20 / 20 Blog Archive
Sep 5 2019 | Posted In: 20/20 Blog, Press
Palo Alto, CA – The Stanford Ophthalmology Department highlighted its clinical, surgical, and research achievements in its first annual report Vision Matters: Imagining the Future. In recent years, the department has grown dramatically doubling its faculty and clinical fellows.
Aug 13 2019 | Posted In: 20/20 Blog
Palo Alto, CA – An Ocular Melanoma Proteomics Symposium at Stanford University was hosted by Vinit Mahajan M.D., Ph.D., Vice Chair of Research in Ophthalmology, and Prithvi Mruthyunjaya M.D., M.H.S., Director of the Ocular Oncology Service. A group of clinicians and scientists from across the...
Aug 9 2019 | Posted In: 20/20 Blog
Palo Alto, CA – As the eye ages, vision problems increase, making it harder to do everyday activities. When an older patient comes in with blurred or distorted central vision, one of the causes an ophthalmologist will check for is a macular hole. Macular holes can develop as the aging vitreous, the...
Jul 19 2019 | Posted In: 20/20 Blog
Pacific Grove, CA – Every three years The Biology of Calpains in Health and Disease Conference brings together an international, multidisciplinary group of researchers who are examining the role calpains play in diseases like retinal degeneration, Alzheimer's, muscular dystrophy, and cancer. The...
Jul 8 2019 | Posted In: 20/20 Blog
Palo Alto, CA – Vinit Mahajan M.D., Ph.D., Stanford vitreoretinal surgeon and Vice Chair of Research in the department of ophthalmology, gave an overview on molecular therapies at the 2019 Stanford’s Bay Area Ophthalmology Course.
Taught on the Stanford campus, the month-long course included...
