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Enjoy July 4! BE SAFE!

June 19, 2018
More Than 11,000 Injuries Occur Each Year Involving Fireworks. UNC Eye Doctors Recommend Enjoying Professional Firework Presentations—Don’t Do It Yourself! Wear Safety Goggles When Viewing Fireworks--Available in the Kittner Optical Shop.

The faculty at UNC Ophthalmology have voted Lauren Rushing, M.D., and Chris Hwang, M.D., Chief Residents for the 2018-19 academic year.

May 8, 2018

Dr. Kathy Whitfield Named UNC Kittner Eye Center Medical Director

May 1, 2018
UNC Ophthalmology is pleased to recognize Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology Dr. Kathy Whitfield as the new Medical Director of UNC Kittner Eye Center. A subspecialist in Pediatric Ophthalmology and Adult Strabismus, Dr. Whitfield takes on her new role as Medical Director effective May 1, 2018.

Drs. Donald Budenz (far left), Dr. Lauren Rushing (third from left), and Dr. Kathleen Gordon (sixth from left) of UNC Kittner Eye visit with U.S. Senator Richard Burr (R-NC) at the U.S. Capitol during the AAO Congressional Advocacy Day.

April 23, 2018

UNC Eye residents Kyle Huynh, M.D. and Lee Moore, M.D. traveled with Ken Cohen, M.D., to the Vietnam National Institute of Ophthalmology, Hanoi, to teach local ophthalmologists new surgical procedures.

April 18, 2018

Cassandra J. Barnhart, MPH, ACRP-CP®, Manager of Research Administration with the UNC Department of Ophthalmology, has been appointed Administrative Director of the Women’s Eye Health Initiative.

April 11, 2018
This international organization promotes eye health among women and their families.

More than 30 ophthalmology residents participated in the Advanced Anterior Segment Surgical Course at UNC in February. The course featured nine speakers and provided hands-on training.

March 14, 2018
The course featured nine speakers and provided hands-on training. Dr. Ken Cohen, the Sterling A. Barrett Distinguished Professor of Ophthalmology at Kittner Eye Center, organized the annual course.

Dr. Donald Budenz, Kittner Family Distinguished Professor and Chair of UNC Ophthalmology, was selected to present the American Glaucoma Society’s Clinician-Scientist Lecture at their annual meeting held in New York in February.

March 12, 2018
Dr. Budenz’s lecture, delivered to an international audience of more than 1,500 AGS members, was entitled Glaucoma at the Center of the Earth. His lecture included results of his landmark study of the prevalence and incidence of glaucoma in West Africa.

Enhance Your Appearance

December 11, 2017
Call now for an appointment at the Thursday, April 19, 2018 Aesthetic Improvement Clinic at Kittner Eye Center. Receive 25% off BOTOX® , fillers, IPL, Pelleve Skin Tightening, and Epionce Skin Products with Board-Certified Ophthalmic Plastic Reconstructive Surgeons.

Welcome Alice Zhang, M.D., to the UNC Ophthalmology faculty. Dr. Zhang is currently seeing patients who need retina care and vitreoretinal surgery at Kittner Eye Center in Chapel Hill. For an appointment with Dr. Zhang, please call 984-974-2020.

November 28, 2017

Update: UNC Eye contract with EyeMed approved and effective 2/12/2018

October 19, 2017
EyeMed became the new Vision plan vendor for NCFlex effective 1/1/2018. UNC Eye has completed the contracting process with EyeMed and we look forward to again providing routine vision services to the employees of the state of North Carolina.

Telemedicine can increase access to diabetic retinopathy treatment

May 19, 2017
Seema Garg, MD, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Ophthalmology, is the lead author on two companion articles, as well as an author podcast published in JAMA Ophthalmology. Garg, a retina specialist with a particular interest in diabetic retinopathy, has been spearheading efforts since 2009 to implement and study...