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COVER STORY 2 Smarter. Faster. Stronger. Artificial Intelligence is Shaping the Future of Eye Care —and Duke is Leading the Way
28 New Faculty
8 Identical Twin Eye Images Lead to
34 Honors and Awards
Promising Alzheimer’s Discovery
1 Message from the Chair 30 News and Notes 40 Administration, Faculty and Staff
10 Next-Generation Treatment for Chronic Noninfectious Posterior Uveitis
11 Family Outside the U.S. Sought Duke Specialist
To Treat a Child with Severe Neurotrophic Keratopathy
12 First Genetic Association of Increased Risk of Glaucoma in African Ancestry Populations
14 Navigating Surgical Complexity in Adult Strabismus 15
Effective Diagnosis and Treatment of Ocular Surface Disease in Cataract and Refractive Surgery Patients
18 Still Rockin’
Sculptor Captures His Own Experience with Eye Disease
20 Duke Eye Center by the Numbers 22 Our Immune System Can See 24 Seeing the Future
Through a Transformative Pledge
26 Faced with Vision Loss, Young Man Bets on Himself Editor Tori Hall Writers Laura Ertel, Tori Hall, Lindsay Kenton, Samiha Khanna, Catherine Lewis Art Direction Pam Chastain Design Photography Kevin Caldwell Photography, Ben McKeown Photography, Madeline Gray Copyright 2020 © Duke Eye Center dukeeye.org
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