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Feb 01, 2023 | UCI Health
Elite stem-cell transplant program for eye surface damage opens at UCI Health
The UCI Health Gavin Herbert Eye Institute now offers sight-saving ocular stem cell transplants for severe eye surface damage, becoming only the second medical institution in the nation to treat this blinding condition.
Jan 30, 2023 | UCI School of Medicine
UCI Medical Students Work in Community OC Eye Project Clinic
UCI ophthalmologists and medical students regularly volunteer their time working at the OC Eye project clinic. The OC Eye Project hosts free ophthalmology clinics for medically-underserved residents in Orange County.
Jan 23, 2023 | UCI News
Grabbing the Golden Goose
Tibor Juhasz, UCI professor of ophthalmology and biomedical engineering, won a 2022 Golden Goose Award for helping to develop a now widely used LASIK surgery device.
Dec 14, 2022
Message from the Chair (2022 Recap)
As 2022 draws to a close, we can celebrate an amazing year of growth and success for the Gavin Herbert Eye Institute.
Dec 01, 2022
Holland Foundation for Sight Restoration Selects UCI Health Gavin Herbert Eye Institute
UCI Health offers the gift of sight to patients with severe eye damage
Nov 23, 2022 | UCI Health Live Well Magazine
Dietary supplements to help fight macular degeneration
Fightin vision loss with supplements. Certain vitamins and supplements can help prevent advanced age-related macular degeneration.
Nov 22, 2022
Welcoming Two New Specialists
The Gavin Herbert Eye Institute recently welcomed two new physicians to our faculty: pediatric ophthalmologist Stephen Prepas, MD, and neuro ophthalmologist Sam Spiegel, MD.
Oct 27, 2022 | University of California
Eye-opening discovery about adult brain's ability to recover vision
A discovery about how some visually impaired adults could start to see offers a new vision of the brain’s possibilities.
Jul 22, 2022 | UCI Health Gavin Herbert Eye Institute Shine the Light
Looking on the Bright Side
Fran Newman a voracious reader and writer was diagnosed with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) which made her legally blind in one eye. After becoming acquainted with the eye institute and attending a presentation by Director Baruch Kuppermann, MD, PhD, she joined the eye institute's support group for AMD and low vision. Through the low vision rehabilitation program at UCI's Gavin Herbert Eye Institute, she received guidance from occupational therapist Nilima Tanna, and she has been able to remain independent and continues to do what she loves.
Jul 21, 2022 | UCI Health Gavin Herbert Eye Institute Shine the Light
Bringing Visibility to Keratoconus
UCI's Gavin Herbert Eye Institute's cornea specialist, Sam Garg, MD, is a strong advocate of the National Keratoconus Foundation (NKCF), an outreach program of UCI's Gavin Herbert Eye Institute. Dr. Garg and his wife are passionate about NKCF's mission, and besides being strong advocates, they are also generous donors.