Working Together to Understand, Protect and Restore Vision
The Fundus Photograph Reading Center renamed The Wisconsin Reading Center The Fundus Photograph Reading Center, which was initially established by Dr. Matthew Davis in 1970 to independently analyze–or “read”–photographs from participants in the first clinical trials of diabetic retinopathy, has a new name–the Wisconsin Reading Center. The Wisconsin Reading Center analyzes retinal images in an …
The Gonin Medal, a renowned award given every four years by the Board of the International Council of Ophthalmology, has been called the Nobel Prize of ophthalmology. In 2014, the Medal was awarded to Dr. Alice McPherson, UW–Madison alumna and namesake co-founder of the McPherson Eye Research Institute, for pioneering work in the treatment of …
Every gift to the McPherson Eye Research Institute helps to advance vision research, and many gifts come with a story worth sharing. When Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic School in Monona was looking for a new recipient of funds from its “Penny War” fundraiser, Principal Callie Meiller thought of her longtime friend, John Walsh. Walsh …