Sylvia Groth Archive — Page 1 of 1

Portrait of Roger Lasater wearing a white cowboy hat and blue plaid shirt, smiling against a light background. Photo by Donn Jones.

April 19, 2024

A ‘Site’ for Sore Eyes

Four years ago, Roger Lasater went outside to look at the stars and the moon and couldn’t see them. He was was in the beginning stages of age-related macular degeneration, one of the many eye diseases studied by physician-scientists at the Vanderbilt Eye Institute.

By Nancy Humphrey

Dr. Sylvia Groth sits beside an ophthalmic slit-lamp examination instrument in an eye clinic, smiling at the camera.

May 16, 2022

Sylvia Groth once commuted to work on cross country skis to keep an appointment with her patient. As a native Minnesotan, a little snow couldn’t stop her.

Her dedication earned her a Patient and Family Choice Award.

By Nancy Humphrey