April 12, 2012
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute and King Saud University’s department of ophthalmology in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, are partnering in a new venture to significantly enhance ophthalmic education, clinical services and research activities for students at both universities.
April 04, 2012
A six-year collaboration between two faculty members of Bascom Palmer Eye Institute of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine has yielded new insight regarding the regulation of intraocular pressure (IOP) in glaucoma – an irreversible blinding disease that causes progressive visual impairment due to optic nerve damage and is the leading cause of blindness worldwide. The findings are published in the April 4, 2012 issue of PLoS ONE, an open-access peer-reviewed scientific journal, produced by the Public Library of Science.
March 26, 2012
The University of Miami Miller School of Medicine’s John G. Clarkson, M.D., dean emeritus and professor of ophthalmology, is the recipient of the 2012 National Physician of the Year Lifetime Achievement Award conferred by the publishers of America’s Top Doctors.
The award, presented at the seventh annual Castle Connolly Medical Ltd. National Physician of the Year Awards ceremony in New York City on March 26, recognizes Clarkson for his lifelong dedication to research and practice in the field of ophthalmology.
February 24, 2012
Nearly 650 ophthalmologists from around the world attended, including 300 Bascom Palmer alumni. With 180 distinguished presenters, topics discussed ranged from research breakthroughs in cataract surgery and gene therapy, to targeted goals of new clinical trials regarding the treatment of glaucoma and optic nerve diseases.
February 10, 2012
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, the nation’s No. 1 ranked eye hospital and part of UHealth – the University of Miami Health System, began its golden anniversary year by hosting a global scientific meeting February 2 through February 4. Nearly 650 ophthalmologists from around the world attended, including 300 Bascom Palmer alumni. With 180 distinguished presenters, topics discussed ranged from research breakthroughs in cataract surgery and gene therapy, to targeted goals of new clinical trials regarding the treatment of glaucoma and optic nerve diseases.
February 02, 2012
Celebrating a half century of ophthalmic breakthroughs, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine is looking to the future and building on research advances its founders could not have imagined.
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, the nation’s #1 ranked eye hospital and part of UHealth – the University of Miami Health System, begins its golden anniversary year by hosting a global scientific meeting in Miami that begins tomorrow. With more than 600 prominent ophthalmologists attending, the Feb. 2-4 meeting will share new research projects in such areas as macular degeneration, glaucoma, gene therapy, and cellular regeneration using stem cells.
December 27, 2011
Surprising their husband and father, Hortensia Berrocal and her daughters Nina Berrocal, M.D., associate professor of clinical ophthalmology, and Maria Berrocal, M.D., joined faculty and staff at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute this month to dedicate the newly renovated Jose Berrocal Auditorium in honor of the first fellow to train under the Institute’s founder.
October 31, 2011
Giving your eyes a Halloween look with wild contact lenses may be all the rage, but it can permanently damage vision. Bascom Palmer Eye Institute of the University of Miami School of Medicine warns consumers that using decorative lenses sold without both a prescription and a fitting by an eye-care professional carries serious risks to vision, potentially leading to blindness.
October 13, 2011
A $500,000 gift from philanthropist Adrienne Arsht to Bascom Palmer Eye Institute of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine will establish the Betti Lidsky Retinitis Pigmentosa Endowed Research Fund.
September 28, 2011
Jeffrey L. Goldberg, M.D., Ph.D., of Bascom Palmer Eye Institute is one of a three-member University of Miami (UM) Miller School of Medicine team to receive a grant through the National Institutes of Health (NIH)’s “Blueprint for Neuroscience Research.” The purpose of the funding is to help these researchers further their work on optic neuropathy, with the goal of developing compounds that help injured fibers in the optic nerve regenerate and grow through scar tissue.
