January 21, 2026
Carolina Eye Research Institute: Lab Science Learning Key to Translational Medical Education
UNC School of Medicine 4th-year student (MS4) Mary Kaufmann, a May 2026 graduate, was inspired by her family to pursue ophthalmology.
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December 28, 2025
Read the Latest in Our Winter 2025 UNC EYE!
UNC Department of Ophthalmology is excited to share with you Winter 2025 issue of UNC EYE magazine, our patient-focused publication that demonstrates our excellence in patient care, education, research and other areas.
December 20, 2025
January is Glaucoma Awareness Month!
An adult who faithfully visits his PCP for well-check exams shows no signs of mid-life worsening vision and falls short of scheduling a first-time comprehensive eye exam in his 40s. At age 50, he is diagnosed with glaucoma at an overdue screening, 10 years past the recommended age for first-time exams. The asymptomatic patient is …
December 2, 2025
In Festive December, Just Remember: Protect Your Eyes!
It’s December and the holiday season has arrived. When year-end merry-making leads adults and youth to engage in careless behavior, the risk of eye injury increases considerably. In a month loaded with gift-giving and celebratory occasions, individuals are at risk of ocular trauma in the path of high-speed, shooting projectiles, from newly opened toys to …
November 11, 2025
Physicians Weekly Q&A with David Fleischman: Mortality Risk & Geriatric Ocular Trauma
In an early November 2025 Physicians Weekly Q&A, Sterling A. Barrett Distinguished Associate Professor of Ophthalmology David Fleischman, MD, MS, FACS, recapped a retrospective cohort study in which his faculty-mentored team analyzed the correlation between geriatric ocular trauma and risk of mortality.
November 4, 2025
UNC Eye: November 2025 Leadership Transition
UNC Department of Ophthalmology announces a transition in Chair, effective November 1, 2025.
October 20, 2025
Mohammad Soleimani Named Among Top 1% of U.S. Ophthalmology Research Physicians
UNC Ophthalmology proudly congratulates Professor Mohammad Soleimani, MD, FICO, Vice Chair of Quality and Cornea Fellowship Program Director, on being awarded the prestigious title of “Member with Thesis” in November 2024 by the esteemed Cornea Society.
October 11, 2025
Dr. Alice Zhang: 6th Annual Randy Wheelock Research Award Recipient & Leader in Choroideremia Research
UNC Ophthalmology is pleased to recognize Associate Professor and Residency Program Director Alice Zhang, MD, as the Choroideremia Research Foundation’s 6th Annual Randy Wheelock Research Award recipient. The yearly Wheelock Research Award honors exceptional emerging clinical and basic ophthalmic researchers who are initiating or furthering their investigative focus on choroideremia (CHM). This lesser-known, rare X-linked …
October 2, 2025
UNC Ophthalmology In the Spotlight at Fall 2025 Conferences
At several national eye physician/surgeon conferences this fall, the scholarly works and career achievements of UNC Ophthalmology faculty and residents have been in the spotlight. Among them: American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) 2025 UNC Ophthalmology Chair Don Budenz, MD, MPH, gave the Robert N. Shaffer Lecture: “Glaucoma at the Center of the Earth.” Interview: Dr. …
September 30, 2025
October Is World Blindness Awareness Month
Every October, World Blindness Awareness Month brings attention to the blind and visually impaired community and the realities of living without sight. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), “everyone, if they live long enough, will experience at least one eye disease or disorder in their lifetime.” Despite this reality, healthy behaviors established early in …
September 7, 2025
UNC Health Eye Care at Cary Expands UNC’s Triangle-Area Outpatient Services
UNC Department of Ophthalmology is excited to expand its comprehensive and subspecialty eye care services within central North Carolina with the opening of UNC Health Eye Care at Cary on Tuesday, September 2nd.
September 5, 2025
September is Cortical Visual Impairment Awareness Month!
September is dedicated to increasing awareness of Cortical Visual Impairment (CVI). This leading cause of visual impairment in children in the U.S. and developed world is a lesser-known type of ocular impairment that originates in the brain's visual center (visual cortex), rather in the eye.