University of Washington Department of Ophthalmology

10/22/2025

The Division of Medical Genetics presents the 2025-2026 Samir Deeb Memorial Lecture, with guest speaker Russell Van Gelder, MD, PhD, Bucey Memorial Professor and Chair of Ophthalmology.

The lecture is on Friday, Oct 24, 2025, 3:30-4:30 p.m. in Foege S-060 at the Magnuson Health Sciences Center.

Dr. Van Gelder will present on “Retinal reanimation: reversing blindness from hereditary retinal degeneration."

10/21/2025

So proud of our ophthalmic technicians at the UW Medicine Eye Institute at Harborview Medical Center, the 4-West Ophthalmology Clinic at Harborview, and the Karalis Johnson Retina Center at South Lake Union who provide outstanding patient care to every patient, every day.

10/20/2025

Greetings from Orlando! Our UW Medicine Ophthalmology team is having the best time here learning, presenting and networking at the American Academy of Ophthalmology!

10/19/2025

Watch this amazing patient story with Mr. Jack Odell and the care he received from UW ocular oncologist Andrew Stacey. Dr. Stacey is the only ocular oncologist in the University of Washington School of Medicine - WWAMI

10/19/2025

Proudly representing our department at the American Academy of Ophthalmology convention in Orlando are residents Drs. Jonathan Le, Johnson Huang and Grant Howell with Professor Lisa Olmos de Koo, MD, PhD.

10/09/2025

Thanks to our own Assistant Professor Tony Chung, MD, for kicking off the Washington Academy of Eye Physicians and Surgeons Grand Rounds Lecture Series for the new academic year! Dr. Chung did an amazing presentation on practical cataract surgery tips for our residents. Dr. Chung is joined here by Assistant Professor Debarshi Mustafi, left, and Bucey Chair and Professor Russ Van Gelder.

09/23/2025

The 41st annual Roger Johnson Lecture in Ophthalmology will be held at 8 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 25 in Wright Auditorium at Seattle Children's. The speaker wiill be Deborah VanderVeen, MD, Director of the Pediatric Cataract Service and Retinopathy of Prematurity Service at Boston Children’s Hospital and Professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School.

Dr. Roger Johnson endowed the Roger Johnson Lectureship at Seattle Children’s Hospital. The lectureship brings internationally renowned pediatric ophthalmologists to Seattle and has become one of the most prestigious visiting lectureships in the specialty. Roger Johnson passed away in 2007, and since that time, Angie Karalis Johnson has continued to commemorate her husband’s passion for improving the treatment of children’s eye disease through her wonderful generosity. Roger Johnson left a phenomenal legacy in the numerous lives he touched and in elevating the importance of pediatric eye care for generations to come.

09/22/2025

Congratulations Dr. Sohn!

The University of Iowa's Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences hosted a special evening to honor three faculty members receiving distinguished professorships and a newly established endowed chair. Dr. Elliott Sohn was named the inaugural Diabetic Retinopathy Research Chair, while Dr. Ian

09/19/2025

Our second-through fourth-year residents held a Phaco wet lab yesterday, learning cataract surgery techniques in the simulation lab. UW Medicine University of Washington School of Medicine - WWAMI

09/10/2025

UW Ophthalmology Grand Rounds is back, join us at 8 a.m. Pacific Time Thursdays to hear these presentations by faculty and current trainees; find the details here: https://ophthalmology.washington.edu/grand-rounds-lecture-series

The University of Washington Department of Ophthalmology hosts weekly Grand Rounds lectures from September through May. Lectures take place at the Ninth & Jefferson Building (NJB) on the Harborview Medical Center campus. To view the speaker calendar, please visit the UW Medhub Conference Calendar. F...

09/09/2025

Nominations are now being accepted for the Roger Johnson Macular Degeneration Award. The late Dr. Johnson endowed this award, which is given every other year through the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Washington. The intent of the award is to stimulate clinical and basic science research related to the pathogenesis or treatment of age-related macular degeneration (AMD).

Nominations for the award are open to all clinicians and scientists throughout the world. The successful candidate will be the nominee who is deemed by the selection committee to have made the most significant contribution to our understanding of the pathogenesis or treatment of AMD.

The deadline for receipt of nominations is November 30, 2025.
https://ophthalmology.washington.edu/news/call-for-nominations-for-2026-roger-h-johnson-award

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Nominations are now being accepted for the Roger H Johnson Macular Degeneration Award. The late Dr. Johnson endowed this award, which is given every other year through the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Washington. The intent of the award is to stimulate clinical and basic science....