It's an honor to have been selected! Huge thank you to my mentors Dr. Christopher Sales MD MPH and Dr. Mark Greiner MD and the Iowa Lions Eye Bank 👁️✨ @uiowaeye
Congratulations to Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award recipients Cameron Keomanivong and Evelyn Ross-Shapiro, MD, MPH, and the 28 new members of the @GoldFdtn Humanism Honor Society. Your compassion and professionalism set the standard for us all. 💛
ALT A group of people stands closely together, each holding papers. They appear focused and engaged in an activity, possibly reading or singing. The individuals are dressed in formal or office attire, and the setting has a professional atmosphere. One person in the foreground wears glasses and has braided hair, concentrating on the paper they hold.
ALT A diverse group of people stands in a conference room, reading from printed documents. They are lined up side by side, focusing intently on the papers in their hands. The setting is a professional meeting or ceremony, with a wooden-paneled wall in the background.
ALT A group of people is seated in a room with wooden paneling. A man wearing glasses and a beige blazer is engaged in conversation with a woman with long brown hair. Another woman with long dark hair is visible in the background, looking away. The foreground is blurred with a focus on the people in the middle.
ALT A diverse group of people is posed in a well-lit room with a wooden panel wall background. They are arranged in two rows, with some seated in the front and others standing behind. Many are smiling, dressed in a mix of business casual attire, and some hold black folders and wear ID badges. The atmosphere appears professional and friendly.
Mark Greiner et al. share their work on Validation of Automated Software for Guttae Quantification in Fuchs Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy, tvst.arvojournals.org/articl….
This is easily some of the coolest research I've worked on and I'm SO proud to be a part of this team!! I can't wait to see all the clinical and research applications of GuttEye. Read more about software here:
doi.org/10.1167/tvst.15.5.8#fuchsdystrophy#guttae#cornea#TVST#ARVO
Grateful to have received the @uiowagpsg Green Initiatives Fund, a sustainability grant awarded to support continuation of the contact lens recycling program at @uiowaeye, allowing us to continue advocating for environmentally responsible practices in eye care ♻️
Wound dehiscence remains a serious complication after corneal transplantation. Our study reports PK had higher rates and worse graft outcomes compared to DALK
🔗Read more at: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/4091…
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Cheers to officially being level 1 @WSETglobal certified! A big thanks to the Napa Valley Wine Academy and their Diversity in Wine Scholarship that supported my journey. Onwards to level 2... 😄
Highlights of #globalophthalmologysummit 2025: shared my work with Dr. Essuman, the first pediatric ophthalmologist trained in Ghana, reconnected with Dr. Ahmed and heard his amazing presentation, learned about structural competency from Dr. Mathe, new @YoungMDConnect friends!
Aqueous IL-6 levels rise with diabetic retinopathy severity and correlate with DME. This largest prospective study to date suggests IL-6 may be a real-time biomarker and therapeutic target for diabetic retinopathy: 10.1016/j.oret.2025.06.014 #DiabeticRetinopathy#TheLens
Congratulations to Dr. Adetayo Oladele-Ajose, a @uiowaeye resident, on being elected to the @IowaMedicalSoc Board of Directors. She joins physician leaders across the state in shaping health care policy and advocacy. uiowa.pulse.ly/bmfzipr66y
We quantified driving performance in FECD compared to controls with similar VA (~20/20) and contrast sensitivity. FECD pts had significantly worse driving performance and reacted to roadside hazards nearly 10x slower than someone at the legal BAC (0.08%) pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/4040…