Pitt Ophthalmology/Eye Center

Dr. Sahel has been awarded the prestigious 2024 Wolf Prize in Medicine.

Check out the below!

José-Alain Sahel, MD, Receives 2024 Wolf Prize in Medicine | UPMC Physician Resources The Wolf Foundation awards the Wolf Prize to scientists and artists to recognize outstanding achievements that contribute to the betterment of humanity.

Check out Dr. Dhaliwal on Cataract Coach -- great video!

CataractCoach podcast 52 with Deepinder Dhaliwal MD, president ISRS CataractCoach podcast 52 with Deepinder Dhaliwal MD, president ISRS

Great advice from Ellen Butts for the solar eclipse!

Doctors explain how to avoid burning your retinas during solar eclipse It's going to be exciting and people will have fun, but it's important to be serious when it comes to talking about safety.

The solar eclipse is coming. Dr. Gallagher shares her expertise. Check it out!

Erie Eclipse 2024: Glasses to protect your eyes and where to buy Erie, Pa. (WJET/WFXP) — With the Great American Eclipse quickly approaching, eclipse glasses are a top-ticket item, and the most important item for the eclipse. The total eclipse, which lands on Mo…

Dr. Jay Chhablani on Diabetic Macular Edema. Check it out!
https://www.healio.com/news/ophthalmology/resources/diabetic-macular-edema-awareness

2/12/2024

DME Awareness Healio spoke with an expert about managing DME treatment, communicating between providers and the latest developments in the study and treatment of DME.

French President Macron has appointed Dr. Sahel to the newly created French Presidential Council for Science. What a great honor!

José-Alain Sahel, MD, Named to French Presidential Council for Science | UPMC Physician Resources Over the past decade, he has led pioneering efforts in optogenetic vision restoration, a technique in which cells in the retina are genetically modified to express light sensitive proteins.

José-Alain Sahel, MD, Named National Academy of Inventors Fellow | UPMC Physician Resources

The NAI aims to recognize, encourage, and celebrate inventors and generate awareness about how new inventions benefit society. NAI members include U.S. and international universities, government agencies, and nonprofit research institutes.

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Exciting!

Doctors Complete First Successful Face and Whole-Eye Transplant Surgeons transplanted part of a face and an entire eyeball into a man with severe electrical burns. He is not yet able to see out of the eye, but preliminary evidence suggests it may retain some function

Thanks to all who volunteered their time to make Mission of Mercy an overwhelming success!

Mission of Mercy Pittsburgh sets record, reaches patient capacity at free healthcare clinic The Mission of Mercy Pittsburgh free healthcare clinic hosted at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center reached capacity for the annual event.

Dr Marshall Stafford will be presenting

Exciting news! UPMC Vision Institute Urgent Eye Care Clinic now open!
https://www.wesa.fm/health-science-tech/2023-10-04/pittsburgh-eye-vision-health-emergency

https://www.wpxi.com/news/local/upmc-vision-institute-opens-new-clinic-eye-emergencies/CMWPNJM5INH6ZDD35BAZHW6ZUI/

UPMC Vision Institute opens new clinic for eye emergencies The UPMC Vision Institute has opened a new clinic in Pittsburgh for eye emergencies.

Save on Eyewear in July

Visit any UPMC Vision Institute Optical Shop location, including the new shop in UPMC Mercy Pavilion and get 40% off a complete pair of designer brand glasses. This offer is valid through Monday, July 31.

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Check out the article featuring Dr. Dhaliwal.

Today’s LASIK candidates better targeted Ocular Surgery News | With more than 20 million procedures performed to date in the U.S., LASIK is still the most popular and most performed laser vision correction method, according to the Refractive Surgery Council.Since the inception of LASIK in the early 1990s, it has evolved through several mil...

So exciting for Dr. Sahel!

Long-time Collaborators Botond Roska and José-Alain Sahel Win International Prize for Translational Neuroscience Basel, Switzerland, June 22, 2023 --In recognition of their pioneering work on restoring vision to blind patients using optogenetic therapy, Botond Roska and José-Alain Sahel were today awarded the International Prize

Dr. Sahel on our Region's Business with Bill Flanagan -- check it out!

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What a great story and what a great partnership!

Blind children care for the gardens at UPMC’s new Vision Institute building in a flowering partnership All students at the Western Pennsylvania School for Blind Children take horticulture classes, often listening to music as they learn how to care for different plants.

Pretty cool -- Pittsburgh Today Live!

New UPMC Mercy Pavilion facility built with the employees in mind too UPMC Mercy Pavilion is the home of a new vision institute and advanced rehab services, and this new facility was also built with the employees in mind. PTL's Daisy Jade gets a tour.

What to know about colorblindness or color deficiency - Will Smith, OD

What to know about colorblindness or color deficiency | WITF Airdate: May 31st, 2023 About 12 million Americans are colorblind. Worldwide, one in 12 men and one in 200 women are colorblind. That works o […]

Will Smith, OD - director of Low Vision Services -- featured on Get Marty! Check out the link below ......

Get Marty: UPMC Spotlight - Got vision problems? The new UPMC Vision Institute can help In this edition of UPMC Spotlight we’re talking about vision problems and how UPMC is helping people with the new UPMC Vision Institute at the Mercy Pavillion in Pittsburgh’s Uptown neighborhood.

Please register for this exciting lecture!

Senior Vice Chancellor's Research Seminar on June 9 - Xing Chen, PhD

Congratulations Dr. Jhani -- what an honor!

Congratulations to Vishal Jhanji for being the Presidential Guest at the annual meeting of the prestigious All India Ophthalmological Society meeting held in Kochi, India this month! The picture shows Dr Jhanji lighting the lamp at the ceremony.

So exciting for this to open -- beautiful space!

such a great day!

So exciting!

Today is a very exciting day at UPMC, as we celebrate the new UPMC Mercy Pavilion in Pittsburgh's Uptown community.

The 10-story facility is a first of its kind in the U.S. It brings together the clinical expertise and groundbreaking research of the UPMC Vision Institute and UPMC Rehabilitation Institute. We believe it will help us in our mission of delivering Life Changing Medicine to our communities.

Visit https://upmc.me/3GYwXrU to view a livestream of the Mercy Pavilion ribbon-cutting. The broadcast begins at 10:30 a.m. Eastern time.

In honor of World Optometry Day, here's a shout out to all of our fantastic optometrists ..... Dr. Ellen Butts, Dr. Will Smith, Dr. Emily DePew, Dr. Nate Isaacson, Dr. Rob Bittner, Dr. Jessica Glass, and Dr. Craig Luchansky.

Thanks for being part of our team!

Love our optometrists! Thanks for being you!

Dear Colleagues
The Myopia Consensus Statement 2023 by WSPOS ( World Society of Paediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus ) was released 10 days ago. Only studies that reached statistical and clinical significance with a minimum of 2 years’ published data were included.

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