Work of Yao Liu, MD, MS, Selected as ARVO Annual Meeting “Hot Topic”
May 09 2021
The work of Yao Liu, MD, MS, assist professor, glaucoma specialist and director of the UW Teleophthalmology Program, was selected as one of 19 “Hot Topics” of The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology…
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AEVR Announces Virtual World Glaucoma Week Congressional Briefing
Feb 09 2021
The Alliance for Eye and Vision Research’s (AEVR) new Research Saving Sight, Restoring Vision Initiative announced a World Glaucoma Week 2021 Congressional Briefing entitled Glaucoma: Clinical Practice and Research to Optimize Patient Outcomes to be…
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Former First Lady Reflects on Firsthand Experiences in Eye Care
Jul 18 2019
Laurie McCallum has been a patient with the UW Health Eye Clinics since pictures of retinas were hand-drawn. That is to say, quite a while. One of her first visits to Suresh Chandra, MD, retina…
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Early Detection Critical to Treating Glaucoma
Jan 02 2019
[KGVID]https://www.ophth.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Glaucoma-Jan-2019-.mp4[/KGVID] Glaucoma is a major cause of vision loss worldwide. It affects more than 3 million people in the United States—nearly half of whom are unaware they have the disease. During Glaucoma Awareness Month…
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George Kambara, MD, Vision Science Symposium
Aug 16 2018
Presented by the UW Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences Keynote Speaker: MOnica Vetter, PhD – UNiversity of Utah – Chair of the Department of neurobiology and Anatomy Dr. Vetter’s laboratory is focused on…
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Aug 16 2018
You are invited to a special Research Colloquium for a glaucoma research faculty candidate in the UW-Madison Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences. When: Thursday, August 30 from 3:30pm – 4:30pm Where: Health Sciences Learning…
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Music To Our Ears: Patient Sight Story Series
Jul 11 2018
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…
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McLellan Lab Expands Knowledge of Human Glaucoma by Studying Animal Model
Jun 06 2018
Meet Gillian McLellan, BVMS, PhD, a glaucoma specialist performing important research on glaucoma with the UW School of Veterinary Medicine and Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences. Dr. McLellan’s lab is focused on solving ocular…
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Can You See It? Patient Sight Story Series
May 21 2018
As Russ recalls it… I’d made the appointment capriciously, feeling that I could get this over with by seeing some of the top eye doctors in the country right here, as part of the University…
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