UAMS Department of Ophthalmology
March 10, 2016
Cornea Donation Saves Rogers Man’s Vision
March 10, 2016 | Organ donation is an incredibly personal and tremendously impactful act of kindness, but Jim Harris already knows that on a profound level. “Without the generosity of a donor, I would have lost sight in my eye,” said the 53-year-old Rogers resident. “I am grateful my donor was thoughtful enough to make…
March 3, 2016
UAMS Helps Harmony Clinic Obtain Retinal Camera
March 3, 2016 | UAMS Glaucoma specialist Grant Morshedi, M.D., knows how important Little Rock’s Harmony Health Clinic is to those who need health care but can’t afford it. As a UAMS medical student in 2008, he worked with many others at UAMS and in the community to establish the free clinic that is staffed…
February 2, 2016
Cornea Specialist Tayyeba Ali, M.D., Joins UAMS
Feb. 2, 2016 | Cornea and uveitis specialist Tayyeba K. Ali, M.D., has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), and sees patients at the Harvey & Bernice Jones Eye Institute. Ali is also an assistant professor in the Department of Ophthalmology in the College of Medicine. She comes to UAMS from the…
Eye Inflammation Specialist Ahmed A. Sallam, M.D., Ph.D., Joins UAMS
Feb. 2, 2016 | Ahmed A. Sallam, M.D., Ph.D., a physician with specialty training in uveitis, a form of eye inflammation that can lead to permanent vision loss, has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and sees patients in at the Harvey & Bernice Jones Eye Institute. Sallam also is an assistant professor…
January 14, 2016
Cornea Transplant Clears Blurry, Clouded World for Patient
Jan. 14, 2016 | Every morning, Robbie Smith, 37, gets a vivid reminder of how debilitating his eyesight used to be. Before he inserts a pair of special corrective contact lenses, “I’m only able to see a few inches from my face,” he said. At age 10, Smith, of Little Rock, was diagnosed with keratoconus,…
November 24, 2015
Corneal Transplant Lets Hensley Woman Read Again
Nov. 24, 2015 | Jamie Whitaker, of Hensley, knew her eyesight was diminishing. As someone who loved to read, Whitaker could tell she was having more difficulty making out the words. It reached the point where she had trouble reading road signs and distinguishing whether an oncoming vehicle was a truck or car. Still, she…
September 30, 2015
Sunali Goyal, M.D., Joins UAMS Department of Ophthalmology
LITTLE ROCK — Cornea specialist Sunali Goyal, M.D., has joined the Harvey & Bernice Jones Eye Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).
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