News and Announcements

Read the latest news from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine’s Department of Ophthalmology. The links below take you to articles where you can learn more about our faculty’s latest achievements, awards and honors.

Reassessing How Light Impacts Behavior
06.10.2020
Northwestern Medicine investigators have found that a small subset of cells in the retina inhibit the communication of light signals from the eyes to the brain, impacting how light affects daily activity and how the pupils constrict to light.
Francesco Bandello, MD, FEBO
05.08.2020
Professor of Ophthalmology and Chairman at The University Vita-Salute, Scientific Institute, Raffaele in Milano, Italy. SARS-COV2 Outbreak: Experience in San Raffaele Hospital, Milan.
Site of Flow Resistance in Glaucoma Identified
01.13.2020
According to a recent study, elevated ocular pressure in glaucoma is generated in the wall of a small vessel in the eye, the Schlemm’s canal.