The mission of the UPMC Eye Center is to improve quality of life through the preservation and restoration of vision. The UPMC Eye Center is focused to be a leader in the delivery of eye care, advance the frontiers of eye research, educate the next and current generations in the fundamentals and state of the art in eye health, disease, and treatment, and bring innovations in science and technology from the laboratory to our patients.
The UPMC Eye Center, the Department of Ophthalmology of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, has one of the top basic and clinical research programs in the country. Ranked 8th last year in National Eye Institute funding, UPMC Eye Center’s research focuses on ocular immunology, infectious disease, molecular genetics and molecular biology of retinal disease, glaucoma, and advanced diagnostic imaging technology development.
McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine affiliated faculty member José-Alain Sahel, MD (pictured), Chair and Distinguished Professor of the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Director of the UPMC Eye Center, the Eye and Ear Foundation Chair of Ophthalmology, the Founder and Director of the Vision Institute in Paris, and a Professor at the Sorbonne’s Medical School Université Pierre-et-Marie-Curie, recently spoke with
Regenerative Medicine Today host John Murphy, McGowan Institute Executive Director, about
- vision research areas and their corresponding principal investigators, i.e. cornea (Yiqin Du, MD, PhD), glaucoma (Yiqin Du, MD, PhD), retinal photoreceptors (Leah Byrne, PhD), optic nerve regeneration (Jeffrey Gross, PhD), ophthalmic imaging technologies (Ethan Rossi, PhD)
- vision rehabilitation through the training of patients post-vision restoration
- clinical trials for future therapies and technologies
Listen to their conversation
here.
Illustration: McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine.
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UPMC Eye Center
Department of Ophthalmology of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Bio: Dr. José-Alain Sahel
Bio: Mr. John Murphy
Bio: Dr. Yiqin Du
Bio: Dr. Leah Byrne
Bio: Dr. Jeffrey Gross
Bio: Dr. Ethan Rossi
Abstract (Science Translational Medicine, 2019 May 29;11(494):eaax2324.)