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Sports-Related Eye Injuries: What to Do After an Accident and When to See a Doctor

Photo Credit – Jason TurnerSports-Related Eye Injuries: What to Do After an Accident and When to See a DoctorAccording to the American Academy of Ophthalmology, thousands of sports-related eye injuries occur each year in the United States. In April, we are recognizing Sports Eye Safety Month by sharing eye injury tips for little leagues and beyond.Common Sports-Related Eye InjuriesThe most common sports-related eye injuries include corneal abrasions, lacerations around the eye, and fractu…

Rachel Caywood, OD, FAAO to Join DMEI Optometry Service in Early May

Rachel M. Caywood, OD, FAAO has agreed to join the Dean McGee Eye Institute (DMEI) and the University of Oklahoma (OU) Department of Ophthalmology as a member of the Optometry Service. Her anticipated start date is May 4. Dr. Caywood grew up in Iowa, earned her...

How to Respond to These Five Workplace Eye Injuries

Eye injuries in the workplace happen more often than you think. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, more than 2,000 workplace eye injuries happen each year.Eye injuries can cause serious complications and both temporary and long-term vision loss.

How Age-Related Macular Degeneration Can Harm Your Vision

How Age-Related Macular Degeneration Can Harm Your VisionImagine life with worsening vision — the increasing difficulty of everyday tasks and frustration of adjusting to lower vision. Unfortunately, this is a reality for many individuals diagnosed with age-related macular degeneration, or AMD.More than 10 million Americans are affected by AMD, and it is a leading cause of vision loss among individuals aged 50 or older.Doctors at Dean McGee Eye Institute (DMEI) frequently treat AMD. Our phy…

#SeeGlassesFree in 2020 – Central Oklahoma Children’s Directory

#SeeGlassesFree in 2020 | Central Oklahoma Children's Directory See our LASIK advertisement on page 4. Read here.

Delta Gamma – University of Oklahoma – Service for Sight

Georgia Dunham, VP Foundations / Delta Gamma shares on why Service for Sight is their sorority's mission. Delta Gamma - University of Oklahoma - Service for Sight

Dean McGee Eye Institute and the OKC Zoo

By Darla SheldenCity Sentinel Reporter OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – The Oklahoma City Zoo will offer fun, bargains and educational activities for the month of February. Presented by Dean McGee Eye Institute, Eye Spy Safari for Kids is a free, interactive activity for...

What Does a Person With Glaucoma See?

January is National Glaucoma Awareness Month, and we would like to use this opportunity to bring attention to a disease that affects more than three million Americans and is the second leading cause of blindness worldwide. Here is more information about glaucoma and...

Robert E. Anderson, MD, PHD – Around Town: Vision Researcher to be honored

By: Joan Gilmore The Journal Record January 21, 2020 The OU College of Medicine Alumni Association will honor two outstanding men at its annual Evening of Excellence on Thursday at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, 1700 NE 63rd St. in Oklahoma City....

Kamran M. Riaz, MD – What’s Difference Between Viral and Bacterial Pinkeye?

WHATEVER THE CAUSE MAY be, pinkeye – or what’s referred to medically as conjunctivitis – is uncomfortable. And the hallmark pink or red appearance of the “white” of the eye caused by irritation can make any sufferer self-conscious as well. If you have viral pinkeye,...

Jami M. Gurley, PhD and Michael H. Elliott, PhD, FARVO – OCAST Program Seeds Innovative Eye Research

OCAST Program Seeds Innovative Eye Research To the untrained eye, the image flashing on the computer screen in a small laboratory at the Dean McGee Eye Institute could have been a color-coded map. Or a weather radar screen reflecting a blizzard blowing through. It was...

Thunder Partners With Dean McGee Eye Institute

DMEI to become the preferred eye care provider of the Thunder Oklahoma City, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2019 – The Oklahoma City Thunder announced today a new partnership, welcoming the Dean McGee Eye Institute (DMEI), an Oklahoma City-based eye care provider, as part of the...