Author Archives: Laurie Birdsong

UNC Department of Ophthalmology is pleased to welcome Clinical Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology Sinthu Ranjan, MD, as the newest Department’s clinical faculty member. Dr. Ranjan specializes in corneal transplantation via procedural approaches including Penetrating Keratoplasty (PK), Descemet’s Stripping Endothelial Keratoplasty (DSEK), and Descemet’s Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty (DMEK). Her ophthalmic expertise includes treating routine and complex …

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Patients with open globe injuries experience best visual acuity outcomes when ophthalmologists can perform rapid surgical closure within 24 hours of injury. A UNC Department of Ophthalmology faculty and a team comprised of two medical students and an ophthalmology resident has found that rapid surgical closure of open globe injuries may be delayed by hospitals …

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Travel in familiar, well-lit areas. Stick with friends. Accept only wrapped candy. Don’t enter any homes going door to door. As a responsible parent, you’ve covered the customary precautions with the kids in advance of rounding the neighborhood to trick-or-treat. You’re a grown child at heart and love Halloween too. Onto accessorizing your own costume. …

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“Aging” can be a nebulous term. Entering their 40s, many adults are unaware that in this mid-life* decade, gradually declining health is linked to diminishing whole-body function and risk of developing chronic disease. Just as sun-damaged skin shows the effects of aging on integumentary health, the decreasing capacity to focus on near- and far-range objects …

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UNC Department of Ophthalmology welcomes Jon Brisley, MD, our newest Comprehensive Ophthalmologist. Dr. Brisley provides comprehensive clinical eye care at UNC Kittner Eye Center in Chapel Hill and at UNC Eye Holly Springs.  Dr. Brisley is a dyed-in-the-wool Tar Heel, returning to the institution he attended as an undergraduate and medical student, and where he …

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