February2025Volume39
KaminEndowedResearchFund
TheEye&EarFoundationofPittsburghishonored toannouncethatDanielG.andCaroleL.Kaminare supportingthenewPittsburghHearingInstitutein theDepartmentofOtolaryngology-Head&Neck SurgeryattheUniversityofPittsburghSchoolof Medicinewitha$1milliongiftforthenewDanielG. andCaroleL.KaminEndowedResearchFundfor HearingLoss.
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VirginiaMontanezDiscovers theVisionInstitute
VirginiaMontanezrecentlydiscovered theone-stop-shopophthalmologyjewel inPittsburghthatistheVisionInstitute atUPMCMercy.
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FromNorthDakotato Pittsburgh:APatientSuccess Story
InMarch2024,17-year-oldBrecken Petersonwasfeelingstuffyandhaving ahardtimebreathingoutofhisnose. Determinedtogetananswer,he continuedtotakehimselftothedoctor atthewalk-inclinicatleastonce, usuallytwiceamonth.TheWilliston, NorthDakokaresidentwastreatedfor allergiesandsinusinfections.
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KavliFoundationGrant
RossS.Williamson,PhD,Assistant ProfessorofOtolaryngology-Head& NeckSurgery,Neurobiology,and BioengineeringattheUniversityof Pittsburgh,istherecipientofamulti-PI grantfrom TheKavliFoundation.
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ChronicRhinosinusitisClinical Trial
Patientswithchronicrhinosinusitiswith nasalpolyposiswhoareacandidatefor abiologictherapytocontrolthe inflammationwithinthesinusesmaybe eligibleforaclinicaltrialatthe DepartmentofOtolaryngology-Head& NeckSurgeryattheUniversityof Pittsburghunderco-PIsDr.EricWang, MD,FACS,Chief,DivisionofRhinology andDr.GarretChoby,MD,Associate Professor,Departmentsof Otolaryngology-Head&NeckSurgery andNeurologicalSurgery.
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XingChenStartUpAward
Phosphoenix,astartupthatwasco-foundedbyXing Chen,PhD,AssistantProfessorofOphthalmology, haswonahighlycompetitive€2.5MEuropean InnovationCouncil(EIC)Transitiongrantviathe HorizonEuropeProgramme,foranewproject named“SIGHTED.”Theneuralprosthesisproject willdevelopandcommercializeabrainimplantfor visionrestoration.
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