The Eye & Ear Foundation recently participated in Otolaryngology Alumni Day, engaging with alumni and discussing the role of the Foundation in supporting research to advance care. An annual event […]
OTO Alumni Day 2022
The Scoop
Unexpected Benefit of Masking
While many people have grumbled about masking during the pandemic, there has been an unexpected benefit: Finally recognizing and dealing with hearing loss. Several studies have reported on the decrease […]
The Chang Lab Awarded $50,000 Shaffer Grant
The Chang Lab – which is part of the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Pittsburgh and has been open just over a year — received a one-year $50,000 […]
What EEF Ambassador Pam Meadowcroft Has Learned
Since Pam Meadowcroft became an Eye & Ear Foundation Ambassador last year, she has grown into her role and is excited to share what she has learned. The EEF Ambassadors […]
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A Lifetime of Communication; The Gift of Connection
Eugene Myers has retired from surgery and clinical practice, and is now Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Department of Otolaryngology at the University of Pittsburgh, but he has not stopped teaching. His […]
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Florida Events
Taking a break from the dreary and cold Pittsburgh winter, the Eye & Ear Foundation held two events in Florida the second week of February. Invited guests had the opportunity […]
Heather Chronis Danek
Heather Chronis Danek is the Senior Director of Development for Individual Giving and Corporate Relationships for the Eye & Ear Foundation at the University of Pittsburgh. A graduate of the […]
How a Patient Navigator Helped With Transportation
Ryan Summers* has been vision impaired all his life. He has a detached retina in his left eye and has had three cornea transplants. Once he got the UPMC for […]
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Meet EEF Team Member Craig Smith
Anyone who has met Craig Smith will not be surprised to know that his heart expanded – literally and figuratively. He has always been a people person, so when he […]
Meet EEF Team Member Carrie Fogel
Carrie Fogel may have recently expanded her family by two, but she considers the Eye & Ear Foundation a second family. As if juggling newborn twins and a toddler was […]
How the Retina Guides Dr. Joseph Martel
Dr. Joseph Martel is fascinated by the eye and retina. The Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Pittsburgh is always awed by the “beautiful view of the retina […]
The Role of Patient Navigator
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 […]
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 […]