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A big round of congratulations to the Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences faculty members who were selected by scEYEnce as leading scientists in vision research. scEYEnce is a campaign that aims to educate the broader public about the crucial importance of vision research. It is a working group comprised of 10 organizations dedicated to advancing the study and knowledge of vision research.

Michael Callahan, M.D., professor with the University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, has been selected as a member of the Alabama Healthcare Hall of Fame.

Sarah Lee, O.D., MSPH, assistant professor, and Christopher Lee, O.D., clinical instructor, might be relocating out of state, but the framework they built within Callahan Eye Hospital and the University of Alabama Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences will leave a lasting impact on department optometrists and ophthalmologists.

Gregory R. Jackson, Ph.D., co-founder and chief technology officer of MacuLogix, was honored with a 2019 UAB Department of Psychology Distinguished Alumni Scholar Award.

It began with piercing headaches accompanied by glimpses of flashing light. Then came the memory issues. Parked cars couldn’t be found. The names of old friends couldn’t be remembered. It became hard to swallow, then hard to even talk.

Christine A. Curcio, Ph.D., the White-McKee Endowed Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, and Cynthia Owsley, Ph.D., MSPH, the Nathan E. Miles Chair of Ophthalmology, participated in the Classification of Atrophy working group in Baden-Baden, Germany on September 19, 2019.

UAB Ophthalmology welcomes new faculty - Dr. Krupa Patel and Dr. Mehdi Tavakoli.

For the first time, UAB Ophthalmology has successfully combined their annual symposium with the department's graduation banquet that made for a weekend of learning, insight, and celebration.

Bob Phillips, M.D., Class of 1976, was honored during the UAB Ophthalmology Graduation Celebration with the Distinguished Alumnus Award on May 31, 2019.

According to the latest figures available through Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research, the University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences is ranked No. 5 in the country in National Institutes of Health (NIH) research funding, with over $10.6 million in NIH grant support during fiscal year 2018. 

Brian Samuels, M.D., Ph.D., the Dennis Endowed Professor and Glaucoma Divsion Director, and colleage Felipe Mederos, M.D., Ph.D., are featured in Glaucoma Today for a co-written article titled "Making the Most of SD-OCT for Enhanced Diagnostic Accuracy." 

The University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences recently hosted the second annual Southeastern Vision Research Conference (SEVRC) to celebrate and share excellence in vision science.

Three researchers from the University of Alabama at Birmingham are working to transform the treatment landscape for patients living with glaucoma.

Christine A. Curcio, Ph.D., the White-McKee Endowed Professor in Ophthalmology, spoke at a Congressional Briefing entitled Understanding the "Dry" Form of AMD to Develop Effective Treatments on September 27, 2018. 

Christopher A. Girkin, M.D., MSPH, EyeSight Foundation of Alabama Chair, and Massimo A. Fazio, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in the University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences have received a 4-year, $1,846,550 grant from the National Eye Institute (R01, Multi-PI) to explore the biomechanical behavior of the lamina cribrosa in the living human eye that is critical to the pathogenesis of glaucoma, pappiledema (swelling of the nerve due to increase intracranial pressure) and the visual impairment and intracrainla pressure syndrome experienced by some of our astronauts.

In 2013, several local female ophthalmologists, including UAB faculty members, decided to get together for dinner. They didn’t know it then, but this was the beginning of a local group known as the WOOs (Women of Ophthalmology).

J. Crawford Downs, PhD, Professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences has co-edited the first book written about the growing field of ocular biomechanics. The 36-chapter book is co-edited by downs, Cynthia J. Roberts, PhD, and William J. Dupps, MD, PhD. 

Harold Skalka, M.D, Professor and former Chair of UAB Ophthalmology, has retired from the department. Dr. Skalka served as Chair from 1981 to 1997. 

The UAB Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences welcomed 5 incoming residents from across the country.

Congratulations to the 2021 UAB Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences graduating class.