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UIC Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
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Fall 2017
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PUBLICATIONS
To learn more about our faculty and their work, check out our annual report!
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Retina Hall of Fame Inductees
The Retina Hall of Fame honors physicians, scientists, and related health care workers, over many centuries and countless generations, who have devoted their professional lives to innovation, research and clinical care in the field of retina. They have saved many from blindness and improved innumerable lives.
In 2017, the Board of Directors announced the Charter Inductees to the Retina Hall of Fame, including three physicians from our Department. Congratulations Dr. Jennifer Lim, Dr. Paul Chan and Dr. William Mieler for your significant achievements in the practice of medicine and contributions to the retina subspecialty.
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Top left: Dr. Jennifer Lim
Top right: Dr. Paul Chan
Bottom left: Dr. William Mieler
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Departmental Awards: Faculty of the Year and Rising Star
Recipient of the 2017 UIC College of Medicine
Faculty of the Year Award - Dr. Deepak Shukla
This esteemed Award recognizes a mid-career or senior faculty member who has demonstrated outstanding achievements in multiple aspects of the College's mission based on excellence in: teaching, research, or clinical service. Congratulations to Dr. Shukla for your recognition as an exceptional researcher and colleague!
Recipient of the 2017 UIC College of Medicine
Rising Star Award - Dr. Thasarat Vajaranant
The recipient of this distinguished Award is a junior faculty member who has demonstrated strong potential to be a future leader in his or her chosen field. Congratulations to Dr. Vajaranant for your recognition as an innovative and passionate young ophthalmologist and scientist!
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Distinguished Boston KPro Surgeon
Soledad Cortina, MD, has been recognized by Massachusetts Eye and Ear as a "Distinguished Boston KPro Surgeon." This recognition is founded upon Dr. Cortina's exceptional contributions to Boston KPro research, demonstrated excellence in clinical practice, and commitment to teaching the future leaders in the field. Read the entire Mass. Eye and Ear profile here.
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Secretary of the Retina Society
Jennifer Lim, MD, is the recently appointed Secretary of the Retina Society, a two-year leadership role. The mission of the Retina Society is: to reduce worldwide visual disability and blindness by promoting the education and professional interaction of vitreoretinal specialists, providing optimal care for patients with vitreoretinal diseases, and encouraging, through clinical and basic research, the discovery and development of new means to further patient care.
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Dr. Felix Chau, MD, Assistant Professor of ophthalmology, was quoted in the Chicago Tribune in an article about eye protection and the August 21 eclipse. "With the eclipse, the danger is people are fooled, and since the sky will be much darker and part of the sun will be blocked, they'll think maybe it's safe," Chau said in the article. He went on to describe a condition called solar retinopathy, in which light energy causes a permanent scar on the retina, leading to vision loss. He recommended using a pinhole camera or other indirect means to view the eclipse, concerned that the specialized glasses might not be safe. Read the article here.
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Grants for New and Ongoing Research Projects
- Deepak Shukla, Heparanase in Herpes Simplex Virus Pathogenesis and Disease. An R21 funded by NIAID.
- Charles Yu, Minimally Invasive Keratoprosthesis. A K08 funded by NEI.
- Sandeep Jain, Chronic GVHD: Intersecting Aspects in Systemic and Ocular Disease. A R13 conference grant funded by NEI. Renewed for 5 years!
- Steven Roth, Risk factor anaylysis of perioperative visual loss. An R21 funded by NEI.
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The Biennial Cornea Symposium, hosted this September by Dr. Soledad Cortina, focused on innovations and complicated cases in cornea care. Donald Tan, MD, delivered the Marvin D. Henry MD Memorial Lecture, titled "Innovations in Cornea Lamellar Surgery." Dr. Tan is the Arthur Lim Professor in Ophthalmology at the Singapore National Eye Centre and Duke-National University of Singapore Medical School, and a partner at Eye & Cornea Surgeons, Camden Medical Centre.
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Left and Above:
Guest speaker Donald Tan, MD, delivers his talk "Innovations in Cornea Lamellar Surgery."
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The annual Femtosecond Laser Cataract Surgery Instructional Course and Wet Lab was held in the IEEI auditorium on October 7th. The morning session introduced attendees to the Femtosecond laser and specific surgical techniques, through a series of short presentations. In the afternoon session, participants experienced a hands-on wet lab and case discussions. Thank you Jose de la Cruz, MD, for conducting this educational opportunity.
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Global Ophthalmology News
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Thammasat UIC Specialty Day
This is the second Thammasat UIC Specialty Day, a multidisciplinary meeting covering all topics of ophthalmology. Speakers from UIC are Drs. Elmer Tu, Peter Macintosh, Thasarat Vajaranant, and Pete Setabutr. The meeting will be held in Pattaya, Thailand on
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2017 Chicago Chronic GVHD Meeting
Friday, October 27 - Saturday, October 28, 2017
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Saturday, October 28, 2017
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EEI Alumni Reception at AAO
Saturday, September 16, 2017
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Exciting News Begins with You!
Our dedicated news team needs your exclusive insight! Honored with the task of sharing your remarkable stories, we are calling you to "Submit the News that Deserves the Views."
Wondering what is newsworthy? We want all of your patient stories, donor stories, alumni updates, milestones, staff highlights, research awards, conference updates, and everything else that deserves the spotlight. Just click on the News Submissions link and send us your story!
You can also find our News Submissions link on our Department website, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages.
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Thank you to all of our patients and donors for their invaluable support in our mission to improve the quality of treatment for people suffering from vision loss.
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