June 14, 2024 UVA Health Opens Outpatient Laser Eye Surgery Clinic

UVA Health is opening an outpatient eye surgery clinic offering laser vision-correction procedures, including the well-known LASIK surgery.

February 15, 2024 UVA School of Medicine Earns Major Increase in Federal Research Funding

The School of Medicine’s work developing lifesaving treatments through innovative biomedical research has been recognized with a large increase in National Institutes of Health funding, according to a new report.

January 4, 2024 Pioneer in Cornea Transplants to Chair UVA Department of Ophthalmology

Albert S. Jun, MD, PhD, has been a leader in revolutionizing how corneal transplants are performed.

December 7, 2021 Link Found Between Lupus, Macular Degeneration

Lupus and macular degeneration, a leading cause of vision loss, share a common contributor to harmful inflammation, UVA researchers found.

January 22, 2020 Potential Way to Halt Blinding Macular Degeneration Identified

It would be the first treatment for dry age-related macular degeneration and could significantly improve treatment for wet AMD.

November 19, 2019 233 UVA Physicians Selected for Best Doctors in America® List

233 UVA Health physicians have been named by their peers to the 2019-2020 Best Doctors in America®List. Approximately 4 percent…

February 26, 2019 UVA Expanding Telehealth To Better Treat Diabetes, Heart Disease

The University of Virginia Health System is expanding its telehealth capacity to help patients across Virginia better prevent or manage…

November 27, 2017 Macular Degeneration: UVA Discovers Trigger That Leads to Vision Loss for Millions

In a major step forward in the battle against macular degeneration, the leading cause of vision loss among the elderly,…

January 4, 2017 New dry eye drug aims to treat cause rather than mask symptoms

University of Virginia Health System researchers have developed a potential therapeutic treatment for dry eye , with human testing to…

June 30, 2011 Neurological eye exam? We’ve got an app for that

A team of University of Virginia physicians and biomedical engineering students have developed a smart phone application, “Pocket Eye Exam,”…