The Iowa Glaucoma Center
Our Mission & Passion:
Eliminate Glaucoma Blindness
Glaucoma is a leading cause of permanent blindness in the world. Tens of millions suffer from glaucoma and thousands are blinded by this condition each year. With appropriate treatment, glaucoma progression can be halted but at present there is no reversing damage once it has occurred.
The Iowa Glaucoma Center has a passion for eradicating needless blindness due to glaucoma.
The war on glaucoma blindness takes place on three fronts: clinical care, teaching, and research.
The University of Iowa is at the forefront in all three of these arenas:
In a report to Ophthalmology Glaucoma, Dr. Boese reported the first use of minimally invasive glaucoma surgery (GATT) on a patient with glaucoma caused by a myocilin mutation. Read more about it here.
The Fingert Lab and colleagues from the Faroe Islands and Denmark conducted a prospective study of the prevalence of glaucoma on the isolated population of the Faroe Islands located in the North Atlantic. The prevalence of open angle glaucoma in citizens over 40 years of age was 1.1% and highly age-related.
A 2021 Ophthalmology Glaucoma article reported the 100 most impactful articles in clinical glaucoma care based on literature citations and polling American Glaucoma Society members. Ten of these articles included University of Iowa faculty members among the authors. Dr. Wallace Alward was an author on 8 of these articles. Dr. Hayreh was an author of 5 of these articles.
