Tuesday April 24, 3 to 5 p.m., Madrona Room at Orcas Center
Orcas Medical Foundation (OMF) invites anyone interested in health care on Orcas Island to attend. A brief OMF business meeting and announcement of new officers will be followed by a distinguished guest speaker, discussion and light refreshments.
This year’s guest speaker is Dr. Jennifer Chao, Assistant Professor, University of Washington Department of Ophthalmology. Her topic will be, “Stem Cell Therapy and Vision at UW Medicine.” Dr. Chao is a clinician-scientist who specializes in diseases of the retina, vitreous and macula. She sees patients in clinic, performs surgeries and teaches residents.
Dr. Chao and her colleagues at the UW Medicine Eye Institute are researching the use of stem cell therapy for treating degenerative eye diseases. In the next few years, they hope to launch the first human clinical trials of these therapies aimed at treating patients with diseases such as retinitis pigmentosa and macular degeneration
Orcas Medical Foundation (OMF) is the non-profit organization that owns the Orcas Medical Center (OMC) building. OMF is now affiliated with Island Hospital of Anacortes, which manages the practice at OMC.
