The Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary has a new service specifically designed for evaluation and consultation of patients with inherited retinal diseases (IRDs). These include diseases such as retinitis pigmentosa, Stargardt disease, and cone-rod dystrophy, among others. Dr. Robert Hyde, MD, PhD, UIC’s newest retina specialist and clinician-scientist, is the director for this service. Inherited [...]
The Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences held its annual Alumni Resident Day on Friday June 21. This year, presentations were held in the College of Medicine Student Learning Center, followed by an evening reception at the Chicago Club to honor our graduating residents. UIC was proud to host many distinguished speakers during the [...]
December 16, 2011 Dimitri Azar, MD, MBA begins his appointment as Dean of the College of Medicine today, December 16, 2011. Dr. Azar, a renowned clinician-scientist and ophthalmologist, served as Interim Dean since May 1 of this year, and as Head of the Department of Ophthalmology since 2006. The UIC News Bureau issued the [...]
UIC News Release Clinical trial tests cord tissue to treat macular degeneration Sharon Parmet July 20, 2016 UIC is part of a national phase 2 clinical trial to evaluate the safety and tolerability of using cells derived from umbilical cord tissue to treat age-related macular degeneration, the most common cause of vision [...]
Dimitri Azar, MD, MBA, gives the 2016 Castroviejo Lecture at the AAO meeting At the 2016 American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) annual meeting on Sunday, October 16, the Cornea Society co-sponsored a symposium focusing on "Case-Based Cornea Conundrums." University of Illinois College of Medicine executive dean, Dimitri Azar, the recipient of the Cornea [...]
New Ophthalmic Clinical Trials & Translational Center Provides Dedicated Support Services We are very pleased to announce the recent opening of our new Ophthalmic Clinical Trials and Translational Center (OCTTC). The OCTTC offers a new model for dedicated clinical trial support services which provides personalized clinical trial patient care, cutting-edge equipment and ophthalmic [...]
Congratulations to our third-year ophthalmology residents on their very successful fellowship match results! Mohsin Ali, MD Retina Duke Eye Center Mark Dikopf, MD Glaucoma Illinois Eye & Ear Infirmary Susie Chen Drake, MD Cornea University of Wisconsin Siya Huo, MD Medical Retina UCLA Kai Kang, MD [...]
Argus II Patient "Sees" Results Man receives vision-restoring retinal implant at UIC Sharon Parmet November 17, 2016 UIC News Center (Watch the Video Here) “He’s been following me his whole life,” said Jimmy Selby with amazement as he watched his brother Robert walk along a hallway at the University of Illinois at Chicago [...]
Cless Family Ophthalmic Surgical Training and Simulation Center Grand Opening Sharper view of eye surgery Sharon Parmet November 8, 2016 UIC News Center Imagine needing to perform a surgery looking through the tunnel of a microscope. You need to manipulate your surgical tools within the space of a pea or less, and there’s [...]
UIC researcher gets grant to develop artificial cornea Cornea specialist, Dr. Charles Yu, receives funding to take the artificial cornea to the next level Eversight, a global non-profit network of eye banks, awarded a $15,000 Eye and Vision Research Grant on July 1 to the Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary’s Dr. Charles [...]
