Low Macular Pigment Density As Possible Warning For Glaucoma and Sickle Cell Disease Leading To Possible Vision Loss

Dr. Yao Liu (University of Wisconsin - Madison, WI)

Julie Mares, Ph.D. (University of Wisconsin - Madison, WI)

Dr. Mary Ellen Hoehn (University of Tennessee Health Science Center - Memphis, TN)

The University of Wisconsin's Dr. Yao Liu, Director of the Teleophthalmology Program and an Investigator at McPherson Eye Research Institute at University of Wisconsin at Madison and Julie Mares, Ph.D., Professor, with the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at University of Wisconsin at Madison explain how low macular pigment density can be a possible warning for glaucoma.

Then, Dr. Mary Ellen Hoehn, Professor of Ophthalmology at University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis, will discuss how sickle cell disease can possibly lead to vision loss in children and adults.

1/14/2024 Podcast (Click Image Below) 

IT Communications Analyst Remaining Active After Diagnosis With Retinitis Pigmentosa

Angela Woon (University of California, San Francisco - San Francisco, CA)

Angela Woon, an IT communications analyst at the University of California, San Francisco, discusses moving to the United States from Malaysia and continuing to live an active life as a runner, cook, traveler and author following her diagnosis with retinitis pigmentosa.

1/7/2024 Podcast (Click Image Below)