Wills Eye Hospital

01/21/2026

Join us in congratulating the faculty, trainees, and staff who published papers in December!

This list is also published in the Research section of the Wills Eye website at www.willseye.org/research-2/publications.

01/20/2026

This week at Wills Eye!

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01/20/2026

We were delighted to welcome William F. Wiley, MD for our Visiting Professor Lecture in Refractive Surgery.

Dr. Wiley is Medical Director at Cleveland Eye Clinic and Assistant Professor at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland.

01/16/2026

Zeba Syed, MD has received a $20,000 grant for her project “Evaluating the Function and Usability of an Artificial Cornea for Penetrating Keratoplasty” in collaboration with Biolattice.

Dr. Syed is the Director of our Cornea Fellowship Program. Join us in congratulating her for this great work!

01/13/2026

01/09/2026

Gadi Wollstein, MD was recently awarded a $150,000 grant from the Robert M. Sinskey, MD Foundation for his project “Regional Single-Cell Gene Expression Profiling of the Optic Nerve in Experimental Glaucoma”.

Dr. Wollstein is Co-Director of our Advanced Center of Ophthalmic Research in Neuroimaging (ACORN) and Director of Research Training and Education for our Vickie and Jack Farber Vision Research Center.

Congratulations, Dr. Wollstein!

01/08/2026

There’s still time to register for the premiere ophthalmology review course! Learn from leading experts in the field, get exclusive access to OnDemand programming and earn 45.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.

The Wills Eye Ophthalmology Review Course is meant for young professionals studying for the OKAP and board exams.

OnDemand programming can be accessed for a whole year starting March 1, so you can study and review with it all year long.

Sign up: https://willseye.cloud-cme.com/course/courseoverview?P=5&EID=955

01/07/2026

The Ophthalmology Times spoke with Joel S. Schuman, MD, FACS, vice chair for research innovation and co-director of the glaucoma service at Wills Eye Hospital, bout emerging technologies with the potential to change how glaucoma is detected, monitored, and treated in the near future.

Read on to learn more about likelihood and challenges:

Joel S. Schuman, MD, FACS, highlights home tonometry, virtual visual fields, and portable OCT devices as promising tools, while noting concerns around data reliability, patient adherence, and reimbursement.

01/06/2026

Register now for our upcoming course: Ophthalmology for Pediatricians, Primary Care Providers, and Other Allied Health Professionals

This course is designed to update pediatricians, primary care physicians, allied health professionals, and ophthalmologists on common pediatric ophthalmologic disorders.

At its conclusion, learners will be able to:
• Implement techniques to screen and treat children for uveitis.
• Employ treatments to reduce the progression of myopia
• Discuss peer recommendations regarding the diagnosis and treatment of blepharitis in children

Sign up: https://willseye.cloud-cme.com/course/courseoverview?eid=1003

01/02/2026

Congratulations to our very own Christopher J. Rapuano, MD, Chief of the Cornea Service, as he starts his year as president of the American Academy of Ophthalmology.

https://www.aao.org/newsroom/news-releases/detail/christopher-j-rapuano-md-begins-term-as-president

12/15/2025

Last week we hosted the Rick & Karen Wilson Visiting Professor Lecture in Glaucoma, featuring Benjamin Y. Xu, PhD.

Dr. Xu joined us from Keck Medicine of USC's Roski Eye Institute.

12/12/2025

Join us in congratulating Wills Eye faculty, trainees, and staff on the 22 papers published in November 2025!

Explore them: https://www.willseye.org/research-2/publications/.