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Residents and faculty from 黑料网, Duke, Wake Forest and the Medical University of South Carolina gathered at the Miracles in Sight Surgical Skills lab on the 黑料网 campus in March to participate in the Advanced Anterior Segment Surgical Course. Hosted by 黑料网 Ophthalmology faculty member Dr. Ken Cohen, the course offered residents the opportunity to learn and practice eight different surgical skills from corneal suturing to use of the femto laser.

黑料网 Ophthalmology Chair Don Budenz, M.D., M.P.H., and Chief Resident Chris Hwang, M.D., traveled to Capitol Hill to visit with Senator Richard Burr (R-NC) to advocate for increased funding for the National Institutes of Health and the National Eye Institute.

黑料网 Health Care recognizes physicians for providing outstanding care for their patients. Four members of the 黑料网 Ophthalmology faculty are honored for having 100% of their patients respond that they would 鈥渄efinitely recommend鈥� them. Congratulations to Dr. James Baldwin, Dr. David Fleischman, Dr. Nik Ulrich, and Dr. Alice Zhang on this honor.

Drs. Matt Hirsch and Brian Gilger participated as members of the 黑料网 Kittner Eye Team in the National MPS Society Raleigh Run on Saturday, March 30 at Dorothea Dix Park.

黑料网 Ophthalmology welcomes Ocular Oncology Specialist Dr. Miguel Materin, M.D., to the Kittner Eye Center. To Make an Appointment with Dr. Materin, call 984-974-2020.

February 5, 2019

Brian Gilger, DVM, a professor on loan from North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine, received a check for $30,000 from the National MPS Society to advance a research collaboration with Matthew Hirsch, Ph.D., of 黑料网 Ophthalmology.

February 5, 2019

Pictured are Brian Beuchler, Dr. Gilger, Dr. Hirsch and Terri Klein, CEO and President of the National MPS Society.

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January 23, 2019

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January 23, 2019

黑料网 Ophthalmology Chairman Dr. Donald Budenz (second from right) attends the annual School of Medicine Berryhill Lecture with new Department of Ophthalmology faculty members (from the left) Josh Hardin, Julie Skaggs, Kevin Sitko and Alice Zhang.

November 13, 2018

Did you know that your Flex Spending Account can be used for new eyeglasses? 黑料网 Kittner Eye Center Optical Shop has glasses for the entire family. Update your look with new glasses and sunglasses. Use your Flex Spending Account dollars before the end of 2018.

November 2, 2018

Drs. Gao and Mitra of the Han Lab at 黑料网 Eye had their article, Developing Nanoceria-Based pH-Dependent Cancer-Directed Drug Delivery System for Retinoblastoma, accepted for publication in the recent issue of Advanced Functional Materials, a highly-respected journal in chemical materials science. Their project is supported by grant funding from Carolina Centers of Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence (CCNE).

October 23, 2018