September 11, 2019
Category: News
September 5, 2019
Dr. Don Budenz, Chair of UNC Ophthalmology, recently completed a mission trip to Ghana, West Africa, to examine patients and perform glaucoma surgery. Glaucoma is the leading cause of irreversible blindness worldwide. The highest incidence of glaucoma in the world is in West Africa.
July 12, 2019
Dr. Kathy Whitfield, Assistant Professor of Pediatric Ophthalmology, recently served as a visiting professor at the Tianjin Eye Hospital in Tianjin, China. Dr. Whitfield was also a speaker at the 2019 Tianjin International Ophthalmology Forum. Dr. Whitfield is pictured with colleague Grace Prakalapakorn, M.D., from Duke, and local ophthalmology students.
July 9, 2019
UNC Ophthalmology and the Kittner Eye Center have again been named Best of Chapel Hill in an annual readers’ survey.
June 27, 2019
Dr. Julie Skaggs of UNC Ophthalmology was welcomed by the Senior Striders of Chapel Hill to talk about preserving vision for a lifetime. Senior Striders is organized through the Orange County Department on Aging.
June 19, 2019
UNC Residents Lee Moore, Ryan O’Meilia, Chris Hwang and John Deans welcome Dr. Tom Oetting, Residency Director at the University of Iowa Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, to 2019 Residents’ Day.
June 19, 2019
Dr. Zongchao Han, Associate Professor at UNC Ophthalmology, recently received funding from two prestigious organizations: the Edward N. & Della L. Thome Memorial Foundation for Macular Degeneration Research and the BrightFocus Foundation.
June 13, 2019
The American Academy of Ophthalmology recommends four foods to keep eyes healthy: Kale, Salmon, Oranges and Black-eyed peas. Read the story here: https://www.aao.org/eye-health/news/four-fantastic-foods
June 13, 2019
Congratulations to the UNC Eye Residency Class of 2019 Drs. Lee Moore, Lauren Rushing, Michael Taggart, and Chris Hwang, pictured here with Dr. Amy Fowler, Vice Chair and Residency Director.
May 28, 2019
Dr. Nik Ulrich of UNC Ophthalmology accepts a check for $4,000 from Lion Dale Dupree of the North Carolina Lions. Funds donated by the Lions will be used for travel to China to treat infants born with retinopathy of prematurity and for cornea research being conducted at UNC Ophthalmology.
May 23, 2019
Four UNC residents attended the 15th Annual Harvard Ophthalmology Intensive Cataract Surgical Training Course with UNC Ophthalmologist Ken Cohen, an invited faculty member. Dr. Cohen lectured on the White Cataract/Poor Red Reflex and trained 130 residents from across the United States on corneal suturing. Pictured are attendees Oleg Alekseev, Sailu Bondalapati, Dr. Ken Cohen, John Deans, and Ryan O’Meilia.
May 7, 2019