News Releases
2013
- For our patients with AMD: What the NIH Age-Related Eye Disease Studies
Mean for You - Dr. Tom Gardner—Taubman Scholar and Kellogg physician—seeks to heal diabetes-related loss of vision
- New treatment for patients with severe dry eye to benefit from annual March Hoops to Beat Blindness event
- A statement on the use of aspirin for patients with age-related macular degeneration
- Kellogg scientist wins NIH award for "audacious" concept in vision research
2012
- In JAMA editorial, Kellogg faculty comment on rise of vision impairment in the U.S. and its likely link with diabetes
- Study suggests odds of visual field testing for glaucoma decreased most for Hispanics in past decade
- Kellogg's Dr. Christine Nelson is recipient of the prestigious Wendell L. Hughes Lecture Award
- Podcast: The relationship between statin use and open-angle glaucoma
- National study finds reduced glaucoma risk in patients who take statins
- Study examines costs of caring for patients with open-angle glaucoma in the United States
- Kellogg Physician-Scientist Receives Research to Prevent Blindness Career Development Award
- Kellogg offers new option for patients with severe dry eye
- W.K. Kellogg Foundation awards grant to address inequities in children’s eye care
- Study identifies novel therapy that may prevent damage to the retina in diabetic retinopathy and other eye diseases
- Dr. Thomas Gardner is named Taubman's Healthy Eyes Scholar
- Dr. Joshua Stein receives the Research to Prevent Blindness Physician-Scientist Award
- Greater than Graves' Cyclists come to Kellogg (slideshow)
- Dr. Raymond Douglas and the Greater than Graves' Team
- Kellogg to host the Greater than Graves' Cross-Country Cyclists
- Kellogg Eye Center at ARVO 2012
- Farewell to the old Kellogg clinic building (slideshow)
- Diabetic eye disease research to benefit from annual March Hoops to Beat Blindness
- Cost-effectiveness of options to treat open-angle glaucoma
- Kellogg cornea specialist, Shahzad Mian, M.D., to appear on WDIV Local 4 News
- Joshua Stein, M.D., is selected as fellow of the Center for Healthcare Research and Transformation Policy at U-M
- Paul Lee, M.D., J.D., returns to Michigan as Chair of Ophthalmology and Director of the W.K. Kellogg Eye Center
- Increased reliance on newer ocular imaging technologies may undermine patient care
2011
- Examining new strategies to prevent diabetes complications
- New support group for Graves' disease and eye complications to be held October 1 in Ann Arbor
- Study focuses on relationship between glaucoma and diabetes, hypertension
- Kellogg researcher helping eye care providers better assess driving in older adults
- Shahzad I. Mian named Terry J. Bergstrom Collegiate Professor for Resident Education in Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
- Study offers first look at Asian Americans' glaucoma risk
- March Hoops to Beat Blindness has a new name and a new cause for 2011
- Kellogg cornea specialist receives grant from the Michigan Diabetes Research and Training Center
- Books on coping with eye disease
- Kellogg low vision specialists to appear on Community Television Network
- Grant M. Comer, M.D., earns career development professorship
- Alon Kahana, M.D., Ph.D., earns career development professorship
2010
2010 news releases from the U-M Kellogg Eye Center
- Eye Bank Association of America Chooses Alan Sugar, M.D., to receive the Paton Award
- Earthquake in Haiti. Kellogg's Dr. Kaz Soong reports from the ground ten days after the quake and again three months later.
- Dr. Paul R. Lichter begins term as President of Academia Ophthalmologica Internationalis
- Why do certain diseases go into remission during pregnancy? U-M and NIH scientists find a biological mechanism to explain the phenomenon
- Bladeless LASIK, conceived at Kellogg, is one of four U-M projects on NSF "Sensational 60" list
- New UMHS building will spawn significant medical breakthroughs, leaders say
- Annual March Madness Against Blindness fundraiser to benefit glaucoma research at Kellogg
- Kellogg mourns the loss of long-time faculty member Bartley R. Frueh, M.D.
- New building at U-M Health System expands eye care, unites diabetes studies
- Glaucoma medications may be associated with reduced risk of death
- Kellogg surgeon travels to Haiti
- Three Kellogg scientists receive top Research to Prevent Blindness awards
- Researchers identify an immune cell linked to inflammation and scarring in Graves' eye disease
2009
2009 news releases from the U-M Kellogg Eye Center
- Nontraditional ophthalmic treatments court controversy, offer therapeutic options
- Is a genetic test right for you?
- Researchers find new way to attack inflammation in Graves’ eye disease
- Endowed professorships honor two U-M Kellogg Eye Center faculty
- Eye-Bank honors Alan Sugar and William Barr with Founder's Awards
- A Video Diary: Corneal transplant surgery
- Study reports on factors linked to failure of corneal transplants
- Kellogg at ARVO 2009
- Blue Cross Blue Shield Foundation gives Excellence in Research Award to Kellogg glaucoma specialist
- Expert in Graves' eye disease joins U-M Kellogg Eye Center and Department of Internal Medicine
- Study reports success in treating a rare retinal disorder
- Children's eye clinic to benefit from 3rd annual March Madness Against Blindness
2008
2008 news releases from the U-M Kellogg Eye Center
- Kellogg at the Academy
- Carls Foundation pledges $2M to support pediatric ophthalmology clinic in new U-M Kellogg Eye Center Building
- Podcast: "How long does it take for a retina to detach? My doctor referred me to a specialist who didn't see anything.", Grant Comer, M.D.
- 'Snapshots' of eyes could serve as early warning of diabetes
- Femtosecond laser could change the face of corneal transplant surgery
- Dr. Paul R. Lichter receives top ophthalmology award
- Kellogg physician-scientist is named Ravitz Foundation Professor in Ophthalmology
- Kellogg at ARVO 2008
- Older corneas are suitable for transplantation, NEI study says
- 2nd annual March Madness Against Blindness to benefit Kellogg research
- "Fluorescent" cells give early warning for eye disease, Kellogg study says
2007
- Podcast: "My eye doctor told me the annoying black spots I see in my left eye are floaters. Are there any eye drops that can help?", Grant Comer, M.D.
- Kellogg at the Academy
- Towsley Foundation gives $1.5M for Ophthalmic Imaging Center
- Photographing the eye: creating a seamless image
- U-M Kellogg Eye Center to offer treatment trial that could slow progress of RP
- Regents approve build-out of Kellogg research space
- Podcast: "Is laser eye surgery really a safe option to correct the changes in my vision?", Alan Sugar, M.D.
- Kellogg at ARVO 2007
- March Madness Against Blindness to benefit Kellogg research
- Anand Swaroop is recognized for outstanding research in ophthalmic genetics
- Genetic testing sheds light on degenerative eye disease
- Kellogg goes beyond LASIK in new vision-correction procedure
2006
- Visual function in mice restored with transplanted photoreceptors
- U-M breaks ground on innovative new building for eye care and research, and for diabetes studies
- New variants of CFH gene show stronger association with AMD
- Harold F. Falls, leader in medical genetics, has died
- U-M Regents approve $121M Eye Center expansion, to make it the largest in Midwest
- Study provides first look at the “birth” of a retina cell
- Gene may increase risk for early glaucoma
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