October 2024
Doheny Donor Appreciation Reception Honors Generous Supporters
On October 10, Doheny Eye Institute was honored to welcome a number of our most generous supporters for the annual Donor Appreciation Reception. More than 75 attendees gathered at The Valley Hunt Club in Pasadena to enjoy conversations with Doheny scientists and staff members.
During the evening, CEO Marissa Goldberg, Chief Scientific Officer Deborah Ferrington, PhD, and Kathleen Duncan, a member of Doheny Eye Institute’s board of trustees, and Doheny’s development chair, spoke to attendees about Doheny’s latest developments and scientific achievements as well as the critical importance of our donor’s support to continue our innovative vision research.
A highlight of the evening was guest speaker Margaret Leslie Davis. Ms. Davis is an acclaimed author and biographer who has penned several books about the American West, including a biography of oil tycoon Edward Doheny – the late husband of our founder, Carrie Estelle Doheny.
Ms. Davis also regaled guests with highlights from her recent book, “The Lost Gutenberg: The Astounding Story of One Book’s Five-Hundred-Year Odyssey.” The book dives into the past five centuries of the extremely rare Gutenberg Bible – only 48 are in existence – and its eccentric collectors. The intriguing true-life tale includes Mrs. Doheny’s 40-year quest to secure a copy. By the time Mrs. Doheny finally got her hands on an original copy – the first woman to own one – she was, sadly, already blind and unable to look at or read it, only able to feel the pages of her most cherished, rare Bible. But, the story does not end here – after Mrs. Doheny’s passing, this last privately owned copy of the Gutenberg Bible changed hands again ultimately landing in Tokyo.
This wonderful evening served as a reminder of just how many generous supporters continue to support our mission – and how precious the gift of sight is. We remain continually grateful for all who donate to Doheny Eye Institute.
Doheny Makes a Mark at the 2024 American Academy of Ophthalmology Annual Meeting
Top ophthalmologists from around the globe gathered together in Chicago from October 18 – 21 for the 2024 American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) Annual Meeting. This is an important opportunity for eye care professionals to share information, research, and best practices with other experts.
Contributing to the dynamic and engaging conversation throughout the meeting were several Doheny ophthalmologists who were selected to present across more than 20 sessions. Session topics they covered included: the retina, uveitis, age-related macular degeneration, neuro-ophthalmology, geographic atrophy, MIGS devices, ocular pathology and oncology, applied artificial intelligence in OCT imaging, and more.
Doheny and UCLA Stein Eye Institutes also exhibited together onsite at Booth #5252, providing another touch point to engage with this important audience.
Finally, on October 20 Doheny and UCLA Stein Eye Institutes hosted our annual Alumni Reception. The lively evening featured music and dancing, along with opportunities to reconnect and network with colleagues.
It was an engaging few days, and we are thrilled to have closed the books on another successful AAO.
Doheny Eye Institute To Receive Funding from NIH Award Supporting Cerebral Small Vessel Disease Detection
Earlier this month, Doheny Eye Institute announced that Yuhua Zhang, Ph.D., Principal Investigator at Doheny Eye Institute and Professor of Ophthalmology at the David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, is among an esteemed multidisciplinary group of scientists to receive a major award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Common Fund Venture Program Oculomics Initiative.
Study Co-Authored by SriniVas R. Sadda, MD, Shows Accurate Prediction of Disease-Risk Factors Using Artificial Intelligence
On October 1, Nature Biomedical Engineering published a study co-authored by SriniVas Sadda, MD, that showed a new deep-learning computer framework using artificial intelligence (AI), called SLIViT (SLice Integration by Vision Transformer), that can teach itself to analyze and diagnose 3D medical images with accuracy.
Last Call for Cartober: Donate Your Vehicle to Doheny!
Cartober is almost over – the monthlong campaign that encourages people to donate their older or unused vehicles to nonprofit organizations.
It’s not too late to donate your vehicle to Doheny Eye Institute and support our life-changing vision research – and we make it easy for you to do it! In fact, while Cartober may be ending, you can donate your vehicle to Doheny any time throughout the year.
Click the button below to learn more and get started on a vehicle donation with just a few brief steps.
