Macular Chats

[[{"fid":"4946","view_mode":"wysiwyg","fields":{"format":"wysiwyg","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Sheldon Rowan, PhD","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"Sheldon Rowan, PhD"},"type":"media","link_text":null,"attributes":{"alt":"Sheldon Rowan, PhD","title":"Sheldon Rowan, PhD","style":"float: right; margin-top: 8px;","class":"media-element file-wysiwyg"}}]]The telephone discussion features Sheldon Rowan, PhD of the USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University. Dr. Rowan’s research examines the impact of dietary carbohydrate quality on age-related macular degeneration.

[[{"fid":"3840","view_mode":"wysiwyg","fields":{"format":"wysiwyg","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Ranjoo K. Prasad, O.D","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"Ranjoo K. Prasad, O.D"},"type":"media","link_text":null,"attributes":{"alt":"Ranjoo K. Prasad, O.D","title":"Ranjoo K. Prasad, O.D","style":"float: right; margin-top: 8px;","class":"media-element file-wysiwyg"}}]]Ranjoo K. Prasad, O.D., a specialist in low vision rehabilitation at Penn Medicine, is the guest speaker.

[[{"fid":"3915","view_mode":"wysiwyg","fields":{"format":"wysiwyg","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Joshua Dunaief, MD","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"Joshua Dunaief, MD"},"type":"media","link_text":null,"attributes":{"alt":"Joshua Dunaief, MD","title":"Joshua Dunaief, MD","style":"float: right; margin-top: 8px;","class":"media-element file-wysiwyg"}}]]The telephone discussion features Dr. Joshua Dunaief, of the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School Medicine, who specializes in the study of age-related macular degeneration.

[[{"fid":"4824","view_mode":"wysiwyg","fields":{"format":"wysiwyg","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Priyatham S Mettu, MD","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"Priyatham S Mettu, MD"},"type":"media","link_text":null,"attributes":{"alt":"Priyatham S Mettu, MD","title":"Priyatham S Mettu, MD","style":"float: right; margin-top: 8px;","class":"media-element file-wysiwyg"}}]]The guest speaker is Priyatham S. Mettu, MD, a Duke University retina specialist who is testing new treatments and new imaging technologies for age-related macular degeneration.

[[{"fid":"4824","view_mode":"wysiwyg","fields":{"format":"wysiwyg","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Priyatham S Mettu, MD","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"Priyatham S Mettu, MD"},"type":"media","link_text":null,"attributes":{"alt":"Priyatham S Mettu, MD","title":"Priyatham S Mettu, MD","style":"float: right; margin-top: 8px;","class":"media-element file-wysiwyg"}}]]The guest speaker is Priyatham S. Mettu, MD, a Duke University retina specialist who is testing new treatments and new imaging technologies for age-related macular degeneration.

[[{"fid":"4795","view_mode":"wysiwyg","fields":{"format":"wysiwyg","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"William W. Li, M.D. Chief Executive Officer, President, Medical Director, and Co-founder of the Angiogenesis Foundation.","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"William W. Li, M.D."},"type":"media","link_text":null,"attributes":{"alt":"William W. Li, M.D. Chief Executive Officer, President, Medical Director, and Co-founder of the Angiogenesis Foundation.","title":"William W. Li, M.D.","style":"float: right; margin-top: 8px;","class":"media-element file-wysiwyg"}}]]The speaker was Dr. William Li, President of The Angiogenesis Foundation, and his guests: Leona, a person living with macular degeneration, and her daughter, Sharon, who provided their perspectives on managing this eye disease.