The University of Chicago Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science

12/09/2025

Great joint Chicago Ophthalmological Society/Rabb Retina Study Club meeting last night!

COS President and OVS faculty member Dr. Asim Farooq welcomed the audience, and OVS Chair Dr. Seenu Hariprasad introduced the Alex E. Krill Memorial Lecture, given by Dr. Jacque Duncan, Chair of Ophthalmology at UCSF. COS Program Chair Ann Tran and Suzanne Krill Robin were also in attendance. Suzanne’s late husband Dr. Krill was an OVS faculty member and wrote a key textbook on inherited retinal diseases, which was the subject of Dr. Duncan’s talk. It was a record audience requiring overflow seating, despite it being a cold December night in Chicago!

12/09/2025

Here's a look at our 2025 OVS Wellness Retreat! Special thank you to Seven Ten Social and their amazing customer service! Thank you to Dr. Alexis Warren, MD for arranging holiday gifts for our staff and faculty and residents! Congratulations to all our 2025 OVS Culture Award winners for their hard work and dedication to the OVS department. On behalf of the entire OVS department, we want to wish everyone a safe and happy Holiday season!!!!!!

2025 Respect and Compassion Award - Sonya Mejia
2025 Teamwork Award - Tyrone Rayford
2025 Advancing Knowledge and Innovation Award - Dr. Asim Farooq, MD
2025 Integrity Award - Andrea Lippert
2025 UCM Unified Mission, Vision and Values Award - Dr. Hassan Shah, MD

12/09/2025

OVS at the World ROP Meeting 🌍✨

Our team (Dr. Rodriguez and Dr. Blair) had an incredible time at the World ROP Meeting this week! One of the highlights was getting to attend alongside our Ugandan colleagues — partners who have become true friends and collaborators. Together, we co-authored several abstracts, and thanks to support from our nonprofit TinyEyes, we were able to sponsor their travel to present their work on the global stage.

Dr. Lucy Namakula (Uganda) earned Best Paper in the Treatment Category for our collaborative study: Earlier First ROP Screening in Sub-Saharan Africa, and Dr. Sarah Rodriguez with MS4 Sean Smith won Best Paper in Epidemiology for our cost-effectiveness analysis of ROP prevention in Uganda.

It was such a joy to present, learn, and laugh together — and to see our shared work recognized in this way. Moments like these remind us why partnership matters and how powerful it is when clinicians across continents work toward the same goal: preventing childhood blindness for every baby, everywhere.
Here’s to more collaboration, more progress, and more memories just like this! 💛👶🏽👁️🌍

11/12/2025

U Go UChicaGO OVS @ the Hot Chocolate Run!

11/10/2025

UChicago was in attendance for the 2025 MGMA Fall Financial Conference hosted at Soldier Field this past Friday. Executive Administrator of the OVS department, Jason Raidbard, MPA, FACMPE was also recently named Vice President & Treasurer of MGMA!!!!

11/04/2025

It is with great pleasure we announce Dr. Dimitra Skondra, MD, PhD, FASRS was honored as full Professor by Dean Mark Anderson, MD, PhD and Dean Sola Olapade, MD, MPH, FCCP yesterday. Congratulations!!!!!

10/31/2025

Happy Halloween from the OVS department!

10/30/2025

Check this article out on "A Closer Look at Emerging Anti-VEGF Therapies in Retinal Vein Occlusion Management: Practical Guidance for Specialist" by Chair, Seenu M. Hariprasad, MD.

I just viewed this new Answers in CME activity on retinal vein occlusion with Dr. Hariprasad. Check it out!

10/20/2025

We would like to thank everyone who attended our reception at AAO this past Saturday, October 18th, from 4:15 to 6:45 pm at Café Tu Tu Tango in Orlando, Florida. Thank you to Café Tu Tu Tango staff for an amazing spread and hospitality.

10/13/2025

American Academy Of Optometry Meeting last week in Boston! Dr. Josephine Zeng, OD (our ocular disease optometry resident), Dr. Megan Piraino, OD (our neuro-optometry resident) and Dr. Jessica Garcia, OD all presented posters!

09/15/2025

Please help us welcome Dr. Nishanth Uli, MD, MBA to the OVS!

09/11/2025

Check us out at this years Retina Society Chicago! Dr. Hariprasad, Dr. Blair, Dr. Skondra, were in attendance as well as our fellows Dr. Zahour and Dr. Al-Kirwi.