Ophthalmology

Heather Skeens, MD, an ophthalmologist from West Virginia Eye Consultants in Charleston will start providing services at Pleasant Valley Hospital starting Wednesday, May 15. Skeens is a cornea fellowship-trained ophthalmologist who specializes in the...

While the rest of us are shopping for summer, Target already has its sights on fall. The retailer announced that its next capsule collection will be with New York-based designer Phillip Lim. It will roll out in stores and on http://www.target.com in...

A prominent Indian doctor, who was a major driving force behind a free emergency first aid training campaign for tens of thousands of Dubai residents, faced a tragic death before receiving any medical assistance. The medical fraternity is saddened by...

One week before the spring recital, seven young ballerinas stand in formation, awaiting their cue. In the back, Sofia Priebe -- at 4 feet, 8 inches -- is the second-tallest girl in her class at Mystic Ballet. Where the others stare measuredly ahead,...

Have you ever been staring off and noticed a little squiggly line or spec float through your line of vision? Or turn out the lights and see a sudden lightning flash when it isn't storming? They may be curious, even mesmerizing, but these floaters and...

Senior ophthalmology consultant at Elite Medical and Surgical Center in Riyadh Dr. Walid Al-Tuwairqi has become the first Saudi ophthalmologist to win a grand prize at this year's ASCRS Film Festival. He won the first-place award in the Cornea and...

While USC conducted a nationwide search for a dean for its school of medicine, Dr. Stephen J. Ryan stepped in as interim dean in 1991, expecting to serve for six months. He held the job a record 13 years. During his tenure as dean, it became known as...

Who: Robert Swinger, 35, Fort Lauderdale Title: Owner and Chief Veterinary Ophthalmologist, Animal Eye Guys of South Florida, within the Hollywood Animal Hospital in addition to locations in Miami Beach and South Miami. Started: January 1 From:...

Have a question for Dr. Blythe? Write to her at AskThePediatrician@tribune.com. For more information on Dr. Blythe, go to pediatricassociates.com. April 29, 2013 Q: My 5-year-old daughter just had her adenoids and tonsils removed because of snoring...

Aaron Williams was 15 when his friend invited him over to try out a new Christmas present — a potato gun constructed by hand from plastic pipe with hair spray as its propellent. Aaron said it was thrilling to watch as other teenagers balanced...

Harvey was within days of losing an eye before a surgical graft helped restore his vision and save the eye. The fact that the patient had white, brown and black fur made no difference. When veterinary ophthalmologist Dr. Louis J. Laratta looked in...

Dr. Lorenz E. Zimmerman, the founder of modern ophthalmic pathology, who spent his nearly 60-year career studying diseases of the eye, died March 16 of complications from an infection at the Blakehurst retirement community in Towson. He was 92. His wife...