2019 Best Doctors in America
19 of our Ophthalmologists were listed as 2019 Best Doctors in America by St. Louis Magazine. Rajendra Apte, MD, PhD Anjali Bhorade, MD Steven Couch, MD, FACS Philip Custer, MD, FACS George Harocopos, MD Andrew Huang, MD, MPH Michael Kass, MD Anthony Lubniewski, MD Gregg Lueder, MD Todd Margolis, MD, PhD Rithwick Rajagopal, MD, PhD […]
Dr. Carla Siegfried induction into AOS
Congratulations to Dr. Carla Siegfried on her induction into the American Ophthalmological society. The American Ophthalmological Society (AOS) is a medical society of ophthalmologists and the second oldest specialty medical society in the United States. It was founded in 1864 during the Civil War as the first specialty society in this country and just thirteen years after […]
Welcome New Residents and Fellows
Congratulations to Dr. Harris Sultan
Dr. Harris Sultan is being awarded the 23rd Fellowship Research award at the Retina Society 52nd annual meeting in London, UK.
Dr. Steven Bassnett to be honored by The Marfan Foundation
Dr. Steven Bassnett will be honored with the 2019 Distinguished Research Award by The Marfan Foundation Heartworks St. Louis.
2019 Bressler prize awarded to Vladmimir Kefalov, PhD
Dr. Vladimir Kefalov has been awarded the 2019 Bressler Prize for his outstanding advances in vision science research by the Lighthouse Guild.
International Scholar Ambassador
Dr. Apte has been selected by the Chancellor to be the McDonnell International Scholar Ambassador to the University of Tokyo.
Ophthalmology Spring Update 2019
31st Annual Ophthalmology Spring Update Invited guest speakers Elliot Sohn, MD, Associate Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Director of Retina Fellowship at University of Iowa Jacque Duncan, MD, Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at University of California San Francisco. 13th Annual Michael A. Kass, MD Lecture presented by Pradeep Ramulu, MD, PhD, Professor of […]
Cutting-Edge Transplant Restores Veteran’s Sight
Dr. Augustine Hong was recently profiled by the American Academy of Ophthalmology's Patient Stories series which detailed the care he provided to a veteran requiring DMEK surgery. Dr. Hong has worked extremely hard to get the corneal transplant program up and running at our VA and this profile really shows the appreciation of our veteran […]
2018 Nikon small world photomicrography image of distinction
Congratulations to Wendell Jones, a graduate student in Dr. Steven Bassnett's lab. His image of the interior of a mouse eye was place in the top 100 in the Nikon Small World Photomicrography competition - making it an 'image of distinction'
Ophthalmology Department Named for John F. Hardesty, MD
To honor her father’s memory and his legacy of service to his profession and society, Ms. Poole has committed $10 million to the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at Washington University School of Medicine. In recognition, the department has been renamed the John F. Hardesty, MD, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences. Read More
Congratulations Dr. Raj Apte
Congratulations to Dr. Raj Apte for presenting the first Keynote lecture of the 2018 meeting of the European Association for Vision and Eye Research (EVER) in Nice, France. Lecture was titled 'An eye on aging and disease'