Though the American Academy of Ophthalmology Annual Meeting has moved to a new format due to the pandemic, our University of Wisconsin – Madison Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences’ colleagues will be busy presenting, attending and teaching courses.
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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 …
New Department Administrator Announced
Ms. Linda Callow will assume the Department Administrator role of the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at the University of Wisconsin – Madison, effective October 1, 2019. Ms. Callow is a Certified Public Accountant with an Executive Master …
2019 Distinguished Alumnus Announced
Dr. Andy Harris Honored as 2019 OAA Distinguished Alumni Award Recipient This year’s Distinguished Alumni Award recipient, W. Andy Harris, MD (Residency 1974), recalled his time at the University of Wisconsin Department of Ophthalmology and …
Making WAIVS at UW-Madison
a New Way of Imaging One of the most exciting new projects in vision research at UW-Madison is a groundbreaking group collaboration among the McPherson Eye Research Institute, the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, …
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 …
Biomanufacturing projects stepping out at UW-Madison
Human skin cells (pink) migrating upon a medical device (green) that was manufactured from a parsley leaf. Plant-derived devices are being developed into implants for surgical wound healing with help from the Forward BIO Institute. GIANLUCA …
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 …
It’s a Go – The Clinical Trials Unit Embarks on the First Human Gene Therapy Trial in DOVS History
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences (DOVS) has formally been announced as a partner site for Nightstar Therapeutics’ STAR Phase 3 Registrational Trial for NSR-REP1 in Choroideremia. This is the first …