April 24, 2013
With nearly two decades separating their training at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, renowned ophthalmologists Mark J. Daily, M.D., and J. William Harbour, M.D., had not met before this week, when their mutual regard for the nation’s No. 1 eye institute and shared vision for pioneering research and patient care brought them together for the dedication of the Mark J. Daily, M.D., Endowed Chair.
March 03, 2013
Researchers from the Miller School of Medicine collaborated with an international team to identify seven new genes associated with age-related macular degeneration (AMD), the most common form of vision loss in older people. Published in Nature Genetics, their study provides new directions for biological, genetic and therapeutic studies of macular degeneration.
February 26, 2013
In a study led by Richard M. Awdeh, M.D., assistant professor of clinical ophthalmology, researchers at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute have discovered a novel use for optical coherence tomography to detect molecular markers and improve diagnosis of ocular disease.
February 12, 2013
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute officially began its expansion to better serve patients on Florida’s Gulf Coast at a February 8 groundbreaking ceremony for its new and bigger location in Naples.
January 13, 2013
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute ophthalmologist J. William Harbour, M.D., has identified a new genetic marker for determining the virulence of ocular melanomas in a groundbreaking study published online January 13 in the prestigious journal Nature Genetics.
January 08, 2013
A research team from UHealth’s Bascom Palmer Eye Institute at the Miller School demonstrates for the first time how these disease processes cause important changes to neurons in the retina. The discoveries are not only important scientifically, but they will facilitate clinical interventions to potentially reverse – or ideally prevent — vision loss before patients become symptomatic.
January 08, 2013
David S. Greenfield, M.D., professor of ophthalmology and Director of the Glaucoma Fellowship Program at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute in Palm Beach Gardens, has been elected Vice President of the American Glaucoma Society (AGS). He will represent the more than 1,000 clinician and scientist members as they work to further enhance the society’s heritage as the leading glaucoma subspecialty organization.
December 11, 2012
The UHealth Sleep Center will move this January from the National Parkinson Foundation to a newly renovated facility at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute.
December 04, 2012
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, the No. 1 ranked eye hospital in the nation, welcomed more than 700 ophthalmologists from more than 30 countries November 18-21 for its XXXIV Inter-American Course in Clinical Ophthalmology, an advanced course offering the latest practical approaches to select clinical problems.
November 30, 2012
Many veterans of the United States armed forces who have post-traumatic stress disorder also have undiagnosed, chronic vision problems, according to a study published by Bascom Palmer Eye Institute’s Ana Galor, M.D., assistant professor of clinical ophthalmology, who specializes in corneal and external diseases.
