ANNUAL REPORT 2021
The Stanford Ophthalmology 2021 Annual Report, "Vision Matters: The Eye-Brain Connection" highlights the department's recent news and accomplishments. Click here to read or download the PDF.
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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.
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Global impact: Generous donors support global health efforts for cataract blindness
Over two decades ago, Joanne and Arthur (Art) Hall were attending the Telluride Film Festival in Colorado when they met Geoffrey Tabin, MD, now the Fairweather Foundation professor of ophthalmology and global medicine at Stanford.
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A hopeful view on eyesight: Grateful patient celebrates Dr. Kuldev Singh’s 30th anniversary in 2022
Arlene Coffman has faced eyesight challenges since childhood, and the spectre of irreversible vision loss from glaucoma, but with the superb long-time care of Kuldev Singh, MD, MPH, professor of ophthalmology, she has kept her vision and now only needs corrective lenses while reading, something she hadn’t been able to do since she was 12 years old.
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Fighting blindness across borders
Geoffrey Tabin, MD, Fairweather Foundation professor of ophthalmology and global medicine, is determined to see needless blindness eradicated worldwide during his lifetime.
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Stanford Belize Vision Clinic: Training the next generation of eye care providers
The Stanford Belize Vision Clinic (SBVC) was established in 2017 following a hurricane that damaged San Pedro, a town located on the tropical island of Ambergris Caye in northern Belize.
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Training for global care: Ophthalmology resident sets up two eye care programs in the Middle East
Third-year resident Ahmad Al-Moujahed, MD, PhD, MPH, is in the process of creating eye care service programs in not one, but two countries in dire need: Syria, his home country, and Lebanon.