October 16, 2008
Global blindness is topic of medicine lecture Oct. 23
Dr. Tueng T. Shen will present “Window of Opportunity: Artificial Corneal Development for the Treatment of Global Blindness” at the next New Investigator Science in Medicine lecture, Thursday, Oct. 23, from noon to 1 p.m. in room T-625, Health Sciences Center. She will discuss the treatment and challenges of corneal blindness worldwide.
Shen, a UW assistant professor of ophthalmology and director of the Refractive Surgery Center at UW Medical Center, is committed to delivering the best vision care by providing the most advanced treatment options and by developing technologies to restore vision for patients with challenging corneal conditions. She is also an adjunct faculty member in bioengineering. She received her doctorate in medical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and completed her medical degree and subsequent residency training in ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School.
The lecture will be simulcast at the following locations:
- Harborview Medical Center Research & Training Bldg., room 117
- VA Puget Sound Health Care System:
- Seattle Division – Bldg.1, room 518
- American Lake; Bldg. 24; room 142
- Met Park West; main conference room
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center – Room J2-108
- Seattle Children’s Hospital Research Institute – Pearl Jam Bldg. 1, conference room 806 (14)
- WSU Riverpoint Campus; Spokane Academic Center (SAC) 147
For more information, contact Vee White at veewhite@u.washington.edu or 206-543-8319, or visit http://www.uwmedicine.org/Research/ResearchTrainingAndSeminars/SIM.htm.
