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Attending AAO 2023 in San Francisco? Check out where you can find University of Iowa Colleagues and Alumni! We also hope you'll join us on Saturday, November 4 for the Iowa Eye Alumni Reception! What: Iowa Eye Alumni Reception When: Saturday, November 4 | 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM Where: The Canopy Hotel...
Jump to Section : Climbing the National Rankings New Grants Awarded Dumitrescu Received Endowed Professorship First Ever Dr. Lee Alward Award for Teaching Excellence Presented to Dr. Jaclyn Haugsdal New Residents and Fellows CLIMBING THE NATIONAL RANKINGS Our department moved up one spot to #6 in...
On October 13 we officially opened the new Dr. John M. Graether Ophthalmology Simulation Laboratory . This new simulation lab is an ophthalmology-dedicated space and includes seven stations—one teaching station and six learning stations. Each station includes a tabletop-mounted operating microscope...
Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences 200 Hawkins Drive, 11136 PFP Iowa City, Iowa 52242-1091 319-356-2864 Tel 319-356-0363 Fax www.medicine.uiowa.edu/eye September 1, 2023 With the new academic year now underway, I would like to take an opportunity to provide you with a brief update on...
Studies in Pediatrics Under the leadership of Sara Downes, OD our pediatric team is participating in a National Institutes of Health-funded clinical trial to discover if children with esotropia benefit more from bifocals or single-vision glasses. Arlene Drack, MD is leading a study to develop a new...
Written by: Ella J. Gehrke For Kasen Cochran, a 17-year-old high school junior from Winterset Iowa, wrestling is not just a passion—it’s part of his identity. From earning a varsity spot as a freshman to competing at team state and nationals, Kasen is a gifted athlete. Kasen also has Juvenile X-...
We were thrilled to have over 100 attendees at our 2023 Iowa Eye Annual Meeting and Alumni Reunion. It was two days of reuniting with old friends and colleagues, learning new perspectives, information and techniques from top ophthalmologists around the country, and reliving the many memories that...
Where to Find University of Iowa Colleagues | April 22-27, 2023 | New Orleans, LA Download PDF Official Meeting Website Online Meeting Planner SATURDAY, APRIL 22 EDUCATION COURSE 1:00 PM – 1:25 PM Elliott Sohn Diabetic Retinopathy: Moving the Field Forward – Neuronal dysfunction in diabetic...
Chick Weiner, the author of 12 books on independent living and managing disabilities, does not remember a time that she was not involved in disability rights work. As young child in the Great Depression, she has clear memories of her grandmother pulling out raffle tickets from her purse to raise...
Resident education has been a focus of the Department of Ophthalmology since it became its own department at Iowa, with Dr. Cecil Starling O'Brien as the first Chair of the Department in 1925. At the time, O’Brien’s three-year residency program accepted one resident per year. Today the Residency...