Recent News & Media
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More than 40 scientists, doctors, and industry experts hand-picked from around the country are joining together to make whole eye transplants a reality.
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Modern Day Textbook
Dr. Natalie Homer makes the ophthalmology podcasts she wished she had in 2018 during her training, but she is far from the only one filling the gap. Many Byers Eye Institute faculty have jumped into the world of podcasting to connect with other clinicians, encourage continuing education, provide career insights, and help people improve health.
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Giving Mission
IF BONNIE UYTENGSU could go back in time and pick any career she wanted, she would have made her way in medicine, as a doctor or as a researcher studying the intricacies of the brain and what makes it tick. Instead, she is helping doctors make those discoveries.
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Training the Next Generation
WHEN ADEETI AGGARWAL, MD, PhD, surveyed her residency options after medical school, the Byers Eye Institute stood out because it offered something that other residency programs didn’t: a chance to SOAR.
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The Paths to Clinical Care
IN MEDICINE, new treatments generally go through a long and rigorous process before reaching clinics or the operating room, where to improve patients’ lives. The faculty at the Byers Eye Institute are experts at this process. In fact, at Byers Eye Institute at Stanford, “from lab to clinic,” is practically a mantra among the innovative and award-winning researchers and doctors striving toward a shared goal of fighting blindness and preserving sight. .
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Sight Restored
LARRY MOHR NEVER expected his eyesight to fail, until a tragic accident 20 years ago. The slow descent into blindness was, in his words, torture, made worse by the certainty that dark days were ahead.
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Life, Uninterrupted
JANET THOMPSON KNOWS better than most the value of a healthy lifestyle and preventative care to fend off disease, but she also knows first-hand that sometimes illness sneaks up on you anyway.
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Precisely Yours
PRECISION HEALTH is the latest buzzword in medicine, promising to help doctors better tailor care to the individual and allow people to proactively address potential health issues before they become a problem. But it’s not always clear what that looks like in practice.
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Game On
If you sit down with Khizer Khaderi, MD, MPH, to talk about his work at Stanford University connecting vision and performance, there’s a good chance that by the end of the conversation, he’ll be drawing diagrams that crisscross the page or that fill up a whiteboard.
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AI Revolution
People think of their eyes as windows onto the world, but the physicians and professionals at the Byers Eye Institute at Stanford know they offer a window into our health. It’s that quality that allows ophthalmology to be at the forefront of artificial intelligence (AI) advances.
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Drug Discovery
More than 150 researchers at the Byers Eye Institute more log hundreds of thousands of hours annually in our laboratories to advance the science that may ultimately lead to treatments for vision-stealing diseases.
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Improving Vision
When babies are born, they don’t see well. In fact, it takes months for the average infant to see colors and begin recognizing faces. For the first 12 months of life, their vision, perception, and coordination change rapidly, passing important milestones that help them take in the world around them. But sometimes a child doesn’t follow that trajectory, and it’s often not obvious that something has gone awry until well into their critical learning years, leaving them at a significant disadvantage.
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Meet Dr. M.E. Hartnett
WHEN MARY ELIZABETH (M.E.) HARTNETT, MD, arrived this year at the Byers Eye Institute, she brought with her a buzz of excitement that rippled through Stanford University and the international ophthalmology community.
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Dr. Mary Elizabeth Hartnett on Women's Eye Health
April is Women’s Eye Health and Safety Month, named to raise awareness of the vision loss disparity between genders. Dr. Hartnett sat down to share her expertise on women's eye health.
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Dr. Kuldev Singh makes Power List in 2023
KULDEV SINGH, MD, MPH, Professor of Ophthalmology and Director of the Glaucoma Service at the Byers Eye Institute at Stanford University, has made The Ophthalmology Power List for the fourth time.
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Ocular Melanoma 5K Benefit Returns to Stanford July 15
The Lookin' For A Cure 5K fun run and walk will be hosted at the Byers Eye Institute at Stanford and organized by A Cure in Sight, a patient organization that works to raise awareness about ocular melanoma.
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Mid-year check-in with Dr. Jeffrey Goldberg, Chair of Ophthalmology at Stanford University
Dr. Jeffrey Goldberg sat down for a mid-year reflection on promising technological advances in the field, his own research at the Byers Eye Institute, and his hopes for the future of ophthalmology.
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Listen Now: Dr. Jeffrey Goldberg, chair of Ophthalmology at Stanford, on the Huberman Podcast
Learn about everyday eye care, the latest in research to protect and improve our vision, and exciting initiatives at the Byers Eye Institute…