“There’s been a number of developments just in the past year that are altering the field,” Dr. Thomas M. Kaffenberger, MD, said at the start of the Eye & Ear Foundation’s September 24 webinar, “Waking Up to Change: The New Era of Sleep Apnea Treatments.” Dr. Kaffenberger is Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery […]
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The Charles T. Campbell Ophthalmic Microbiology Laboratory is one of only a handful of microbiology labs remaining in the country that focuses on the eye. Alex Mammen, MD, Clinical Director, Eric Romanowski, MS, Research Director, and Jonathan Mandell, PhD, Clinical Laboratory Manager, presented at the September 12th Eye & Ear Foundation webinar, “Eye Infections: Clinical […]
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At the start of the Eye & Ear Foundation’s August 22, 2025, webinar, “Translational Application of Artificial Intelligence in Head & Neck Cancer,” Steven B. Chinn, MD, MPH, FACS, thanked the Foundation for the invitation to talk about an area of technology near and dear to his heart. The Associate Professor, Co-Director of the Hillman […]
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At the start of the Eye & Ear Foundation’s August 6 webinar, “Inherited Retinal Conditions: Current Treatments and Future Research,” Dr. José-Alain Sahel, MD, Distinguished Professor and Chairman of the Department of Ophthalmology, said, “As this is not the first webinar we’re giving on this topic, we’re trying to update you on the recent progress.” […]
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Peter L. Santa Maria’s clinical practice and research all involve otitis media. The MD, PhD with many titles, including Professor; Division Chief of Otology & Neurotology; Vice Chair of Translational and Clinical Research, Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery; Director of Faculty Innovation, Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship; Co-Director, Pittsburgh CREATES; Co-Director, Pitt SPARK and […]
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The Eye & Ear Foundation’s July 11th webinar, “Next-Generation Therapies to Slow or Halt AMD Vision Loss,” featured presentations by Dr. Jay Chhablani, MD, and Dr. John Ash, PhD. “We really love these webinars because we get to share what’s going on in the Vision Institute to our patients who are interested in what’s up […]
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The Eye & Ear Foundation had its first webinar with Dr. Jessica H. Maxwell, MD, MPH, FACS, Associate Professor, Associate Residency Program Director, and Chief of Otolaryngology, Pittsburgh VA Healthcare System, on June 25, titled “Management of Thyroid Cancer in the Era of Targeted Therapy.” The first point Dr. Maxwell made was that thyroid cancer […]
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Several members of the University of Pittsburgh Department of Ophthalmology are working on optic nerve regeneration research. In the Eye & Ear Foundation’s June 13th webinar, “Current Updates in Optic Nerve Regeneration Research,” Drs. Peter Mortensen, Larry Benowitz, and Takaaki Kuwajima talked about the current landscape. Optic Neuropathy Dr. Peter Mortensen, MD – who joined […]
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Dr. José-Alain Sahel, MD, Distinguished Professor and Chairman of the Department of Ophthalmology and Director of the UPMC Vision Institute, called the topic of the Eye & Ear Foundation’s May 23rd webinar, “Ophthalmology Clinical Trials,” the cornerstone of what the Vision Institute is about. The way research can reach patients and change treatment is through […]
Kevin J. Contrera, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, opened the Eye & Ear Foundation’s May 6 webinar, “Personalizing the Treatment of Head and Neck Cancer,” by saying that this is the focus of his work. Sometimes it is called precision oncology. “While there are a lot of ways to think […]
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Pittsburgh CREATES was represented at the Eye & Ear Foundation’s April 23rd webinar, “An Engineer’s Perspective on Medical Innovation.” Co-Directors of CREATES, Peter Santa Maria, MD, PhD, and Carl Snyderman, MD, MBA, presented, along with CREATES’ lead engineer, Mohit Singhala, PhD. Innovation Dr. Singhala, Research Assistant Professor, described CREATES as “focused on improving the translational […]
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Chronic rhinosinusitis is probably one of the most common complaints that Dr. Eric Wang sees in his practice and in his world. “Even though we call it one thing, it probably is a variety of different pathologies that run into the same idea and topic,” he said in the Eye & Ear Foundation’s March 26, […]
The UPMC Refractive Surgery Center opened in 1995, making it the longest running laser center in the entire Western Pennsylvania area. “We’ve been doing this for a long time,” said Dr. Deepinder Dhaliwal, MD, LAc, Professor of Ophthalmology, Chief of Refractive Surgery, and Director, UPMC Laser Vision Center in the Eye & Ear Foundation’s March […]
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Dr. Ken Nischal, MD, FAAP, FRCOphth, opened the Eye & Ear Foundation’s February 28, 2025, webinar, “Vision and Down Syndrome,” by pointing out how apt it is that World Down Syndrome Day was exactly three weeks away on March 21. The date was chosen because March is the third month and Trisomy 21 means an […]
One of the things that Dr. Noel Jabbour, MD, MS, FACS, is passionate about is developing solutions for people with congenital auricular deformities. The Director of the Congenital Ear Center at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh spoke about this in the Eye & Ear Foundation’s February 19th webinar, “Ear Reconstruction.” Microtia and Aural Atresia Microtia […]