Measure for Measure
Jun 08 2020
“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…
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UW Health Optometry Goes “Out to Pasture”
Jun 04 2020
The UW Health Specialty Clinic – Mauston, located at the Mile Bluff Medical Center in Mauston, Wisconsin, created an udderly amazing bovine display for the 6th Annual Cowtastic CowMOOnity Event, which benefits the local Veterans…
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Patient Sight Series: Hope for Corneal Health
May 21 2020
Imagine that the nerves leading to the cornea (clear windshield) of your eye have been damaged. Perhaps the damage was due to a viral infection, contact lens use, diabetes or even head trauma. Without the…
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Four Steps to Lower Your Risk of Eye Disease
May 04 2020
By age 65, one in three Americans will have a vision-impairing eye disease. Many sight-robbing conditions can be effectively treated if detected early enough, in many cases limiting or eliminating the damage to eyesight. During…
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Dr. 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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Postdoctoral Trainee Receives Knight Templar Eye Foundation Career Starter Award
Apr 09 2020
Philip Mzyk, PhD, a postdoctoral trainee in the Colleen McDowell Laboratory, has been awarded the Knights Templar Eye Foundation Career Starter Grant. The $70,000 award will support Dr. Mzyk’s research in the role of fibronectin extra…
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Second Year Medical Students Offer COVID-19 Thanks
Apr 08 2020
The DOVS Education Team received a heartwarming note from UW School of Medicine and Public Health second year medical students. All Phase 2 students are involved in the newly developed distance learning curriculum. Daniel Knoch, MD,…
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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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Ophthalmologists Urge Eye Protection for Recreational and Professional Sports
Apr 03 2020
New research shows that about 30,000 people in the U.S. go to emergency departments each year with sports-related eye injuries, a substantially higher estimate than previously reported. This April during Sports Eye Safety Month, the…
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