For more than four decades, the Clinical Eye Research Unit (CERU) has helped bring promising vision therapies from the research stage to patients. Today, the unit is expanding its reach, conducting increasingly complex clinical …
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Highlights from Wisconsin Ophthalmology Research Day 2026
The University of Wisconsin (UW) School of Medicine and Public Health and the Medical College of Wisconsin proudly partnered on June 12 at the annual Wisconsin Ophthalmology Research Day (WORD). The event featured research …
Global Partners Visit Madison
We were pleased to host two learners from our global partner institutions in Manila, Philippines for a week-long rotation in June: Drs. Paul Apilado and Cathleen Villafuerte. Dr. Apilado is the chief ophthalmology resident from …
Comparison of Clarus, Optos, and Heidelberg Systems for Geographic Atrophy Area Measurements.
PubMed ID: 42293345 Author(s): Bogost J, Saunders T, Heathcote J, Pak JW, Lopez D, Froines C, Blodi B, Channa R, Schildroth K, Kurt K, Mititelu M, Stepien K, Chang JS, Altaweel M, Gottlieb J, Conlin …
Lifestyle and Metformin Interventions and Risk of Multimorbidity in Adults With Prediabetes
PubMed ID: 42295772 Author(s): Salive ME, Tjaden AH, Ames JR, Crandall JP, Dabelea D, Hazuda HP, Heckman-Stoddard BM, Huckfeldt PJ, Kuo S, Strotmeyer ES, Temprosa M, Venditti EM; DPP Research Group. Lifestyle and Metformin Interventions …
Hail to the Chief
Welcome from Claire Hermsen, MD PGY3 Ophthalmology Resident Hello! My name is Claire, and I am a PGY3 ophthalmology resident at the University of Wisconsin. I chose ophthalmology because, during medical school, I loved all …
Minority representation in the 2024 American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus (AAPOS) annual meeting program
PubMed ID: 41628761 Author(s): Josef JD, Bradfield YS, Greninger DA, Chang TC; Diversity, Equity Inclusion Task Force members; Annual Program Committee members of the American Association of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus. Minority representation in the …
Engineered tRNA reduces vision loss in a mouse model of Leber congenital amaurosis.
PubMed ID: 42265079 Author(s): Shahi PK, Akyuz E, Gissot L, Al Saneh A, Pillala SK, Sinha D, Hanstad GM, Kabra M, Fernandez Zepeda MA, Gamm DM, Young SM, Ahern CA, Pattnaik BR. Engineered tRNA reduces …
Alumni Spotlight: Dalia Girgis, MD, PhD, ‘12
When Dalia Girgis, MD, PhD reflects on her time at the University of Wisconsin (UW) Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences (DOVS), one thing stands out above all else: the people. “I was struck by …