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Jacque Duncan, MD, Named Chair, UCSF Department of Ophthalmology

All May See Foundation is excited to share the news that our Board's Vice Chair, Jacque Duncan, MD has assumed the role of Chair of the UCSF Department of Ophthalmology, after serving as Interim Chair since January 2022.

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All May See Foundation Celebrates 50th Anniversary

All May See Foundation Celebrates 50 Years - Honors Dr. Stephen McLeod and Kathleen Rydar! We did it! After waiting more than two years to celebrate our 50th anniversary and honor the departure of Dr. Stephen McLeod, former chair of UCSF Ophthalmology and Kathleen Rydar, former President, That Man May See, we finally were able to come together on Thursday, December 1, 2022 at San Francisco’s Chase Center in conjunction with the Andrea Bocelli concert.

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Lap for Landon Event Supports Gould Syndrome Research

A St. Louis family organized a walk, in honor of their son, Landon who was diagnosed with Gould Syndrome. Over 150 people gathered in St. Louis, in the pouring rain on October 30, 2022, to celebrate Landon's first birthday and to raise awareness for Gould Syndrome.

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Yvonne Ou, MD, Received 2021-2022 Long-Term Mentor Award

Yvonne Ou, MD, was nominated and selected for the 2021-22 Long-Term Mentor Award by her mentee, Alan Kong. Her mentorship exemplifies the UCSF commitment to fostering the pursuit of innovation, leadership, and research.

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Charlene Hsu-Winges, MD, Recipient of Charlotte C. Baer Memorial Award

Charlene Hsu-Winges, MD, Associate Clinical Professor-Volunteer, was selected by the Volunteer Clinical Professor (VCP) Advisory Board at UCSF School of Medicine as the recipient of the 2022 Charlotte C. Baer Memorial Award. 

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Michelle Y. Peng Memorial Lectureship Announced

Michelle Peng (UCSF Ophthalmology Residency '18, West Coast Retina Vitreoretinal Fellowship '20) sadly passed away August 2022 after a long battle with sarcoma. She was a beloved daughter, sister, aunt, wife, and friend. Throughout her time at UCSF and West Coast Retina, she was praised by her teachers as being a skilled and efficient clinician and surgeon, as well as a natural leader and mentor for other trainees.

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World Sight Day 2022

World Sight Day is an International Day of Awareness, held each year on the second Thursday of October and coordinated by The International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB). This year, World Sight Day is Thursday, October 13, 2022.

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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.

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Richard 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.

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Two 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!

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New 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.

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Preventing 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.

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