learning opportunity – all about eyes – for local high school students from three schools. The second annual “Odyssey Into Ophthalmology” course, created by Cat Burkat, MD, FACS, took place on Friday, April 7 at the Health Sciences Learning Center.
Meet Our New Residents
We are excited to welcome our new ophthalmology residents, who will be joining us July 1, 2023.
Celebrating the DOVS Class of 2022
On June 17, the University of Wisconsin Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences will celebrate the graduation of three resident physicians and three clinical fellows. Residents From left to right: Tyler Boulter, MD. Paige Richards, …
DOVS Faculty, Learners Team Up to Teach Ophthalmology to Local Students
A group of UW Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences staff, faculty and learners recently teamed up to put on a half-day learning opportunity – all about eyes – for local students. The “Odyssey Into …
2017 International Initiative: Aline Martins
There are 5,342 miles between Madison, Wisconsin and São Paulo, Brazil. That is the journey international resident Aline Martins embarked on to further her studies in ophthalmology at the UW-Madison Department of Ophthalmological and Visual …
Meet Our First Year Residents
BRADEN BURCKHARD, MD Education: BA in Biology, Chemistry at Minot State University in North Dakota MD from University of North Dakota PGY-1 internship at Gundersen Medical Foundation in LaCrosse, WI Why Madison? Madison has the …