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Clinical Breakthroughs
Feb 27, 2023

Early Therapeutic Interventions for Diabetic Retinopathy Don’t Help Patients 

Patients with nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy who received early therapeutic intervention saw no improvement in visual acuity compared to patients given a placebo, according to a clinical trial published in JAMA.

Campus News
Feb 2, 2023

Grant Provides Imaging Technology to Department of Ophthalmology

The Department of Ophthalmology has received a Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB) Challenge Grant to support investigators advancing the field of ophthalmology and vision science.

Scientific Advances
Aug 4, 2022

New Insights in Retinal Neurons

Northwestern Medicine investigators have identified a new type of retinal ganglion cell, neurons that encode the visual environment and transmit information back to the brain.

Campus News
Dec 14, 2021

Ophthalmology Receives Grant to Support International Collaboration

Steven DeVries, MD, PhD, has received a $75,000 International Research Collaborators Award from Research to Prevent Blindness to support international collaborations.

Education News
Nov 11, 2021

Students Practice Ophthalmology Surgical Techniques

The student-led Ophthalmology Interest Group recently held a suturing workshop, offering Feinberg students the opportunity to practice surgical techniques on mock organs.

Education News
Jul 21, 2021

Student Aims to Optimize Care Delivery

Medical student David Younessi recently authored a paper that highlighted price disparities between Medicare and VA reimbursements for several ophthalmic procedures.

Clinical Breakthroughs
Jan 20, 2021

Treatments for Advanced Diabetic Retinopathy Show Similar Results

Vitrectomy surgery and intravitreal injections showed similar effectiveness in improving overall vision for patients with advanced diabetic retinopathy, according to results from a clinical trial published in JAMA.

Scientific Advances
Jun 10, 2020

Reassessing How Light Impacts Behavior

Northwestern Medicine investigators have found that a small subset of cells in the retina inhibit the communication of light signals from the eyes to the brain, impacting how light affects daily activity and how the pupils constrict to light.

Disease Discoveries
Jan 13, 2020

Site of Flow Resistance in Glaucoma Identified

According to a recent study, elevated ocular pressure in glaucoma is generated in the wall of a small vessel in the eye, the Schlemm’s canal.

Disease Discoveries
Jul 15, 2019

Subclinical Macular Degeneration Requires Monitoring

A new Northwestern Medicine study published in PLOS One affirmed the importance of monitoring patients with age-related macular degeneration to ensure their disease does not progress further.

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