Sight + Sound, Fall 2020 by Heather Chronis Danek and Craig Smith Ambassador “A person who acts as a representative or promoter of a specified activity.” The Eye & Ear […]
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Advancing Care by Advancing Access
Sight + Sound, Fall 2020 by Carrie Fogel For thirty-five years, the Eye & Ear Foundation has been committed to supporting promising research in the Departments of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology […]
Q & A with Dr. Andrew Eller, Ophthalmologist
Sight + Sound, Fall 2020 by Craig Smith Why am I seeing Floaters? Consider the eye or eyeball as a camera with a lens in the front and film in […]
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Do You Hear What I Hear?
Sight + Sound, Fall 2020 by Heather Chronis Danek In today’s university environment, a research collaboration between departments often results in not only more creative solutions but also quicker results […]
A Lifetime of Care and an Everlasting Commitment to Help Others
Sight + Sound, Fall 2020 by Heather Chronis Danek It is rare today to have a 60-year commitment to anything. For Margaret and William Barati, two of their most important […]
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Deep Learning to Enhance Care
Sight + Sound, Fall 2020 by Carrie Fogel More than half a million head and neck cancers are diagnosed each year globally, with an increased amount of cases being found […]
Two patients in Pittsburgh first in the United States to receive a promising PRIMA system to restore vision for severe Macular Degeneration
Sight + Sound, Spring 2020 by Craig Smith Scientists and clinicians in the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine had the distinction in January 2020 […]
Using Technology to Train Surgeons
Ophthalmology residents at the University of Pittsburgh have an exciting new hi-tech teaching tool! Thanks to contributions from the Joseph Horne Trust and generous donors to the residents’ education fund, […]
Hearing Loss and Social Isolation
“Blindness separates us from things, but deafness separates us from people.” —Helen Keller These words, spoken so many years ago, unfortunately still hold true for millions of people with untreated […]
UPMC Vision and Rehabilitation Tower: Construction Update
Sight + Sound, Spring 2020 by Craig Smith Construction on the state-of-the-art UPMC Vision and Rehabilitation Tower in the Uptown neighborhood of Pittsburgh starting to take shape. Located on the […]
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Q&A with Dr. Andrew McCall, Otologist
Sight + Sound, Spring 2020 Sight & Sound launches a new feature with this edition – a Question & Answer (Q&A) session with one of our popular University of Pittsburgh […]
Big Data, Big Possibilities
Sight + Sound, Spring 2020 by Carrie Fogel Much has been discussed regarding the potential for what is termed ‘Big Data’ to revolutionize how we understand patterns and trends relative […]
Solving the Mystery of Cortical Visual Impairment
Sight + Sound, Spring 2020 by Craig Smith Thanks to a generous gift from the Jack Buncher Foundation, physicians, scientists, and staff from the Department of Ophthalmology at the University […]
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Enhancing Patient-Centered Care
Sight + Sound, Spring 2020 by Carrie Fogel When Marci Nilsen, PhD, RN, Assistant Professor in the Department of Acute and Tertiary Care in the University of Pittsburgh School of […]
A Life Dedicated to Restoring Vision
Sight + Sound, Spring 2020 by Lawton Snyder The Eye & Ear Foundation family was very saddened by the recent loss of Jim Funderburgh, PhD one of the Department of […]