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Join @UNC_Eye Sat, Apr 25th at the 2026 UNC Eye Symposium! This annual CME event educates eye specialists (MDs/ODs) on the latest evidence-based diagnostic & medical/surgical approaches to comprehensive eye care and treating ocular disease. Register today: tinyurl.com/5dbttkj2

@UNC_Eye thrilled to announce @BCMEye Clifton R. McMichael Endowed Chair Benjamin "Ben" Frankfort, MD, PhD, has been named Chair of UNC Department of Ophthalmology, effective 7/20/26. @aao_ophth @UNC_Health_Care tinyurl.com/bdfkr9d4

Check out @UNC_eye's Winter 2025 UNC EYE! Sharing our rich history in leadership & paying tribute to our departing Chair, an impactful leader within @UNC_SOM & the field. @UNC_Health_Care tinyurl.com/6n4wkmm5

@UNC_eye so excited to welcome our match Class of 2030! @UNC_SOM

👏#CarolinaEyeResearchInstitute Research Assoc Prof Zongchao Han & @UNC_SOM MS4 Mary Kaufmann in the spotlight! youtu.be/K5iB94vPoZo

👏👏 #DrAliceZhang & #DrKathyWhitfield, among only 7% physicians in practice across the U.S. nominated & named to 2026 Castle Connolly Top Doctors list! @UNC_Health_Care @UNC_SOM

Happy holidays to all from everyone at @UNC_Eye! @UNC_SOM @unchealth

Nov 10th is #WorldKeratoconusDay! @UNC_eye joins @aao_ophth in raising awareness of a condition that causes a corneal cone-like bulge, distorted vision & leads to significant vision loss as the cornea weakens. #WorldKCDay

Congrats #DrMohammadSoleimani, named among Top 1% U.S. Ophthalmology Research Physicians by Avant-Garde Health’s Healthcare Research All-Stars program! avantgardehealth.com/best-ophthalmo…

👏2025-26 Glaucoma Fellow #DrAnaRoldan, 2026 Pan American Association of Ophthalmology @paao_vision Gillingham Fellowship Award recipient! $20K to develop ophthalmology curriculum for Ecuador's Colegio de Ciencias de la Salud & advance eye expertise worldwide! @UNC_SOM

Fantastic staff Empathy Training this week at #UNCKittnerEyeCenter! T/Y @UNC_Health_Care Patient Experience/Employee Engagemt Exec Dir Tracy Carroll for leading @UNC_eye's One Great Team through learning approaches to improved empathy! @UNCMedCenter

👏👏@UNC_eye Imaging techs, a happy & immersed crew training to use new equipment at #UNCKittnerEyeCenter this week!

Congrats to our @UNC_eye #Classof2025 residency grads!! You've achieved so much as scholars & eye specialists, and we wish you all the best taking first career steps in fellowship & independent practice!

👏 #DrAlessandroIannaccone #TriangleVisionWalk team, fundraising fast walkers supporting awareness & progress in research to treat retinal degenerative diseases. Give today to support the team's fundraising goal! give.fightingblindness.org/team/656562 @AIannacconeMD

👏@UNC_eye Prof of Ophthalmology & Inherited Retinal Diseases specialist @AIannacconeMD, invited talk "Therapeutic Approaches to Macular Degenerative Diseases" at 5/2 Salt Lake City @ARVOinfo 2025 Retinal Therapeutics Innovation Summit!

Congrats to our UNC-NCSU collaborators for teaming up for the May 2025 "Lookin' For a Cure" uveal melanoma awareness 5K! @OoR_UNC

Happy Admin Professionals Day to our admin staff who hold up the house! This team's hard work, attention to detail & steady support are a pillar within the @UNC_eye workplace & help ensure we all do our best work! @UNC_SOM

2025 #UNCEyeSymposium is in the books, high marks again this year for expertise, learning & record attendance! @UNC_eye thanks all attendees, expert speakers & conference planners for making this enriching annual event a huge success! @UNC_SOM @aao_ophth

👏👏T/Y PGY4 #DrLukeFord for leading cross-disciplinary teaching session with @UNC_SOM Emergency Med residents. Learners teaching learners a mark of #OneGreatTeam @UNCMedCenter among next-gen physicians! @UNC_eye @UNCEM

It's time again to vote for your Chapel Hill area faves! Vote  for #UNCKittnerEyeCenter under Services / "Best Optometrist/Ophthalmologist" in the @chapelhillmag "Best of Chapel Hill 2025"  poll!  chapelhillmagazine.com/best-of-chapel…