Vanderbilt Eye Institute Archive — Page 5 of 9

Researchers converse beside a University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine poster during a vision science conference.
October 5, 2017

Vision conference brings together research groups from across the Southeast

The Vanderbilt Eye Institute (VEI) recently hosted the Southeastern Vision Conference to celebrate and share excellence in vision science.

Basketball player in a white “LADY 23” uniform holds the ball while facing a defender in a blue number 14 jersey on an indoor court.
September 4, 2017

Lauren Fields is legally blind. This fall she starts college on a basketball scholarship.

In the fourth grade Lauren Fields was introduced to basketball. She did not like it one bit, she admits. But all of that changed over time.

Portrait of Uyen Tran, M.D., smiling and wearing a black jacket and necklace.
August 24, 2017

Novel procedure eases vision loss from keratoconus

Uyen Tran, M.D., has performed hundreds of corneal transplants for her patients at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC).

Close-up of reflective sunglasses showing a sunlit sandy landscape with tire tracks and distant hills.
August 15, 2017

A solar eclipse can hurt your eyesight without you knowing it – here’s why.

Smiling person wearing protective eclipse glasses and adjusting them while looking upward.
July 26, 2017

Keep an eye on safety during upcoming solar eclipse

On Aug. 21 millions of people will look skyward as day turns into night when the first coast-to-coast solar eclipse in nearly a century passes over Middle Tennessee.

Portrait of a man wearing a white medical coat and tie against a brown background.
December 8, 2016

Award spurs Jonna’s research on ocular melanoma

Gowtham Jonna, M.D., senior retina fellow at the Vanderbilt Eye Institute, recently received a VitreoRetinal Surgery Foundation (VRSF) Research Award.