Recent News & Media

  • Translating research from bench to clinic

    The road from laboratory-based discovery to approved patient therapy can be long and arduous, and too many promising discoveries never even start down that path. The Byers Eye Institute at Stanford is committed to advancing ophthalmic care and translating research into novel treatments for blinding conditions.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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. .

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Stanford Vision 2020

    2020 is a special year for Stanford Ophthalmology reflecting our goal of 20/20 vision for all. We invite you to learn how Stanford is accelerating science to achieve a future without blindness.

  • Cross-department team effort conquers rare inflammatory eye disease

    Three years ago, Yolanda Velasco began noticing difficulty distinguishing words and images on her computer screen.

  • Young patients receive sight restoring lenses

    Rosie Karon was only two weeks old when her mother noticed her left pupil was misshapen.

  • From mother to patient

    A year ago, Carolyn Miller noticed some sensitivity in her left eye, and her eyelid felt swollen.

  • My second chance at sight: A patient’s hopeful journey after optic nerve stroke

    In my dreams I was always healthy. In my dreams I could still see, drive at night, devour books with impunity, and pursue goals without constraint.

  • An eye-brain connection: Groundbreaking advancements for neurorehabilitation patients

    Our vision depends not just on our eyes, but on the full visual pathway from eye to brain.


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The Stanford Ophthalmology 2023 Vision Matters Annual Report, "The Paths to Clinical Care" highlights the department's recent news and accomplishments. 

Read the report or download the PDF.