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News/ Press Release

August 2, 2016

Voelcker Fund Gives $100,000 in Support of Texas 1000 Project

The Max and Minnie Tomerlin Voelcker Fund recently gave a $100,000 gift to the Retina Foundation of the Southwest for the Texas 1000 Project, an ambitious project with an overall goal to genotype 1,000 patients with inherited retinal diseases. Determining the genetic mutations causing retinal degenerations such as retinitis pigmentosa, Usher syndrome and Stargardt disease […]

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Patient Story

July 8, 2016

Early Detection is Critical for Rare Eye Diseases

Achromatopsia is a rare inherited eye disease characterized by decreased vision (20/200), extreme light sensitivity, and the absence of color vision that affects less than 10,000 Americans. There is no current cure for achromatopsia. However, research on gene therapy is ongoing and may lead to treatment options in the future. The Retina Foundation of the […]

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Clinical Research

May 9, 2016

New iPad Amblyopia Treatment is a “Hot Topic”

Krista Kelly, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow in the Crystal Charity Ball Pediatric Vision Laboratory, presented a study that was selected by the Annual Meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) Program Committee as a “Hot Topic” this year. Dr. Kelly was selected based on her outstanding abstract on binocular treatment for amblyopia […]

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Clinical Trials

February 26, 2016

Watching Movies Could Help Treat Children with Lazy Eye

Researchers at the Retina Foundation of the Southwest are developing a new and unique approach to treating amblyopia, “lazy eye,” that may likely be one of the most innovative approaches of our time. They are conducting a new study to determine whether dichoptic movie viewing helps to improve vision for children with lazy eye. Dichoptic […]

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News/ Press Release

February 19, 2016

9th Annual David R. Stager Sr., M.D. Lecture

Ewa Niechwiej-Swedo, Ph.D. from the University of Waterloo in Canada was our speaker for the David R. Stager Sr., M.D. Lecture that was held on Thursday, February 18, 2016. The research of Dr. Niechwiej-Swedo seeks to explain how the brain processes and combines sensory information during goal-directed movements. Specifically, she investigates the role of binocular […]

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News/ Press Release

February 2, 2016

iPad App for Detecting Retinal Disease Receives Second FDA Approval

myVisionTrack®, an iPhone and iPad application developed by researchers at the Retina Foundation of the Southwest to monitor vision for individuals with retinal disease, such as macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy, has received its second FDA clearance for its new service, the Physician Portal. The app was FDA approved in 2013, but with the new […]

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News/ Press Release

November 16, 2015

Retina Foundation of the Southwest New Home in Dallas

Since we opened our doors in 1982, the Retina Foundation of the Southwest has been the epicenter of vision research for the southwest region. We have remained steadfast in our mission to advance treatments for vision loss and our accomplishments in research serve as a testament of what we can do, when we work together. […]

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Patient Story

October 25, 2015

Reading Research Helped Madelyn

(Dallas, TX – October 2015) Amanda knew there was something wrong when at the age of 18 months, Madelyn wasn’t walking yet. “She would step and just stand there. She didn’t know where she was going,” said Amanda. Her thoughts were confirmed when she and her husband took their daughter to the eye doctor who […]

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Patient Story

September 29, 2015

Engaging iPad Game Approach as Alternative to Patching

Wendy first noticed Gabriela’s eyes turning before she was one year old. Subsequently, she was diagnosed with strabismus, “crossed eyes,” and amblyopia, “lazy eye,” which resulted in a series of treatments. Her depth perception and spatial relations are still not on the level of the average person. Yet, at the age of 12 years old, […]

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