A collaboration between the Department of Ophthalmology and POWER (PA Organization for Women in Early Recovery) resulted in the first outdoor mobile optometry clinic. “The event was a success,” said […]
Bringing Vision Care to Women in Recovery
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Partnership to Develop Breakthrough Imaging Platform
Jose-Alain Sahel, MD, Chairman of the Department of Ophthalmology and Director of the UPMC Vision Institute, and Maysam Chamanzar, PhD, Dr. William D. and Nancy W. Strecker Career Development Professor, […]
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Collaboration of Optometry and Ophthalmology
The UPMC Mercy Vision Institute is unique because of its extensive collaboration. In the Eye & Ear Foundation’s February 9th webinar, “Collaboration of Optometry and Ophthalmology,” Jerome Finkelstein, MD, FACS, […]
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UPMC Swallow Disorders Center Seeks Funding for Mobile HNC Screenings
Sandra Stinnett, MD, hopes to collaborate with the Communication Van for head and neck cancer screenings. But a few things need to happen first, including lining up some funding for […]
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From Utah to Pitt: A Visionary Duo Rewires the Future of Retinal Research
Two new faculty members are collaborating on the structural biology and neurobiology of retinal interconnections. Bryan Jones, PhD, Professor of Ophthalmology, and Rebecca Pfeiffer, PhD, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, came […]
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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 […]
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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The Role of Advanced Imaging Technologies in the Future of Eye Care
Why are we putting so much effort into figuring out how to image the retina down to the microscopic scale, asked Ethan Rossi, PhD, Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Assistant Professor […]
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In Support of Ukraine
S+S, Fall 2024 One of the byproducts of the war in Ukraine is that that its ENT community is at risk for becoming increasingly isolated in the academic world. Travel […]
Pitt School of Medicine and Inserm to Establish an International Vision Institute
By Roberta Zeff, Director of Strategic Communications at Pitt Health Sciences The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research, Inserm, will […]
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A Fruitful Partnership
It started with Lawton Snyder, Eye & Ear Foundation CEO, and Carrie Fogel, EEF Senior Director of Development, Corporate and Foundation Relations, meeting with Rachelle Rechtenwald and Dr. Heidi Ondek […]
Low Vision at the VI
Patients with low vision are getting a much more holistic experience at the new Vision Institute at UPMC Mercy Pavilion. In the old building, they received more of a clinical […]
OTO Rotation in South Africa
Did you know that in the third year of otolaryngology residency, there is a 10-week research rotation to work on academic projects? And that University of Pittsburgh residents go to […]
Pittsburgh CREATES
S+S Fall 2022 CREATES (Collaborative Research, Education And Technology Advancement in Surgery) has been productive in the last six months. Funded by a grant to the Eye & Ear Foundation […]