UW Faculty Present at 2023 AUPO Annual Meeting
Jan 19 2023
University of Wisconsin Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences faculty members and staff will present at the 2023 Association of University Professors of Ophthalmology (AUPO) Annual Meeting in San Diego, CA January 24 – 28,…
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Yao Liu, MD, MS, Awarded Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Grant
Jun 15 2021
Yao Liu, MD, MS, assistant professor, glaucoma specialist and director of the UW Teleophthalmology Program, was awarded a Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Endowment grant for her project, “Advancing I-SITE in African American Communities.” Blindness from diabetes…
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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…
Read MoreYao Liu, MD, MS, Discusses Eye Care During COVID-19 With Wisconsin Public Radio
Sep 30 2020
Dr. Yao Liu, assistant professor and glaucoma specialist, spoke with Kate Archer Kent of the Wisconsin Public Radio Morning Show on Monday, September 28. Dr. Liu discussed eye care during the COVID-19 pandemic, including what…
Read MoreDr. Yao Liu to Present COVID-19 Telehealth Updates to WAO
May 01 2020
Yao Liu, MD, MS, assistant professor and director of the UW Teleophthalmology Program, will present “Telehealth Resources for Eye Care During COVID-19” via webinar at 7:30 p.m. on May 4. The event is hosted by…
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Yao Liu, MD, MS, Co-authors ATA Telehealth Guidelines
Apr 06 2020
The American Telehealth Assocation (ATA), the premier organization working to accelerate the adoption of telehealth, published the 3rd Edition of its practice guidelines for ocular telehealth-diabetic retinopathy in Telemedicine and eHealth Journal (Vol. 26, No.…
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UW Teleophthalmology Expands to Fort Healthcare
Feb 10 2020
The UW Teleophthalmology Program, under the leadership of Yao Liu, MD, MS, assistant professor and glaucoma specialist, has expanded to include the Integrated Family Clinic at Fort Healthcare in Fort Atkinson, WI. The new teleophthalmology…
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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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DOVS Teleophthalmology: A Vision for Better Eye Care in Rural Wisconsin
Mar 08 2019
In August of 2018, the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences (DOVS) launched a Teleophthalmology program in an effort to make diabetic eye examinations highly accessible to rural Wisconsin communities. Residents from these areas often…
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