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Duke Eye Center In the News
Feb. 5, 2010
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Eye Center Receives $100,000 Research to Prevent Blindness Grant
Jan. 4, 2010
Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB) has awarded a grant of $100,000 to the Department of Ophthalmology at Duke University School of Medicine to support research into the causes, treatments, and prevention of blinding diseases.

Eye Center Loses Pioneering Former Chairman
Jan. 4, 2010
Robert Machemer, MD, the pioneering chairman of the ophthalmology department at Duke from 1978 to 1991, passed away on December 23, 2009.

Parking Garage Opens for Duke Eye Center
Jan. 4, 2010
Construction of a seven-story parking garage began in May 2008. Once completed, it will offer Eye Center patients 300 parking spaces -- three times what is currently available.

Eye Center Doctors Receive Horizon Grant
Dec. 23, 2009
Duke Eye Center cornea and refractive surgery specialist Natalie Afshari, MD, and clinical fellow Ricardo Santaella, MD, were recipients of the $50,000 grant.

Duke Eye Center Ranked in Top Ten by Ophthalmology Times
Oct. 27, 2009
Duke Eye Center again ranked in the top ten in every category of the 2009 Ophthalmology Times annual survey of academic eye centers.

New Device Finds Early Signs of Eye Disease in Preemies (DukeHealth.org)
Sept. 21, 2009
Tell-tale signs of a condition that can blind premature babies are being seen for the first time using a new handheld device in a study at Duke University Medical Center.

The Vision to Lead
Aug. 5, 2009
The Duke Eye Center, already one of the nation’s top eye hospitals, is concluding research that could help cure glaucoma and set the center head and shoulders above its peers.

Duke Eye Center Ranks Seventh Among Best U.S. Hospitals
July 16, 2009
Duke Eye Center has been named as one of the top 10 U.S. ophthalmology centers in U.S.News & World Report's best hospital edition.

Banish the Blade: All-Laser LASIK Available at Duke
Jan. 2, 2008
e, LASIK (laser in situ keratomileusis) surgery has freed more than eight million Americans from daily dependence on glasses and contacts, and the number of people who choose to undergo the procedure increases every year.

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