Recent News & Media

Solving the mysterious links between multiple sclerosis, optic neuritis and vision loss

One of the most intriguing mysteries to Heather Moss, MD, PhD, associate professor of ophthalmology and neurology, and director of clinical research, is how and why MS affects the eyes in a subset of patients.

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.

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. .

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

2024 Stories

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.

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.

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.

Cataract surgery in infancy increases glaucoma risk

Children who undergo cataract surgery as infants have a 22% risk of glaucoma 10 years later, whether or not they receive an intraocular lens implant.

Two ophthalmology residents receive NANOS award nominations

The Byers Eye Institute at Stanford congratulates residents Connie Sears, MD, and Natacha Villegas, MD, for being nominated for “best abstract by a resident” at the 47th annual North American Neuro-ophthalmology Society (NANOS) Meeting.

Dr. Shue recipient of American Glaucoma Society research award

Ann Shue, MD, clinical assistant professor, received the Mentoring for Advancement of Physician-Scientists (MAPS) award from the American Glaucoma Society (AGS).

Dr. Tawna Roberts selected as co-vice chair for pediatric vision research group

The Byers Eye Institute at Stanford University is proud to congratulate Tawna Roberts, OD, PhD, assistant professor of ophthalmology (pediatric), for being selected as a co-vice chair for the Pediatric Eye Disease Investigator Group (PEDIG).

Register for Stanford Retina Innovation Summit 2021

Innovate – Retina, The Stanford Innovation Summit series will take place virtually over the course of three virtual meetings.

Telelgenetics for COVID19 Manuscript published

Congrats to resident, Dr. Ahmad Al-Moujahed (class of 2022) for authoring a recent publication on "Telegenetics for inherited retinal diseases in the COVID-19 environment."…