The University of Wisconsin Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences welcomed 60 medical and veterinary residents, from 10 institutions nationwide, to the annual 2-day phacoemulsification cataract extraction course on August 15-16, 2025. The event us hosted jointly by our department, the University of Iowa, and the Medical College of Wisconsin.
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Department Hosts 2022 Multiphasic Phaco Course
53 residents and medical students from 10 institutions receive training in modern cataract removal techniques at DOVS’ 2022 Phacoemulsification Course. For more than two decades, medical and veterinary ophthalmology residents, UW and visiting medical students, …
2021 Multiphasic Phacoemulsification Course
In a return to regularly scheduled education programming that was disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences (DOVS) hosted the 2021 Multiphasic Phacoemulsification Course on August 20-21 at the Health …
Phaco Education Continues in the Time of COVID
In the summer of 2020, the tough decision was made to cancel the annual Phacoemulsification Course hosted jointly by the University of Wisconsin and University of Iowa Departments of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences (DOVS) due …