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11/14/2025

Congratulations to Dr. Tazbir Ahmed on being a 2025 Research Impact Challenge winner! 🏅

The Research Impact Challenge is a Stanford library event aimed to encourage researchers to enhance the impact of their scholarly work and understand how to measure it.

Dr. Ahmed's current research focuses on optic neuropathies, with a particular interest in how metabolic stress and aging contribute to disease mechanisms.

11/14/2025

In a Stanford Medicine-led clinical trial of a wireless retinal prosthesis, people with advanced macular degeneration regained enough vision to read books and subway signs.

11/13/2025

🤝 Meet Melissa Yuan, MD, a first year vitreoretinal surgery advanced trainee at Byers Eye Institute❗

🎯 Subspecialty: Retina

🏠 Hometown: Sharon, Massachusetts

📚 Education: Harvard University (BS), Weill Cornell Medicine (MD), Mass Eye and Ear / Harvard Ophthalmology (Residency)

🌲 Why Stanford? I knew from my interview day that this was where I wanted to be. The support for fellows and camaraderie among faculty stood out as the strongest I saw anywhere. I was so impressed by how invested everyone is in helping trainees reach their goals. It's been everything I hoped for, and I love coming to work every day!

🥼 Career aspirations: Academic practice in adult and pediatric retina.

🌁 Favorite thing to do in the Bay Area: Exploring everything! We are new to the area and have loved the hiking trails, nearby nature, places to eat, and concerts in the area.

🐓 Fun fact: I grew up with a suburban hobby farm with chickens, geese, ducks, honeybees, rabbits, a dog, and a pig.

11/12/2025

🕰️ We're excited to share that the PRIMA implant device, conceived by our own Dr. Daniel Palanker, has been featured on the cover of Time Magazine❗

In a recently published trial, the PRIMA implant improved central vision in 80% of patients with age-related macular degeneration (AMD).

Cheers to Dr. Palanker's trailblazing work and read more about the efforts to expand PRIMA's use beyond the retina: https://buff.ly/mlAwiB8

11/11/2025

Today we recognize and thank the veterans in our community for their service and strength.

Happy Veteran's Day!

11/10/2025

Congratulations to our own Dr. Daniel Ting on receiving the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) 2025 Achievement Award! 🏆

Dr. Ting is being honored for his contributions to the AAO, its scientific and educational programs, and ophthalmology as a whole.

11/07/2025

November is Diabetic Eye Disease Awareness Month, so let's raise awareness!

Did you know that diabetes is a leading cause of blindness, but many don’t realize their vision is worsening until it starts to interfere with their everyday activities. Regular eye exams can catch diabetes-related vision loss early.

11/06/2025

Join Byers Eye Institute and the Peninsula Eye Society for an evening of networking and learning next Thursday, November 13—featuring presentations on the latest developments in ophthalmology by our own Drs. Nathaniel Blecher and Shazia Dharssi.

Register here: https://buff.ly/NcZD3ec

11/05/2025

The Sutton family came to Stanford and the Byers Eye Institute to get the best possible treatment for Quinn, who was diagnosed with Joubert syndrome at nine months old, and they found personalized care that has helped him beat the odds.
Read their story: https://buff.ly/C3NYzvz

11/04/2025

Some of the brightest ophthalmology residents from around the country attended this year's Program In Lasting Leadership and Academic Representation (PILLAR) at Stanford.

PILLAR is a 3-day intensive mentorship program focused on ophthalmology residents from the lens of those who are underrepresented in medicine.

The program features talks and mentorship on various career paths, guidance on making the most of residency to successfully transition into fellowship and academic careers, and much more—all aimed to help tomorrow’s most promising ophthalmologists map their paths to success and build lasting connections.

11/03/2025

The future is now as tech meets the eye. 🦾 The PRIMA implant is restoring functional vision in clinical trial patients with atrophic AMD — one of the most common untreatable causes of blindness.

Learn more about the groundbreaking results from this 'bionic eye' invention by Byers Eye Institute Professor, Daniel Palanker, PhD. https://buff.ly/VWADmHH

10/31/2025

Happy Halloween from our team to yours! 🎃

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