UAB ophthalmologists participate in healthy aging webinar

Agam Christopher Girkin, M.D., and Cynthia Owsley, Ph.D., of the UAB Department of Ophthalmology, along with Torrey DeKeyser, executive director of the EyeSight Foundation of Alabama, participated in a webinar on September 5, 2014, titled “How Our Eyes Age – The Impact on Everyday Life.” The webinar was hosted by Grantmakers in Aging, which is an organization that acts as a catalyst for philanthropy.

$3.75 million endowed chair will boost vision research at UAB

RPB Chair The University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Ophthalmology will establish the Research to Prevent Blindness/Susan and Dowd Ritter Endowed Chair in Ophthalmology Research with a $3.75 million endowment, one of the largest in UAB history.

Growth of Ocular Biomechanics evident at 2014 World Congress of Biomechanics

The growth of the field of ocular biomechanics was on display at the 7th World Congress of Biomechanics July 6 to July 11, 2014, and the UAB Department of Ophthalmology Program of Ocular Biomechanics and Biotransport was at the forefront of this exciting meeting.

Rhodes named to prestigious Leadership Development class

Rhodeshorizontal Lindsay A. Rhodes, M.D., was named to Class of 2015. This prestigious program represents a commitment by the AAO to develop future leaders.

Curcio honored for contributions to vision research

Curcioatmicro web Christine A. Curcio, Ph.D., professor of ophthalmology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, is the recipient of the 2014 Ludwig von Sallmann Prize, awarded to an individual for significant contributions to vision research and ophthalmology.

Leave fireworks to the pros, UAB eye doctors say

Fourth of July 2013: Family members were shooting fireworks in the backyard of Dianne Peterson’s home in Vincent, Alabama, as she walked out of the house.

Cable guys: Inside UAB's high-tech, custom-built approach to eye science

downs the mix The miracle of sight relies on a masterpiece of wiring. More than a million individual nerve cells scattered around the eye convert visual information into electricity. Then these individual cells are bundled together at the back of the eye into the optic nerve, which carries the signal to the brain.

UAB pilot program brings glaucoma screenings closer to home

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Glaucoma is a silent disease. It does not hurt, symptoms are slow to develop, and most people do not notice any loss of vision until it is too late. A project by ophthalmologists at the University of Alabama at Birmingham will examine whether a partnership with community-based optometrists will improve detection and treatment of glaucoma, especially for high-risk populations.

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UAB Callahan Eye Hospital Clinic opens two satellite locations

GeneralClinic The University of Alabama at Birmingham Callahan Eye Hospital Clinic has opened two new satellite locations in the Greater Birmingham area, one at Medical West in Bessemer and the other on the Birmingham St. Vincent’s Hospital campus off the Red Mountain Expressway.

A ticket to ride: UAB program opens doors to drivers who are sight-impaired

To Dustin Jones, the bioptic driving program at the University of Alabama at Birmingham provides one very important benefit: freedom. Jones, a 24-year-old recent UAB graduate who works in information technology, is a typical young professional.

UAB Callahan Eye Hospital celebrates 50 years

Agam The UAB Callahan Eye Hospital owes its beginning to a 5-year-old girl. The hospital, which celebrates its 50th anniversary in November, was the vision of ophthalmologist Alston Callahan, who established a clinical practice in Birmingham after World War II. In the early 1950s, Callahan treated young Barbara Ingalls’ crossed eyes with glasses and eye-strengthening exercises.

Cataract surgery comes of age

Clinic Photo Cataract surgery has come a long way, according to Virginia Lolley, M.D., an ophthalmologist and cataract surgeon at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB).

Rhodes encourages young peers to be advocates

007CEFH RPD2016 2 Lindsay A. Rhodes, M.D., a glaucoma fellow in the Department of Ophthalmology at the UAB Heersink School of Medicine, recently presented to the Young Ophthalmologists at the American Academy of Ophthalmology annual meeting in Chicago.

How a plastic eye helps fight glaucoma, raises funds

downs image glaucoma web Crawford Downs, Ph.D., has spent his entire career studying the optic nerve head, but he never really saw it until a few months ago. Using an ingenious system of his own design, Downs had created the first high-resolution computer model of the lamina cribrosa, a mesh-like structure at the back of the eye that allows the optic nerve axons to exit while preserving intraocular pressure.