The American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) Minority Ophthalmology Mentoring (MOM) program recently released its 2020 Annual Report. The University of Wisconsin Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences was noted as one of 15 programs that …
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Licensed to Lead: Faculty Discuss Physician Burnout and Scribes on Podcast
Barbara Blodi, MD, Matthew D. Davis Professor, medical director of the Fundus Photograph Reading Center and retina specialist, and Mark Lucarelli, MD, FACS, were invited to the Licensed to Lead Podcast for a conversation on …
Amy Walker, OD, and Her Most Famous Patient
When I was a young Air Force optometrist, I attended a seven-week leadership course at Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, Alabama where I first learned of the World War II Tuskegee Airmen. The large auditorium …
Music To Our Ears: Patient Sight Story Series
Just ask and you’ll learn that Steve Birchall thinks that the University of Wisconsin’s Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences has been “music to his ears.” Steve, a former music professor who has worn glasses …
Cat Burkat, MD, FACS, Named to Minority Ophthalmology Mentoring Program
Cat Burkat, MD, FACS, professor, will represent the UW-Madison Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences on the Minority Ophthalmology Mentoring (MOM) committee. The MOM program is a partnership between the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) and Association …
Women Face Higher Risk of Blindness Than Men
Studies show there is a gender gap in eye disease. Women are more likely than men to suffer from sight-threatening conditions such as age-related macular degeneration (AMD), cataracts, and glaucoma.1 In support of Healthy Vision Month in …
Equal Right to Sight
On March 8th – International Women’s Day – Seva Canada announced the Equal Right to Sight initiative, a new campaign that focuses on equal access to eye care for women and girls. In 1999, Seva …
2016 in Review
Top Doctors Awarded 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, …
Yao Liu, MD, Presents Telemedicine Project at Congressional Reception
UW School of Medicine and Public Health Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences Glaucoma specialist Yao Liu, MD, recently returned from Washington, DC where she was an invited presenter at the Emerging Vision Scientists Congressional …