Low Vision Lunch and Learn Series Continues to Educate Staff
Oct 17 2018 // Nearly 140 Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences (DOVS) and UW Health providers, technicians, residents, students, schedulers, administrative, and other clinic and support staff attended the second installment of the Low Vision Lunch and Learn… Read More
Orangetober: Donate Tissue, Save Sight
Oct 05 2018 // Orangetober is upon us. This month-long campaign was created by the Organ and Tissue Donor division of UW Health to encourage residents to register as organ, tissue and eye donors on the Wisconsin Donor Registry.… Read More
Meet our First Year Residents: 2018-2019
Oct 01 2018 // ELAINE DOWNIE, MD Education: BA in Chemistry from Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota MD from University of Minnesota Medical School in Minneapolis, Minnesota PGY-1 internship at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota Why Ophthalmology? My… Read More
DOVS Teleophthalmology Program Launches at Two UW Health Clinics
Sep 10 2018 // The Teleophthalmology for Diabetic Eye Screening program, led by assistant professor and glaucoma specialist Yao Liu, MD, is now live at UW Health East and Yahara Clinics. The program launched August 28, 2018. UW Health… Read More
Ophthalmologists Encourage Making Your Eyes Part of a Healthy Aging Strategy
Sep 05 2018 // According to a national survey released by the American Academy of Ophthalmology, nearly two out of three American adults report having eye or vision problems. A significant percentage of them, however, fail to seek medical… Read More
DOVS Hosts 2018 Multiphasic Phaco Course
Aug 22 2018 // The Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences hosted the annual 2018 Multiphasic Phaco Course on August 17-18 at the Health Sciences Learning Center. The Phaco Course is a two-day event for our residents. Residents and… Read More
Lions Eye Bank of Wisconsin Gift of Sight Discovery Award is Announced
Aug 16 2018 // Yao Liu, MD, and Stuart Tompson, PhD, received this year’s Lions Eye Bank of Wisconsin (LEBW) Gift of Sight Discovery Award through an internal competition open to UW Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences (DOVS)… Read More
Gregory Skuta, MD, Receives 2018 UW OAA Distinguished Alumni Award
Aug 09 2018 // Gregory L. Skuta, MD, (Residency 1985) will receive the University of Wisconsin Ophthalmology Alumni Association’s (OAA) 2018 Distinguished Alumni Award at the alumni reception on October 27, 2018, at the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO)… Read More
Back to School! Good Vision and Overall Eye Health are Vital to Learning
Aug 02 2018 // Back-to-school time is just around the corner, and the scramble to buy school clothes and new pencils, backpacks and notebooks will begin. Ophthalmologists remind busy parents not to neglect one of the most important learning… Read More
