Center of Translational Vision postdoctoral scholar Henri Leinonen, PhD, in the Department of Ophthalmology at the UCI School of Medicine, was awarded a $70,000 pediatric ophthalmology career-starter research grant from the Knights Templar Foundation, Inc.
For UCI Health ophthalmologist Dr. Sanjay Kedhar, performing eye surgery in a remote Himalayan village in Nepal required finding a table big enough to be an operating surface, and rolling out sleeping bags on the floor for a night’s rest. And that was the easy part.
A first-of-its-kind stem cell-based treatment for retinitis pigmentosa developed by UC Irvine’s Dr. Henry Klassen, Dr. Jing Yang and colleagues has received consent from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration for use in a clinical trial.
Two UC Irvine eye surgeons are the first in Orange County to implant miniature telescopes in the eyes of patients with end-stage age-related macular degeneration, the leading cause of blindness among older Americans.
Refractive surgeons Marjan Farid and Sumit Garg at UC Irvine's Gavin Herbert Eye Institute use advanced laser technology and superior skill to restore good sight to aging eyes.
UC Irvine ophthalmology professor Linda Lippa has created an ingenious device that teaches medical students to recognize diseases of the eye. Such training had gone out of fashion at medical schools around the country.