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Mental Health’s Role in Ophthalmology

During a career development course over a decade ago, Prem Subramanian, MD, PhD, Clifford R. and Janice N. Merrill Endowed Chair in Ophthalmology and professor at the Sue Anschutz-Rodgers Eye Center, picked up a tip that he’s used ever since: sit and listen to the patient for two minutes without saying anything.


Author Kara Mason | Publish Date May 15, 2024
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Patient Care    Awareness    Mental Health

Warning Signs and Treatment for Thyroid Eye Disease

Historically, there have been few treatment options for patients with active thyroid eye disease (TED), but new research and clinical trials are revealing a new horizon for managing the rare autoimmune disease that causes tissue behind the eye to become inflamed.


Author Kara Mason | Publish Date January 25, 2024
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Research    Education    Mental Health

Elevating Mental Health with Ophthalmology Resident Wellness Program

Faculty in the University of Colorado Department of Ophthalmology are working to prevent physician burnout before it even begins through a new resident wellness program. 


Author Kara Mason | Publish Date May 08, 2023
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Research    Mental Health    Low Vision Rehabilitation    Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD)

CU Ophthalmology Researchers Link Age-Related Macular Degeneration Vision Loss with Depression

Researchers in the Division of Ophthalmic Epidemiology in the University of Colorado Department of Ophthalmology have confirmed an association between vision loss from advanced age-related macular degeneration (AMD) with depression, following a study of patient data collected over seven years. This finding will help bring visibility into the impact of the disease, which is a leading cause of vision loss for older adults.


Author Toni Lapp | Publish Date November 10, 2022
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Study Links Maternal Asthma to Blinding Eye Disease in Premature Infants

news outletHCP Live
Publish DateJuly 26, 2024

Maternal asthma could increase the likelihood of a blinding eye disease in premature infants, according to a new study by investigator led by Zafar Gill, MD, a vitreoretinal diseases and surgery fellow in the Department of Ophthalmology. 

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Ophthalmology Times

Ophthalmology researchers develop framework to reduce spin in scientific reporting

news outletOphthalmology Times
Publish DateJuly 22, 2024

Riaz Qureshi, PhD, an assistant professor of ophthalmology at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, recently published a paper in Annals of Internal Medicine that features an international team of researchers that has established a framework providing guidance to authors, peer reviewers, and editors to rectify spin of harms in systematic review.

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Cosmos Magazine

Spin doctors: medical researchers take aim at misleading papers

news outletCosmos Magazine
Publish DateJuly 22, 2024

An international group of medical researchers led by Riaz Qureshi, PhD, assistant professor of ophthalmology, is calling for a better understanding of “spin” in research papers.

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CPR

A Colorado doctor is fighting the FDA to allow men who have sex with men to donate their corneas

news outletCPR
Publish DateJuly 19, 2024

“I think their position is ridiculous and negligent,” said Dr. Michael Puente, a pediatric ophthalmologist at the University of Colorado and Children’s Hospital Colorado in Aurora. “It’s ridiculous that a policy still exists with no scientific evidence to support it.”

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