Congratulation Dr. Migneco and team!

Dr. Migneco and team were awarded The Soaring Meteor Award: Mid-sized practice site with the most improved patient satisfaction scores at the Annual FPP Clinical Awards Gala! Read more about the Gala

Multi- Disciplinary Surgical Simulation Laboratory

Workstation Equipment: Leica M320 Surgical Microscope with upright and 45 degree heads Three Stryker autoclave trays: Arthroscope Tray with 4mm 0, 30, and 45 degree arthroscopes Camera Tray with HD video camera and fiber optic light cable CORE set with nine assorted chucks and drive cable (no burrs in the lab yet) Stryker CORE powered […]

2017 Vision Walk for Foundation Fighting Blindness

It takes a team effort to fight blindness. Our team the Wash U Visionaries raised over $2,500 for this years Vision Walk for Foundation Fighting Blindness. Additionally, our very own Rithwick Rajagopal, MD, PhD represented Washington University Department of Ophthalmology as the Medical Chair for the 3rd year in a row!

Congratulations Carla Siegfried, MD

Dr. Siegfried’s project “Pathological alterations in the trabecular meshwork following vitrectomy and lens extraction: A model of oxidative stress” has been chosen by the Shaffer Grant Advisory Committee to receive the Glaucoma Research Foundation Shaffer Prize, a special recognition for the most outstanding research project among the 2016 Shaffer Grant awardees.  

2017 Labor Day Weekend Team

Pictured (l-r):  Dr. Rithwick Rajagopal, Dr. James Liu, Dr. Angela Jiang, Dr. Maxwell Dixon, and Dr. Albert LiNot pictured:  Dr. Anthony Leonard

18 of our Physicians have been chosen as Best Doctors of 2015-2016

Rajendra Apte Anjali Bhorade Steven Couch Susan Culican Philip Custer George Harocopos Andrew Huang Michael Kass Gregg Lueder John Lind Anthony Lubniewski Todd Margolis Kumar Rao James Banks Shepherd III Carla Siegfried Lawrence Tychsen Gregory Van Stavern David Vollman

Eclipse viewers urged to take precaution to protect eyes

News 4 spoke with Washington University opthomological surgeon, Dr. Susan Culican of St. Louis Children’s Hospital who said you should only use ISO rated eclipse glasses. Source: Eclipse viewers urged to take precaution to protect eyes

2017 Ophthalmology Awards

The Doctor William Ellis Research Prize in Ophthalmology.  Superior achievements in ophthalmological and visual sciences research.Jennifer Enright, MD The Max & Evelyn Grand Prize was endowed in 1985 by Dr. Gil Grand in honor of his parents. The award is presented annually to a fourth year medical student who demonstrates excellence in ophthalmological research or clinical care  Excellence […]