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On June 12, 2025, the Duke Eye Center proudly celebrated the graduation of the 2025 class of the Duke Ophthalmic Technician Program.

Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB) has granted Oleg Alekseev, MD, PhD, assistant professor of ophthalmology, a $350,000 RPB Career Development Award to support eye research. The support is provided over a four-year period for the project, “Gene-agnostic therapy for autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa.” 

A complex surgical case from Duke Eye Center is now featured on the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) One Network.

Duke Eye Center is proud to share that Lee Ann McKinney, COT, OSC, and Valerie Honeycutt, COT, were recently featured in the May/June 2025 supplement of Retina Today.

On Saturday, May 31, Duke Eye Center proudly participated in the Special Olympics North Carolina State Games at NC State University in Raleigh.

Emilia Cruz-Garcia was diagnosed with congenital cataracts weeks after she was born, and surgery successfully removed them.

Eighteen Duke faculty have been named among the top five percent of clinician scientists in ophthalmology worldwide by the Avant-Garde Health 2025 Ophthalmology Research All‑Stars ranking. This prestigious recognition highlights both the quantity and quality of their published research, underscoring Duke’s commitment to advancing eye care through innovation and discovery.

Duke Eye Center proudly participated in the 2025 Retina World Congress, held May 9-12, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

BrightFocus Foundation’s National Glaucoma Research and Macular Degeneration Research programs have awarded funding to Dan Stamer, PhD, Joseph A.C. Wadsworth Distinguished Professor of Ophthalmology and Vice Chair for Basic Science Research at Duke Eye Center, and Nobuhiko Shiraki, PhD, respectively, for their innovative research in vision health.

The annual meeting for the Association of Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) was held May 3-7, 2025 in Denver, Colorado.