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 …