If you are an organ donor, there is a chance your corneas could be part of a life changing operation. The Eye & Ear Foundation’s January 28 webinar, “Corneal Transplantation: […]
Pittsburgh Skull Base Surgery Center Tour
On Monday, January 10, Eye & Ear Foundation webinar attendees got a tour of the University of Pittsburgh Skull Base Surgery Center from the comfort of their homes and offices. […]
Functional Vision Loss
According to the World Health Organization, 2.2 billion people worldwide have a visual impairment. William Smith, DO, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, projects […]
Improving Eye Care Delivery
Focusing on patient education, patient preferences, and system-based changes to broaden eye care delivery is Dr. Andrew Williams’ passion. The Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Pittsburgh talked […]
Understanding and Treating Swallowing Disorders
So much of our society is centered around food and drink. But swallowing issues can prevent some people from participating and enjoying this important life activity. In The Eye & […]
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Imaging for Retinal Diseases
You know how people say, “You had to be there?” That is the case with The Eye & Ear Foundation’s November 19 webinar, “Imaging for Retinal Diseases.” It is one […]
Removing Salivary Stones
Think of it like a kidney stone, but in your mouth. When material builds up over time, the salt in the saliva glands calcify and form a stone in the […]
CNN: These goggles helped a blind man see after 40 years
Dr. Jose-Alain Sahel’s optogenetics breakthrough has been featured on CNN. This new kind of gene therapy has allowed a 58-year-old man with retinitis pigmentosa to see objects after 40 years […]
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Vision Care Joins Mission of Mercy
For three years, Mission of Mercy Pittsburgh has hosted a two-day clinic providing free dental care to the underserved members of the community. This year, free vision care was also […]
Contact Lens Safety
If you’re one of 140 million worldwide contact lens wearers, you likely know how dangerous water can be when handling contact lenses. But do you know why? In 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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Understanding Tinnitus
Nearly 50 million Americans have tinnitus. Of those, 99% can be classified as subjective tinnitus, according to the American Tinnitus Association. This is described as when someone hears a sound […]
Research and Solutions for Dry Eye Disease
The Eye & Ear Foundation’s October 1, 2021 webinar, “Dry Eye: The Problems, The Solutions, The Future,” was one of the most well attended. This is no surprise, considering that […]
Sight + Sound Bites Webinar | What’s the Buzz? The Neuroscience and Treatment of Tinnitus
The Eye & Ear Foundation hosted a lunch and learn webinar where Philip Perez, MD and Thanos Tzounopoulos, PhD presented on advancements in tinnitus treatment and research taking place within […]
Sight + Sound Bites Webinar | Dry Eye: The Problem, The Solutions, The Future
The Eye & Ear Foundation hosted a lunch and learn webinar, given by Deepinder Dhaliwal, MD, L.Ac and Shivalingappa (Shiva) Swamynathan, PhD on research and treatment advances for dry eyes. […]
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