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2023 University of Michigan Kellogg Eye Center Annual Report
From the Interim Chair
After marking 150 years of ophthalmology at the University of Michigan last year, the Kellogg Eye Center has kicked off our second sesquicentennial with another year of amazing achievements.
If there’s a common theme to our 2023 report, it’s the power of teamwork. Within our center, across the University and around the globe, our faculty have cemented longstanding partnerships and forged new, sometimes surprising ones to tackle the most vexing clinical and research questions, and to prepare the next generation of leaders in ophthalmology and vision science.
From the rarest inherited retinal dystrophies to the most severe ocular surface injuries, when presented with complex clinical challenges, team care is the standard of care at Kellogg. One example shared here is a baby who, at less than 12 hours old, was rushed to U-M with acute ophthalmic and systemic issues. Kellogg specialists in pediatric ophthalmology, genetics, retina, glaucoma and cornea came together to diagnose her rare genetic syndrome and perform the surgeries that will give her the best possible chance at vision.
This year’s research highlights include the renewal of four major institutional grants, the recruitment of new faculty, and the opening of our new image-guided medical robotics lab—all evidence that Kellogg is essentially built for team science. With the resources and support only available at a top academic eye center, our investigators initiated numerous novel projects in 2023, in partnership with experts in data analytics, artificial intelligence, gene sequencing bioengineering, psychiatry and more.
In Kellogg’s model of ophthalmic education, teamwork is taught by example. Students, residents and fellows are encouraged to collaborate in pursuit of their own unique areas of interest. That approach resulted in a remarkably diverse group of learners in 2023, including a medical student helping with a vision clinic expansion in Kenya, and a resident who contributed to a textbook devoted to spaceflight-associated neuroocular syndrome, a condition which, as the name implies, is exclusive to astronauts.
I joined the Kellogg faculty in 2002, and not a day has passed since that I haven’t marveled at the compassion, talent and collegiality that fuel this amazing place. As a national search for our next leader continues, it is my honor to serve as Interim Chair.
Shahzad I. Mian, M.D.
Interim Chair and Professor, University of Michigan
Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science
Dr. Lee Assumes Expanded Role at Michigan Medicine
The spirit of teamwork that drives Kellogg was driven by Emeritus Chair Paul Lee, M.D., J.D. Dr. Lee captained the Kellogg team from 2012 to 2022. In his new role as Senior Associate Dean of Clinical Affairs in the U-M Medical School and Executive Director of the U-M Medical Group, his talent and vision are now shaping the delivery of clinical care across all of University of Michigan Health.
To learn more, read Honoring the Visionary Leadership of Paul P. Lee, M.D., J.D.
