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Enyedi and Toth Receive 2019 Women in Ophthalmology Awards
Laura Enyedi, MD and Cynthia Toth, MD of Duke Eye Center were among seven recipients of the 2019 Women in Ophthalmology awards. Women in...
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Duke Researchers Develop A New Model for Diabetic Retinopathy Screening and Triage
Remote imaging increases early disease identification efforts Using a nonmydriatic imaging device to screen patients for diabetic retinopathy (DR) in...
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Duke Biomedical Engineers Utilize Machine Learning to Improve Medical Scan Imagery
Researchers use computational tools to enhance the resolution of optical coherence tomography, potentially expanding its usefulness beyond the eye...
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Duke Researchers Receive Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation’s Diagnostics Accelerator Program Funding
Duke Eye Center's retina specialists Sharon Fekrat, MD and Dilraj S. Grewal, MD along with Duke neurologist James R. Burke MD, PhD and Brenda...
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Duke Ranked Top 10 Ophthalmology Hospital In US News & World Report Annual Survey
We are proud to announce that Duke Ophthalmology is once again ranked in the top 10 in the 2019-2020 US News & World Report Best Hospital...
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Duke Retina Experts Lead Key Presentations at 2019 ASRS
Duke retina experts were selected to present key research, lead instructional courses and participate on panels at the 2019 American Society of...
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Expert Panel in Macular Degeneration Recommends Paradigm Shift to Expedite Development of Treatments
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the most common cause of blindness among the elderly. There are two types of AMD, neovascular or “wet” form...
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Brain-Computer Interface Tests May be Key to Glaucoma Diagnosis
New, improved tools create more accessible remote testing, digital assessment To gradually phase out reliance on subjective visual field tests as the...
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SURGICAL VIDEO: Minimally Invasive Corneal Neurotization Technique
Featured as an Editor's Choice Video in Academy Express Newsletter July 10, 2019 In this surgical video , Drs. Ilya Leyngold, Michelle Latting and...
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Whitson Chairs New Prevent Blindness Advisory Committee
Heather E. Whitson, MD, MHS , Associate Professor of Medicine, Associate Professor in Ophthalmology, and Deputy Director of the Center for the Study...
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Pediatric Patient Gives Back with Senior Project
Ethan Ames a resident of Holly Springs, NC and longtime patient of Sharon Freedman, MD chose to give back to Freedman and Duke Eye Center for his...
Awards and Recognitions
Toth Receives Prestigious RPB Stein Innovation Award
Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB) has granted Cynthia Toth, MD , of Duke University School of Medicine Department of Ophthalmology an RPB Stein...
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Capturing the Entire Eye in 3-D with Optical Coherence Tomography
Anthony Kuo, MD, and Ryan McNabb, PhD, demonstrate the potential of whole-eye imaging in this video (3:26) Using Optical Coherence Tomography to look...
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A Small Protein Shapes the Light-sensitive Membranes of the Retina
Progressive Rod-Cone Degeneration (PRCD) is a small protein residing in the light-sensitive membranes of the photoreceptor cells. The function of...
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Class of 2019 Honored at Banquet
The graduating fellows, residents and ophthalmic technician program students were recognized and honored on June 9, 2019 at the annual Trainee...