Faculty
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UAB Seeks Answers to Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) causes central vision loss in millions of Americans, interfering with everyday tasks such as driving, reading, and recognizing faces. -
UAB study finds that seniors in subsidized housing have higher rates of vision impairment
Older adults living in subsidized housing facilities have higher rates of vision impairment than their peers, according to a study from the University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Ophthalmology.
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UAB study looks to improve medication adherence in African-American glaucoma patients
Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham are hoping a telemedicine-based health promotion intervention can improve medication adherence rates among older African-Americans with glaucoma. -
UAB to open new Callahan Eye Hospital Clinic on Cahaba River Road in Altadena
UAB Callahan Eye Hospital recently announced that it will open a new full-service clinic Nov. 1 in the Altadena community, just off Cahaba River Road behind the Colonnade. The convenient new location delivers the same vision care that Callahan Eye Hospital has provided on the UAB campus for the past 50 years, including comprehensive adult and pediatric ophthalmology and optometry services. -
Under Pressure
Ernest Murry saw glaucoma steal his mother’s vision, just as it had robbed sight from many other family members. There was a time when it seemed the same might happen to him. “When I went outside to walk, I would have to pat in front of me to keep from falling,” he says. -
Vaphiades, Michael S., D.O.
Professor; Chief, Neuro-Ophthalmology and Electrophysiology Services
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Vicinanzo, Matthew, M.D., FACS
Associate ProfessorCommunity Partner
Alabama Ophthalmology Associates -
Vision conference brings together research groups from across the Southeast
The Vanderbilt Eye Institute (VEI) recently hosted the Southeastern Vision Conference to celebrate and share excellence in vision science. The two-day seminar held at the Vanderbilt University Marriott brought together three vision research groups from Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), the University of Alabama at Birmingham and Emory University to foster collaborations among the groups. -
Vision conference fosters research collaboration
The University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences recently hosted the second annual Southeastern Vision Research Conference (SEVRC) to celebrate and share excellence in vision science. -
Welcome to the New First-Year Residents
Monday, June 26 marked an exciting day as the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences welcomed its new batch of first-year residents. This distinguished group of residents represents the second-ever class of ophthalmic PGY-1s for the department, and we are thrilled to have such exceptionally qualified individuals from across the country joining our program.
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What you need to know about pediatric glaucoma
One evening, five years ago, Brittni Powell did what a lot of young mothers do and gazed into her 2-month-old son’s eyes. What she saw had Brittni and her husband Byron heading immediately to a Montgomery-area hospital emergency department. -
Why I Give - Torrey DeKeyser
By Torrey DeKeyser
Do you have a vision problem? Or do you know someone who has glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy or macular degeneration? Wouldn’t it be wonderful if there were new and improved preventive or curative treatments for those and other blinding eye diseases? It could happen! And work on those very issues is happening at UAB!That’s why when the opportunity to make a planned gift to the UAB Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences arose several years ago, it was an easy decision to say “Yes!”
I had the good fortune to serve for 22 years as Executive Director of the EyeSight Foundation of Alabama (ESFA), a health legacy foundation that provides grants to charitable organizations engaged in eye research, patient care and professional and patient education. This grantmaking organization was formed 25 years ago when UAB bought the former Eye Foundation Hospital—now UAB Callahan Eye Hospital. The money from that sale became the corpus of the EyeSight Foundation. UAB Ophthalmology and the Callahan Eye Hospital have been the biggest recipients of ESFA’s grants. Because of this long-term relationship, I was closely involved with the ophthalmology experts at UAB’s School of Medicine and the Callahan Eye Hospital.
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Witherspoon, C. Douglas, M.D., FACS
Professor Emeritus
Areas of Interest
vitreoretinal surgery, ocular trauma, microsurgical instrument development and translational research/retinal gene therapy -
Young Scientist Makes Strides in Reengineering the Eye
For research pursuits, Rafael Grytz, Ph.D., has always blazed his own trail. That may explain how a civil engineer from Germany became as an assistant professor in the UAB Department of Ophthalmology.