News and Events

The Duke Office of Physician Scientist Development (OPSD) PRIME Summer Academy provides medical students, who have limited research experience, hands-on laboratory training at the Duke University School of Medicine. 

The annual meeting of the American Society of Retinal Specialists (ASRS) was held July 28 – August 1, 2023 in Seattle, Washington.  

Ramiro Maldonado, MD, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology is the recipient of the Individual Investigator Award presented by the Foundation for Fighting Blindness.

DURHAM, N.C. – A machine learning model developed by Duke Health researchers can differentiate normal cognition from mild cognitive impairment using retinal images from the eye.

Duke Eye Center had the pleasure of celebrating our graduating residents, fellows, and optech students last week at the 2023 Trainee Graduation Banquet.

For 43-year-old Allison Parker, it's hard to remember a time when she didn’t depend on glasses or contact lenses to correct her severe nearsightedness.   

Duke Eye Center Faculty and Staff were among the volunteers that served with Opening Eyes NC on June 3, 2023 at the Special Olympics Summer Games. Together they performed 127 eye screenings and prescribed 25 pairs of glasses to athletes that were competing in the games. 

Eleanora Lad, MD, PhD, associate professor of ophthalmology, sat down with Mary Klotman, MD, dean of Duke School of Medicine, to discuss the recent clinical trials that led to the first drug approved by the FDA to treat a devastating eye disease called Geographic Atrophy.

Duke Eye Center is thankful to Miracles in Sight (MiS) for their generous gift of $100,000, continuing their annual support of the Duke Cornea Fellowship Program.

Duke Eye Center is proud to announce that Eleonora Lad, MD, PhD has been named Vice Chair for Clinical Research. Lad is a clinician scientist and retinal ophthalmologist with an extensive background in research, both as an investigator and in her role as Director of Clinical Research Unit (CRU).