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AGlobalMissiontoRestoreVision|PRIMAbyScience AGlobalMissiontoRestoreVision|PRIMAbyScience
Alandmarkclinicaltrialco-ledby Dr.José-AlainSahelDr.José-AlainSahel onthePRIMAretinalimplantfound thatthewirelessretinalimplantcanrestorecentralvisioninpatientswithadvancedagerelatedmaculardegeneration(AMD),accordingtoclinicaltrialresultspublishedinthe NewNew EnglandJournalofMedicine EnglandJournalofMedicine.AdvancedatrophicAMD,alsoknownasgeographicatrophy (GA),istheleadingcauseofirreversibleblindnessinolderadults,affectingmorethan5 millionpeopleworldwide. WatchFullVideoHereWatchFullVideoHere
CelebratingInnovation:The2025WiegandEntreprenurialAward CelebratingInnovation:The2025WiegandEntreprenurialAward
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OnMonday,September15,theEye&EarFoundationhostedadistinguished receptioninPittsburghtohonortherecipientsoftheBruceandBarbaraWiegand EntrepreneurialResearchAwards.TheeventwelcomedBruceandBarbara Wiegand,Departmentchairs,andthisyear’sawardees—twopioneeringcompanies developedbytheUniversityofPittsburghandUPMCclinicalandresearchteams
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DryEyeClinicUpdateDryEyeClinicUpdate
TheDryEyeClinicattheUPMCVisionInstitute–whichopenedinNovember2023–isledby SabrinaMukhtar,MD,MPH, SabrinaMukhtar,MD,MPH, AssistantProfessorofOphthalmologyand DirectoroftheDryEyeClinic. ReadMoreReadMore
FromUtahtoPitt:AVisionaryDuoRewirestheFutureofRetinal FromUtahtoPitt:AVisionaryDuoRewirestheFutureofRetinal ResearchResearch
Twonewfacultymembersarecollaboratingonthestructuralbiologyand neurobiologyofretinalinterconnections. BryanJones,PhD,BryanJones,PhD, Professorof Ophthalmology,and RebeccaPfeiffer,PhD,RebeccaPfeiffer,PhD, AssistantProfessorofOphthalmology, camefromtheMoranEyeCenter,UniversityofUtah,andstartedatPittonAugust1, 2025,continuingtheworktheystartedinUtah. ReadMoreReadMore
ALifelineforTetianaALifelineforTetiana
TetianaPylypenko,74,hasbeenhelpedimmeasurablybytheDepartmentof OphthalmologyPatientNavigatorDanaMcGinnis-Thomas.WhileTetianadoesnot speakEnglish,herdaughterOlenaRaichenkodoes . ReadMoreReadMore
CharleenNelson,ofPittsburgh,PA,participatedinaclinicaltrialforwetaged maculardegeneration.Theexperiencewasnothingbutpositive,withasuccessful result:shenolongerhaswetAMDinthateye. ReadMoreReadMore
FacultyNewsFacultyNews
Marie-HélèneErrera,MD,PharmD,PhD ,, receivedtheMissionofMercyawardfromthe MercyPhysicianWellnessCommittee.
AnthonySt.Leger,PhDAnthonySt.Leger,PhD , receivedtenure.
JayChhablani,MDJayChhablani,MD ,,AsadDurrani,MDAsadDurrani,MD ,,VishalJhanji,MD,FRCS,FRCOphth,FARVO VishalJhanji,MD,FRCS,FRCOphth,FARVO ,, BorisRosin,MD,PhDBorisRosin,MD,PhD ,and,andJosé-AlainSahel,MD José-AlainSahel,MD ,wererecognizedinthetop1%of physiciansbyAvant-gardeHealth,determinedbypublicationvolume,journalimpact,and authorposition.
AndrewEller,MDAndrewEller,MD ,,GeorgePark,DOGeorgePark,DO ,,GauravPrakash,MDGauravPrakash,MD ,and,andAndrewWilliams,MD AndrewWilliams,MD , wererecognizedinthetop2%ofphysiciansbyAvant-gardeHealth,determinedby publicationvolume,journalimpact,andauthorposition.
The DiLeoLabDiLeoLab ’smanuscript,“TopicalGel/MicrosphereEyedropforCombinedDeliveryof BrimonidineandTimolol:AComparativeStudywithTraditionalEyeDropsinRabbits,”was acceptedforpublicationinTranslationalVisionScienceandTechnology.
VishalJhanji,MD,FRCS,FRCOphth,FARVO, VishalJhanji,MD,FRCS,FRCOphth,FARVO, receivedafacultyappointmentforthe UniversityofPittsburghClinicalandTranslationalScienceInstitute(CTSI).
Threepeoplerepresentingthe SigalLabSigalLab (SusannahWaxman,QiTian,and IanSigal,PhD,IanSigal,PhD, MAScMASc )placedfirstinthescientificimagecompetitionattheSummerBioengineering Conference.
AlirezaChamanzar,PhD, andcollaboratorsatMGH,UC,andBerlin’srecentworkon MulticenterDevelopmentofaNoninvasiveBiomarkerforCorticalSpreadingDepolarization EmployingNoninvasiveElectroencephalography(EEG) hasbeenacceptedandchosenas theBestScienceAbstractAwardrecipientfortheNeurocriticalCareSociety’s(NCS)23rd AnnualMeetinghappeningthisfall.
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TheEye&EarFoundation,anindependent501(c)(3)organization,wasfoundedin 1985tofostersupportfortheDepartmentsofOphthalmologyandOtolaryngologyHead&NeckSurgeryattheUniversityofPittsburghthroughthegeneroussupportof individualsandorganizations.
Insupportingtheseworld-classDepartments,weholdourselvestothesamehigh standards.Weplantokeepmovingforward,expandingoursupportnetwork,and helpingtheDepartmentsofOphthalmologyandOtolaryngology-Head&NeckSurgery standpeerlessinthedistinctionofresearchandeducationand,ultimately,thehighest levelofcareprovidedtoourpatients.
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