Tracy Turner* has a permanent visual impairment that cannot be corrected by conventional glasses, surgeries, or medical interventions. She was having difficulty reading, writing, and performing daily living activities. Her […]
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The Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Pittsburgh has a specific focus on the optic nerve because it hosts the Louis J. Fox Center for Vision Restoration. Department Chair […]
A lot of progress has been made in the past few years on retinal degeneration, Dr. José-Alain Sahel said at the beginning of the Eye & Ear Foundation’s May 18th […]
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Volunteer registration is officially open for Mission of Mercy Pittsburgh 2022. The two-day clinic will be held on August 5-6 at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center. “This is the […]
The Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Pittsburgh is losing a key figure. Jeffrey Gross, PhD, held several titles during his Pittsburgh tenure: the E. Ronald Salvitti Chair in […]
The Departments of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology have made community outreach a priority. Department of Ophthalmology When the Department of Ophthalmology asked about barriers to eye care at a recent vision […]
In underserved communities across the country, a shocking 95 percent of kids who need glasses do not have them. Most states have a law to assess first graders’ vision by […]
Registration has officially opened for the Mission of Mercy Pittsburgh event on August 5-6, 2022. Within seven days, a total of 288 volunteers signed up. Of that number, 10 specifically […]
Sight + Sound, Spring 2022 The next Mission of Mercy Pittsburgh event will offer free hearing screenings and otology services for the first time. In 2019 and 2021, Mission of […]
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Sight + Sound, Spring 2022 After 40+ years, Regis Kowalski, MS, M(ASCP), is retiring in June from the University of Pittsburgh and as Executive Director of the Charles T. Campbell […]
Sight + Sound, Spring 2022 The UPMC Eye Center, led by Dr. José-Alain Sahel, recently became one of 14 ocular gene therapy treatment centers approved in the U.S. to offer […]
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Sight + Sound, Spring 2022 Deepinder Dhaliwal was lying flat on the table with acupuncture needles in her back when she had an epiphany. “This is so very interesting,” thought […]
When Kathryn Sedory, a nurse in the UPMC Eye Center’s Minor Procedure Room, was asked by co-worker Dr. Jenny Yu-Will to join her on a medical mission trip to Ghana […]
Can Kocasarac, MD, has a unique role. As part of the Neuro-Ophthalmology Service at the UPMC Eye Center – which he joined this last year — the Clinical Assistant Professor […]
The UPMC Eye Center has a long history of doing refractive surgery. In fact, it was part of a pivotal FDA trial that resulted in LASIK approval – back in […]