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World Association of Eye Hospitals – 16th Annual Meeting
Deborah Chesky, President, All May See Foundation, and Rick Seefeldt, Director, UCSF Health Faculty Practices presented during the World Association of Eye Hospitals' (WAEH) 16th Annual Meeting held October 4-7, 2022 at the Wilmer Eye Institute at John Hopkins in Baltimore, MD.
Learn moreRichard L. Abbott, MD, Elected President of the Academia Ophthalmologica Internationalis (AOI)
The Academia Ophthalmologica Internationalis announced the election of Professor Richard L. Abbott, MD as its new President for the term beginning October 1, 2022 and ending September 30, 2026.
Learn moreTwo PostDoc Slam Finalists from Dept. of Ophthalmology
The week of September 19, 2022 marked 2022 National Postdoc Appreciation Week and the return of the Postdoc Slam. Of the 1,100 postdocs at UCSF, there were 10 postdoc slam finalists and 2 of the finalists were from Ophthalmology. Ophthalmology is not the largest department, but excelled in this year's event - as evidenced by the fact that 20% of the post-doc slam finalists were from Ophthalmology!
Learn moreNew Research Award Announced – Aparna Lakkaraju, PhD
Aparna Lakkaraju, PhD, Professor at UCSF Department of Ophthalmology was recently awarded a $150,000 grant from the Owen Locke Memorial Foundation for Phase 1 of her research project to Finish Preclinical Studies of Zoledronic Acid on abca4 ko Mice.
Learn morePreventing Childhood Vision Loss Through Exploitative Prison Labor: A Call for Action
After noticing a pattern of children having to wait months for glasses during the pandemic, Dr. Julius Oatts partnered with Dr. Alejandra de Alba and Jacob Hutt, a staff attorney at the Prison Law Office, to uncover the cause and explore the complex relationship between public health insurance and the prison industrial complex in California.
Learn moreA Promising Researcher in Our Midst
Neel Pasricha, MD, at the UCSF Department of Ophthalmology just received a noteworthy grant: the Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB) Career Development Award (CDA).
Learn moreFrank Brodie, MD, MBA Receives 2022 Artemis Award
Frank Brodie, MD, MBA, has been selected by the American Academy of Ophthalmology's (AAO) Senior Ophthalmologist Committee; and, approved by the Academy’s Board of Trustees, as the Academy’s 2022 Artemis Award recipient.
Learn moreRoya Afsharzada, MBA Joins All May See
Roya Afsharzada, MBA has recently joined the All May See team in the newly expanded, full-time, role of Finance and Faculty Awards Manager. She will be managing the daily financial operations of the foundation.
Learn moreMuriel Steele Society Influential Women in Surgery Honor Roll Nominees
We are proud to announce that three members of our Department of Ophthalmology, Gerami Seitzman, MD; Melissa Neuwelt, MD; and, Sriranjani Padmanabhan, MD were recently nominated for the Fourth Annual Muriel Steele Surgical Honor Roll.
Learn moreMeet Our New Faculty
This article provides expanded questions and answers from the six new faculty members presented in Vision, Summer 2022.
Learn moreMentorship Builds Success
A high percentage of vision scientists at UCSF Department of Ophthalmology and the Francis I. Proctor Foundation lead research funded by the National Institutes for Health (NIH). This extraordinary success, combined with a deep commitment to mentorship, garnered UCSF Ophthalmology a $2.5 million, five-year grant from the National Eye Institute (NEI),
Learn moreDrs. Jacque Duncan and Matilda Chan Honored as ARVO Fellows Class of 2022
The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) announced the new Fellows Class of 2022 at their annual meeting ARVO 2022 held May 1-4 in Denver Colorado.
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