University of Rochester Flaum Eye Institute

06/20/2024

Today marks the first day of summer! To protect your eyes from the harmful rays of the sun, be sure to wear sunglasses with UV protection. Look for a sticker or marking that says UVA and UVB, or UV 400, to know they provide your eyes with UV protection.

06/18/2024

Our friends at the Telias lab will be welcoming a series of exciting guest lectures all throughout the summer. The first will be Thursday, June 20th, at 2pm.

Dr. Levi Todd will be discussing "Using Lessons from Retinal Development to Regenerate Neurons from Glia." Link below for the zoom link and more info. Hope you can join us!

www.cvs.rochester.edu/events/

06/15/2024

Our MobileEyes team at last weekends Williamson Wellness Fair. The team provided free vision screenings for kids and adults, as well as sharing information about the services Flaum offers.

06/11/2024

Our MobilEyes team was out last week performing vision exams at Williamson Primary Care. They perform vision exams and screenings all through the year! We are so grateful for all the work that you do!

06/07/2024

On Friday, June 14th, all optical shops will be closed for training and education. Normal operations will resume on Monday, June 17th. We apologize for any inconvenience.

06/05/2024

It's time to Roc the Block! June 12th at the Maplewood Rose Garden will be the first Roc the Block community employment fair this year. The Flaum Eye Institute will be in attendance, along with numerous other employers and community organizations. We hope to see you there!

06/04/2024

June is designated as Cataract Awareness Month by Prevent Blindness. Cataracts are the leading cause of vision loss in the United States.

With a cataract, your vision may appear cloudy or blurry. The eye's lens get cloudy because of a cataract, which blocks or changes the passage of light into the eye. A dilated eye exam helps check for signs of cataracts.

05/27/2024

The Flaum Eye Institute will be closed today as we remember and honor the brave men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice. We will reopen for normal business hours tomorrow.

05/20/2024

As the weather gets warmer and we spend more time outside, remember to protect your eyes. This is especially important when doing yard work like gardening or mowing. Keep your eyes safe by wearing safety glasses or sunglasses to prevent debris from entering your eyes!

05/14/2024

The vision van team went to Greece Central’s Longridge School today to perform eye exams for students and measure for glasses, which they will receive at a later date.

The service is part of our outreach mission to ensure that kids can see well in school regardless of health care access. Pediatric Ophthalmologist Matthew Haynie performed the exams, and Optician Tom Scalzo helped the kids pick out their glasses and pre-fit them. Thanks team for all the great work you do!

05/13/2024

The American Academy of Ophthalmology marks May as Healthy Vision Month. Around 37 million adults in the United States live with conditions that can cause visual impairment or blindness. Things like a healthy diet, not smoking, wearing sunglasses with UV protection, and limiting time with screens if possible, can help keep your eyes healthy.

To Learn more about Healthy Vision Month, Visit: https://www.nei.nih.gov/learn-about-eye-health/outreach-resources/healthy-vision-resources/healthy-vision-month

(Image courtesy of NEI Images)

05/09/2024

This nurses week we want to give a special thank you to all the nurses at the Flaum Eye Institute and UR Medicine. We would not be able to do what we do without your dedication and care!

05/07/2024

Check out our Matthew Cavanaugh, PhD, in a video with our friends at the Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience. In the video, Matt discusses how stroke patients respond to different training exercises in an attempt to restore their vision after a stroke.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3e4raKAbYuI

05/03/2024

University of Rochester vision researchers are ready to take on Seattle for the Association for Research in Vision (ARVO) meeting. More than 25 vision scientists, post docs, residents, students, and others will represent the university in Seattle.

View the schedule of University of Rochester presenters here: https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/eye-institute/aao-schedule.aspx

05/02/2024

Several Flaum faculty were honored at the URMC faculty awards ceremony this week. Dr. Krystel Huxlin received the Trainee Academic Mentoring Award. Dr. Vikas Khetan was named the Dr. Mina M. Chung Professor of Ophthalmology. Last but not least, Dr. Ruchira Singh received a Dean’s Professorship. We are honored to have you all at the Flaum Eye Institute! Congrats to all who were honored!

04/30/2024

Shout-out to two of our amazing faculty members, Natalie Brossard Barbosa, M.D., and Zoe R. Williams, M.D. An article of theirs has recently been published in the Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology.

Read the article here: https://journals.lww.com/jneuro-ophthalmology/citation/9900/nonarteritic_anterior_ischemic_optic_neuropathy.624.aspxeu

04/24/2024

On this administrative professionals' day, we want to thank all of our dedicated office staff and administrative workers for all the work they do. Thank you for playing an integral part in our mission of delivering high quality eye care to our community.

04/23/2024

Prevent Blindness marks April as Women’s Eye Health and Safety Month. On average, conditions like age-related macular degeneration, cataracts, and glaucoma, among others, are more likely to affect women.

Around the world, there are over 100 million more women than men who live with vision loss. According to a study, the gender discrepancy can be attributed to factors like women living longer than men, and women having reduced access to eye care.

For more resources on Women's Eye Health and Safety Month visit: https://preventblindness.org/2024-womens-eye-health/

(Image courtesy of NEI Media Library)

04/22/2024

Proud to call Gareth One of our distinguished alumni. Ophthalmology's future is in good hands.

04/19/2024

A great new paper has been published in Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) featuring some of our fantastic researchers at Flaum. “Training in Cortically Blinded Fields Appears to Confer Patient-Specific Benefit Against Retinal Thinning.”

Check it out here: https://iovs.arvojournals.org/article.aspx?articleid=2793588

04/15/2024

April is designated as Sports Eye Safety Month by the American Academy of Ophthalmology. Tens of thousands of eye injuries occur every year through sports and recreation. Basketball has been found to be the leading cause of sports eye injuries, followed by baseball and softball.

Consider wearing eye protection to reduce the likelihood of damage to your eyes. Some of the greatest of all time have done it, including Kareem Abdul-Jabbar!

(Images courtesy of NEI Images and Wikimedia Commons)

04/08/2024

Even a little cloud cover couldn't dampen our enthusiasm for the eclipse! We hope everyone had an amazing time enjoying the solar eclipse and will remember their experience of where they were during totality of the 2024 solar eclipse!

04/08/2024

Happy eclipse day! The Flaum Eye Institute is out of solar eclipse glasses to giveaway. Thank you to the community for their amazing response and interest in both the eclipse and eye safety. We hope you have a great time viewing this remarkable event, and stay safe!

04/06/2024

A total solar eclipse is an incredible event. However, not everyone can experience it in the traditional sense. Those who live with low vision, total blindness, or other conditions affecting their vision, may not have the ability to view the moon as it passes in front of the sun. There are other ways though to experience the eclipse. We wanted to pass along an event dedicated to helping people who live with conditions that affect their vision experience the eclipse. Check out the link below to learn more about this great community event.

Total Eclipse of the Park: https://www.eclipsefestival.org/

04/04/2024

In only a few days it'll be time to put those glasses on! When getting eclipse glasses, look for the ISO 12312-2 certification on the glasses to know if they are safe to view the eclipse. If you're still in need of glasses, stop by any Flaum optical shop location to pick up a FREE pair!

For a list of our optical shop locations: https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/eye-institute/strong-vision-optical/locations.aspx

03/30/2024

Join us next week for a Basic Science Seminar with Machelle Pardue, Ph.D. Paradue is a member of the Department of Ophthalmology at Georgia Tech and Emory University. Join us in person or on zoom for the seminar titled "Investigating Mechanisms of Myopia Using Mouse Models."

For more info on our Basic Science Seminar Series and for the zoom link for the event visit: www.urmc.rochester.edu/eye-institute/research/seminars-grand-rounds/seminar-series

03/25/2024

The solar eclipse is two weeks out! You won't want to miss this opportunity to see this once in a lifetime event. To help keep everyone's eyes safe, the Flaum Eye Institute is giving away FREE solar eclipse glasses! Glasses are available while supplies last. Stop by one of our Flaum Eye Institute optical shops to pick up a pair!
https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/eye-institute/strong-vision-optical/locations.aspx

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03/21/2024

Our MobilEyes team was out helping the community on St. Patrick's Day Weekend. The team was out helping to conduct vision screenings at School 33 in Rochester. Great work team!

03/18/2024

We are pleased to announce expanded services at our recently opened Geneseo location. Please join us in welcoming Andrea Avila, MD, and Theresa Wei Chen, OD, to the community. Dr. Avila specializes in pediatric ophthalmology, providing everything from routine exams for failed school vision screenings to complex medical and surgical care for infants, grade schoolers, and teens. Dr. Chen provides general eye care and is expert in contact lens fitting. The pair join Dr. Ruba Muhtaseb, who provides medical and surgical eye care to adults, including cataract surgery and glaucoma management. We accept most insurances, including Eyemed vision plans. Please call 585.273.3937 to make an appointment.

03/15/2024

We are pleased to welcome Jeffrey Boakye Asabere from UConn Health who matched with our ophthalmology program. Asabere will begin his year-long internship in the department of medicine in July. After completing an internship in the department of medicine, Asabere and the other residents in his class will then complete a three-year ophthalmology residency with Flaum.

To learn more about Asabere and his story visit: today.uconn.edu/2024/03/the-march-to-become-a-doctor/ #