When Mohit Singhala, PhD, joined the University of Pittsburgh in September as Research Assistant Professor and lead engineer of Pittsburgh CREATES, he spent the first three months talking to various […]
Pittsburgh CREATES’ First Fellowship
The Scoop
New Ocular Oncology Specialist
A new ocular oncology specialist has joined the Department of Ophthalmology. Dr. Farzad Jamshidi, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, came from the University of Iowa. He was drawn to […]
Advancing the Next Frontier of HNC Treatment
An article on behalf of the American Head & Neck Society has been published in JAMA, led by Dr. Kevin Contrera, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck […]
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Optic Nerve Research Update
By Craig Smith, Eye & Ear Foundation Director of Development and Community Initiatives Many diseases ultimately lead to blindness due to optic nerve damage. These include glaucoma, which damages the […]
Vocal Injury Prevention Program
The Voice, Airway & Swallow Center has started a new program with resident artists in the Pittsburgh Opera called the Vocal Injury Prevention (VIP) program. The first vocal education day […]
Phenomenology and Vision Loss
Thanks to the support of the Hillman Foundation to the Department of Ophthalmology, a partnership between Duquesne University Department of Philosophy and the University of Pittsburgh Department of Ophthalmology is […]
Lifesaving Care in Pittsburgh
Tracy Zappella, now 51, of Lake Orion, MI, was diagnosed in August 2023 with stage 4 basaloid squamous cell sinonasal cancer. When chemo and radiation didn’t get rid of the […]
Dr. Contrera Wins Research Fellowship
Kevin J. Contrera, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor in the Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, has won the Franklin H. Martin, MD, FACS, Faculty Research Fellowship from the American College […]
AMD Project Wins Grant
A team coordinated by Jay Chhablani, MD, Vice Chair of Clinical Trials and Professor of Ophthalmology at the UPMC Vision Institute, has won a Thome Foundation two-year $500K grant for […]
Departments Rise in the Ranks
The Departments of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh have jumped in the rankings of NIH funding. In 2021, the Department of Ophthalmology was 25. […]
Tapping Into the Immune System to Diagnose and Treat Hearing Loss
The Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh has started an immunological hearing center. “There are a lot of conditions in hearing that we don’t have […]
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Therapeutic Regeneration of Inner Ear Hair Cells
Two Assistant Professors in the Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery won a three-year $1,148,334 award from the Department of Defense for a project called “Developing Viral Strategies for Targeted […]
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New OPH Faculty
The Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Pittsburgh recently welcomed three new faculty members. Meet them here! Farzad Jamshidi Farzad Jamshidi, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, started on […]
Finding the Right Doctor is Everything
At Andrew Potocki’s follow-up appointment 15 days after his surgery for an ameloblastoma in his jaw, Dr. Matthew Spector, MD, FACS, Division Chief, Head and Neck Surgical Oncology & Microvascular […]
In Memoriam: Dr. Gary N. Foulks
By Deepinder Dhaliwal, Vishal Jhanji, Andrew Eller, Jake Waxman and José-Alain Sahel It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of Dr. Gary N. Foulks, a distinguished ophthalmologist […]