Meet Our New Residents
We are excited to welcome our new ophthalmology residents, who will be joining us July 1, 2023.
We are excited to welcome our new ophthalmology residents, who will be joining us July 1, 2023.
University of Wisconsin Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences faculty members and staff will present at the 2023 Association of University Professors of Ophthalmology (AUPO) Annual Meeting in San Diego, CA January 24 – 28, 2023. The four-day event offers support, information and leadership opportunities to department chairs, program directors, faculty members in other educational …
Faculty, fellows, and residents in the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences taught 88 medical students how to do an eye exam November 19 as part of the Mind and Motion course.
When Renata Martins Maia, MD talks about ophthalmology, her eyes sparkle, conveying the passion that drove her to travel more than 5,000 miles for the next phase of her career. Maia left the University of São Paulo, Brazil in September for a five-week residency observership with the University of Wisconsin Department of Ophthalmology and Visual …
The UW Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences is pleased to announce a new pediatric ophthalmology rotation. The new three-week rotation, which officially launched in September 2022, is designed to address the critical shortage of pediatric ophthalmologists nationwide. According to the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus (AAPOS), approximately 25 U.S. residents pursue a …
Kazuya Oikawa, BVSc, PhD, a postdoctoral researcher in the McLellan Laboratory, has been awarded the Knights Templar Eye Foundation Career Starter Grant. The $70,000 award will support Dr. Oikawa’s research project “Neuroinflammation in Pediatric Glaucoma.” Primary congenital glaucoma is an eye disease that affects babies and young children. In this severe form of glaucoma, increased pressure inside …
53 residents and medical students from 10 institutions receive training in modern cataract removal techniques at DOVS’ 2022 Phacoemulsification Course. For more than two decades, medical and veterinary ophthalmology residents, UW and visiting medical students, and pre-residency fellows from around the country have come to the UW Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences to learn …
A 15-year veteran of the University of Wisconsin Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences will soon be stepping aside from his role as Director of Medical Student Education. But he’ll be handing the reigns to a familiar face – one who is uniquely suited to take on the position. Over the next two-to-three years, Daniel …