Welcome Resident Interns!
Join us in welcoming our new resident interns, who will be joining us this summer:
- Alana Bryant - Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee
- Sabrina Fleege - University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin
- Colin Froines - University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington
- Caroline Kim - Virginia Technical Carilion School of Medicine, Roanoke, Virginia
Drs. Bryant, Fleege, Froines, and Kim will start their PGY1 year at UW-Madison on July 1, 2024.
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Novel Research from UW Vision Scientists Could Offer Hope for the Early Detection of Alzheimer’s Disease
"Ultimately, our findings could result not only in an improved understanding of the pathophysiology of this devastating disease, but also in its earlier detection and better management.” Read More
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Testing Senses and Motor Skills in Midlife May Help Predict Later Cognitive Impairment
“When we added measures of hearing loss, vision loss, loss of smell and motor function, we were better at determining who is at risk for cognitive decline or cognitive impairment 10 years later.” Read More
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Popular UW Textbook Reaches New Audiences With Help from Former Visiting Fellow
A popular ophthalmology textbook authored by a world-renowned University of Wisconsin pediatric ophthalmologist has made its way overseas.
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In a new report from the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research, the UW Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences ranked #6 in total funding received from the National Institutes of Health in 2023. This funding provides crucial support to our researchers in their mission to save sight locally and globally.
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The number of global participants in the third session of the 2023-2024 Global Cataract Symposium. The event was hosted by the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences in collaboration with colleagues from Dr. Shroff's Charity Eye Hospital, the University of Santo Tomas, Tzu Chi Eye Center, and Cardinal Santos Medical Center. Dr. Antonio S. Say (Cardinal Santos Medical Center) and Dr. Umang Mathur (Dr. Shroff's Charity Eye Hospital) shared their "master of cataract" pearls!
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GEORGE KAMBARA, MD, VISION SCIENCES SYMPOSIUM
Friday, April 12th, 2024 @ 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
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Keynote Speaker:
Budd Tucker, PhD - Howard Ruby Chair for Regenerative Ophthalmology, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
"Using Patient Derived Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells to Model and Treat Inherited Retinal Disease"
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Featured Speakers:
- John H. Fingert, MD, PhD - Hadley-Carver Chair in Glaucoma, Professor and Director of the Glaucoma Service for the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
- Gregory Schwartz, PhD - Derrick T. Vail Professor of Ophthalmology in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Northwestern University
- Deepak Shukla, PhD - Marion H. Schenk Esq. Professor in Ophthalmology for Research of the Aging Eye and Vice Chair for Research, University of Illinois College of Medicine
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MARCH 1 – GRAND ROUNDS (virtual) // 7 - 8 AM // Kevin Elwood, MD presents "CMEek! Review of Post-Operative Cystoid Macular Edema." Rushi Mankad, MD presents “Phac-Oh No... Glaucomas." Join on Zoom
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MARCH 1 – SMPH COLLABORATE (Health Sciences Learning Center 1335) // 3 - 5 PM // SMPH Collaborate is a community-building event for researchers. This installment will feature experts from a broad range of fields, including radiology, medical genetics, anesthesiology, and medical history and bioethics. All individuals from across campus involved in research — including undergraduates, graduate students, postdocs, research staff, and faculty — are welcome to attend the presentations and a social hour with hors d'oeuvres.
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MARCH 5 – VISION RESEARCH UPDATE (585 Med Sci and virtual) // 10 - 11 AM // C. Shawn Green, PhD, Department of Psychology, presents "Visual Perceptual Learning: Specificity, Generalization, and Video Games."
Join on Zoom.
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MARCH 8 – GRAND ROUNDS (virtual) // 7 - 8 AM // Gretchen Schwarze, MD, MPP, FACS, Department of Surgery, presents "What We Talk About When We Talk About Surgery." Join on Zoom
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MARCH 12 – MCPHERSON EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE SPRING SEMINAR (3571 WIMR II) // 12:00 - 1:00 PM // C. Shawn Green, PhD presents "Every Task is a Learning Task (and Should be Treated as Such)." Brittany Travers, PhD, presents "Behavioral and Imaging Changes from a Visual, Biofeedback-based Balance Training in Autistic Adolescents."
RSVP online.
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MARCH 14 – DOVS EQUITY ALLIANCE (virtual) // 12:00 - 1:00 PM // Join our grassroots Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) learning group and support community as we engage in topics targeted at personal growth, fostering inclusion, and encouraging open dialogue.
Join on Zoom.
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MARCH 15 – LOW VISION STAKEHOLDER SUMMIT (Goodman Community Center) // 12:00 - 4:00 PM // In an effort to improve patient care through collaboration, the second annual event brings together low vision rehabilitation providers from across Dane County.
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MARCH 15 – GRAND ROUNDS (virtual) // 7 - 8 AM // Jonathan Chang, MD presents “Retinoschisis or Retinal Detachment?” Mihai Mititelu, MD, MPH presents “Peripheral Chorioretinal Lesions: When the Macula is Involved.” Join
on Zoom.
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MARCH 16 – WINTERMISSION (Ten Pin Alley/6285 Nesbitt Road) // 6:30 - 8:30 PM // Department faculty, learners, staff, family, and friends are invited to an evening of fun with food, bowling, and camaraderie. RSVP today.
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MARCH 22 – FRONTIERS IN VISION RESEARCH (1345 Health Sciences Learning Center) // 7 - 8 AM // Shunbin Xu, MD, PhD, Wayne State University, presents “S(c)ensory Control by micro RNAs in Corneal Homeostasis and Bacterial Keratitis.” This presentation will be followed by a student/trainee lunch at noon in the Medical Sciences Center.
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MARCH 28 – DOVS EQUITY ALLIANCE (virtual) // 12:00 - 1:00 PM // Join our grassroots Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) learning group and support community as we engage in topics targeted at personal growth, fostering inclusion, and encouraging open dialogue.
Join on Zoom.
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MARCH 29 – GRAND ROUNDS (virtual) // 7 - 8 AM // Morris Hartstein, MD, FACS, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, presents “Global Ophthalmology: How a Family Trip Led to the Non Governmental Organization Operation Ethopia.” Join
on Zoom.
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Whether it's in-person or virtual, we want to see you at one of our many educational events throughout the year. Visit our website to stay up to date on all the latest happenings.
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We celebrated Thank a Resident and Fellow Day on February 23. This special occasion is dedicated to our invaluable residents and fellows and recognizing their vital contributions to the team. Thank you Drs. Dhalai, Emmet, Hermsen, Maakestad, Korger, Mankad, Schneider, Aldred, Guillaume, Whittier, Abou-Hanna, Elwood, Maganti, Kendall, Larochelle, Richards, Sabbagh, and Walsh for your dedication and hard work!
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Department Chair, Terri Young, MD, MBA, is the new president of the Association of University Professors of Ophthalmology, an organization of department chairs and their leadership teams from academic ophthalmology training and research programs nationwide. Dr. Young was voted into the role at the organization's national meeting in Austin, Texas January 31 – February 3.
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Kimberly Stepien, MD is one of only 12 individuals selected for the Association of University Professors of Ophthalmology's Academic Leadership Development Program. The program, which identifies individuals with the interest in and potential for leadership positions in academic ophthalmology, will begin with an in-person meeting in Chicago, Illinois in July.
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Faculty, staff, and friends celebrated the new, state-of-the-art Refractive Surgery Center at the UW Health Deming Way Eye Clinic with an open house on February 19. This new clinic offers the most advanced laser technology available, including LASIK and personalized treatment options.
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Barbara Blodi, MD, Wisconsin Reading Center medical director, received the prestigious Lawrence J. Singerman medal in recognition of her contributions to clinical trials and clinical research in retina from the Macula Society at their 47th Annual Meeting in Palm Springs, California on February 7.
Dr. Blodi (center) is pictured with Dr. Daniel Martin, chair of Cole Eye Center, and Dr. Lawrence Singerman, Macula Society founder.
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Burton Kushner, MD received the Bronze Marshall M. Parks Medal from the Children's Eye Foundation of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus. The award recognizes outstanding achievement in pediatric ophthalmology and strabismus.
Gillian McLellan, BVMS, DACVO, DECVO, PhD, received a David G. Walsh Graduate Student Support Initiative award from the McPherson Eye Research Institute. The award provides $12,000 to support the work of a graduate student. Dr. McLellan’s award will support graduate student Virginia Mathu’s thesis project "Disease Mechanisms at the Intersection of Glaucoma and Alzheimer’s Disease."
Natasha Merten, PhD, MS received a 2024-25 Fall Research Competition Award from the UW-Madison Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education. The award supports Dr. Merten’s project “Emerging Blood-Based Biomarkers for Neurodegeneration and Alzheimer’s Disease in the Beaver Dam Offspring Study Cohort.”
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Sarah Nehls, MD and Eric Weinlander, MD, FACS
will be active at the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery Annual Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts on April 5-8. Dr. Nehls will present two case studies as part of “The Ocular Surface, Part 1: Severe OSD Management.” Dr. Weinlander is panelist in “Surgical Outcomes,” “Astigmatism Management and Toric IOL Alignment,” and “Cataract Surgery – Techniques.”
Postdoctoral researcher Kazuya Oikawa, DVM
received the Distinguished Paper Award from the McPherson Eye Research Institute for “Aqueous Humor TGF-β2 and its Association with Intraocular Pressure in a Naturally Occurring Large Animal Model of Glaucoma." The paper was published in Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science in July 2023.
Ismail Zaitoun, PhD
recently received an Administrative Supplement Award from the National Institutes of Health to his National Eye Institute funded R01 grant, titled “Neural Retina-Specific Bim Expression and Hyperoxia Sensitivity of the Developing Retinal Vasculature.” The goal of this Administrative Supplement award is to secure funding necessary to purchase a confocal microscope, which is critical for the completion of experiments detailed in his R01. The confocal microscopy system will be used for high-resolution imaging of retinas from mice with different genotypes and treatments as described in the application.
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MacLaren RE, Lam BL, Fischer MD, Holz FG, Pennesi ME, Birch DG, Sankila EM, Meunier IA, Stepien KE, Sallum JMF, Li J, Yoon D, Panda S, Gow JA; NIGHT Study Group. A Prospective, Observational, Non-Interventional Clinical Study of Participants With Choroideremia: The NIGHT Study.
American Journal of Ophthalmology. February 2024.
Tan TE, Jampol LM, Ferris FL, Tadayoni R, Sadda SR, Chong V, Domalpally A, Blodi BL, Duh EJ, Curcio CA, Antonetti DA, Dutta S, Levine SR, Sun JK, Gardner TW, Wong TY. Imaging Modalities for Assessing the Vascular Component of Diabetic Retinal Disease: Review and Consensus for an Updated Staging System.
Ophthalmology Science. December 2023.
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We are currently recruiting for a number of important clinical trials, including:
A Phase 3, Multi-center, Randomized, Quadruple-masked, Placebo-controlled Study of Batoclimab for the Treatment of Participants with Active Thyroid Eye Disease (TED)
Principal Investigator: Suzanne van Landingham, MD
Key Eligibility Criteria:
- Have a clinical diagnosis of TED associated with active, moderate to severe TED with a CAS ≥4 in either eye at screening and Baseline
- Have onset of active TED within 12 months prior to screening
- Have documented evidence of detectable anti-TSHR-Ab at screening
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To: Anna Momont, MD
From: Susan Ickstadt, Ophthalmic Technician
Hi Dr Momont, I write to give you a VERY BIG THANK YOU for being so consistent with ordering your tests, particularly the visual field tests. Can't tell you enough how much I (and I'm sure other Techs) appreciate this. It is SO HELPFUL!!! It helps so much to know what exactly we need to do instead of having to search or guess, which can sometimes take a lot of extra time, and can make it harder to keep a smooth-running VF schedule. Sure, we can, most of the time, figure it out but sometimes Docs don't even list in the chart notes which test to do, much less order them. So, you are one of the best at this, and thank you so much! YOU ROCK, DOC!!! :)
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