Patient Care Teen Shifts from Learning Braille to Driving a Car By Leslie White Aug. 26, 2013 Dan Krenzer began learning Braille in third grade because eye disease degraded his vision. Legally blind, he could only see shapes and colors.
Patient Care URMC’s Flaum Eye Institute Hosts Finger Lakes Eye Fair July 10 in Geneva By Leslie White Jun. 24, 2013 Need new eyeglasses or prescription sunglasses? The Finger Lakes Eye Fair, sponsored by the Flaum Eye Institute at the University of Rochester Medical Center, offers the opportunity check out new ...
Patient Care GRHF Funds URMC Program to Preserve Vision for People with Diabetes By Leslie White May. 28, 2013 The University of Rochester Medical Center’s Flaum Eye Institute has launched a screening program for diabetes-related vision problems in Rochester’s poorest neighborhoods with funding from the ...
Research Flaum Eye Institute Director Takes Helm of National Ophthalmology Group By Leslie White Apr. 1, 2013 Steven E. Feldon, M.D., M.B.A., director of the Flaum Eye Institute at the University of Rochester Medical Center, was named president of the Association of University Professors of Ophthalmology. ...
Patient Care Flaum Eye Institute Glaucoma Expert to Discuss Vision Health March 21 By Leslie White Mar. 13, 2013 Regina Smolyak, M.D., an ophthalmologist at the Flaum Eye Institute at the University of Rochester Medical Center, will discuss vision care, common eye diseases and tips for protecting your eyes as ...
Patient Care Geneva Ophthalmologist Joins University of Rochester’s Flaum Eye Institute By Leslie White Mar. 7, 2013 Geneva ophthalmologist Harold Ross, M.D., has joined the University of Rochester Medical Center’s Flaum Eye Institute, expanding the specialty medical and surgical care available to Finger Lakes ...
Research Patent Issued for Technology that Improves Eyesight Dramatically By URMC Communications Sep. 26, 2012 A U.S. patent has been issued to the University of Rochester for technology that has boosted the eyesight of tens of thousands of people around the world to unprecedented levels and reduced the need ...
Patient Care Flaum Eye Institute Surgeon Saves 5-year-old German Boy’s Vision By Leslie White May. 7, 2012 A German boy who was considered blind and untreatable when he was born is today enrolled in kindergarten and enjoys playing video games, thanks to sight-saving surgery by a University of Rochester ...
Education Flaum Eye Institute Expert to Discuss Thyroid Eye Disease Oct. 6 By Leslie White Sep. 12, 2011 A new support group for people with thyroid eye disease – a painful condition resulting from Graves’ disease – will meet at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 6, at the Flaum Eye Institute at the University of ...
Research Adeline P. Lutz, Philanthropic Piano Teacher, Dies By Leslie White Aug. 3, 2011 Adeline P. Lutz, a Greece piano teacher who donated her life’s savings to the University of Rochester’s Flaum Eye Institute, died Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2011, at the age of 83.