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Faculty and trainees from Duke Eye Center participated in the 43rd Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Society of Retina Specialists (ASRS), held July 30–August 2, 2025, in Lon

In recognition of Children’s Eye Health and Safety Month this August, Duke Eye Center’s own Adriana Ferreira, OD, was featured on CBS17’s This Month in Health to share expert advice on how parents can support their child’s eye health.

Duke Eye Center has once again earned a top 10 spot in the  U.S. News & World Report Best Hospital rankings.

Duke Health proudly recognizes employees that go above and beyond to make a difference in the lives of our patients and their families.

In an advancement for eye care in Guyana, South America, Duke Global Ophthalmology (DukeGO), in collaboration with Georgetown Public Hospital, successfully performed the nation’s

Dr. Grace Prakalapakorn represented Duke Eye Center as an invited speaker at the Asia Pacific Strabismus and Paediatric Ophthalmology Society (APSPOS) meeting, held from June 29 to July 1, 2025, at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre in Brisbane, Australia.

We are delighted to welcome Esen K. Akpek, MD to Duke Eye Center as Professor of Ophthalmology, Director of the Frances and C. Stephen Foster Center for Ocular Immunology and Inflammation, and Chief of the newly established Division of Ocular Immunology.

Duke University School of Medicine has been awarded a $30,000 Medical Student Eye Research Fellowship from Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB), in partnership with the American Osteopathic Colleges of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery (AOCOO-HNS) Foundation. This prestigious award will support medical student Michael Miltich as he takes a year-long leave from his medical studies to pursue dedicated research within the Department of Ophthalmology at Duke.

We are proud to announce that Glenn Jaffe, MD, and Cynthia Toth, MD, have been named among the top basic medicine scientists in the United States in the 4th edition of Research.com’s prestigious ranking of leading scholars in the field of Medicine.

Leon W. Herndon Jr., MD participated in a recent discussion with the American Academy of Ophthalmology's EyeNet Magazine titled “An Early Look at the New DSLT Technology.,” exploring the clinical potential of Direct Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty (DSLT)—a new, non-contact laser treatment for glaucoma. Herndon joined Ruth D. Williams, MD and Brian E. Flowers, MD in a roundtable discussion to evaluate the benefits, limitations, and future implications of DSLT in glaucoma care.