Sofia Maxwell* was frustrated and discouraged. Having lost her vision, she needed medical assistance and in-home services, but was denied several times. She was already a wreck trying to figure […]
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Meet New Board Member Bruce Gebhardt
Bruce Gebhardt has joined the EEF Board. He is the co-founder and principal at Pathfinder Capital Advisors, an investment bank, advisory, and investment group founded in 2001 that has closed […]
Interventional Audiology Programs
Did you know that the University of Pittsburgh Center for Audiology has a program to address the problem of untreated hearing loss negatively impacting healthcare interactions in inpatient, outpatient, home […]
500th Robotic Surgery
Uma Duvvuri, MD, PhD, reached a new milestone this year. He was recognized for performing his 500th robotic-assisted surgery with the da Vinci Surgical System. The surgery was a resection […]
Cornea Task Force Continues Dr. Funderburgh’s Legacy
After Dr. Jim Funderburgh passed away in 2019, the Cornea Task Force was created to continue his legacy. Its goal is to bring the clinical treatment of corneal stromal cells […]
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Meet Our New Board Member!
The Eye & Ear Foundation Board has a new addition. Margaretha Casselbrant, MD, PhD, and 2021 Albert C. Muse Award recipient for Excellence in Innovation and Service in Otolaryngology, was […]
2021 Muse Dinner and Ceremony
Twenty years after its inception, the Muse Prize dinner and ceremony continues to be the biggest event of the year for The Eye & Ear Foundation. This was the case […]
Meet Our New Writer!
Perhaps you have noticed a new byline and an increase in our writing materials. That is all thanks to our new staff member, Lisa A. Goldstein. Since The Eye & […]
Novel Gene Therapy Platform Speeds Search for Ways to Cure Blindness
A novel computational platform developed by researchers from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine identifies top-performing viral vectors that could deliver gene therapies to the retina with maximum efficiency […]
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