Keck Medicine of USC Blog | Patient Stories
September 21, 2021
When Blindness Attacks: How Research and Cutting-Edge Clinical Techniques Saved a Woman’s Sight
Vanessa Ho was just beginning her Saturday morning when she suddenly felt intense pain and blurry vision in her r...
January 27, 2021
The Corneal Correction: How a Specialty Scleral Lens Restored a Patient’s Sight
Three years ago, an outside clinic diagnosed Maria Contreras with keratoconus, a degenerative eye disease that ca...
February 21, 2020
It Started as a Headache. 28 Days Later, She Was Finally Able To Leave the ICU
In the summer of 2016, Laura Priest’s busy life came to a halt, when a ruptured brain aneurysm landed her in th...
September 21, 2021
When Blindness Attacks: How Research and Cutting-Edge Clinical Techniques Saved a Woman’s Sight
January 27, 2021
The Corneal Correction: How a Specialty Scleral Lens Restored a Patient’s Sight
February 21, 2020
It Started as a Headache. 28 Days Later, She Was Finally Able To Leave the ICU
January 20, 2020
The Ability to Blink: How Oculoplastics Saved a Burn Victim’s Eyelids
When Joe Cruz had a car accident in Northern California, burn marks left his face so devastated that he lost the ...
January 20, 2020
From Silhouettes to Sight: How a Keratoprosthesis Corrected One Patient’s Lifelong Struggle with Vision
Ever since Roslymn Caldwell was born, she had eye conditions. What began as a lazy eye in childhood advanced to k...
December 20, 2019
Under Pressure: How Minimally Invasive Glaucoma Surgery Saved a Promising, Young Student’s Eyesight
In March 2019, Namita Sarraf’s life changed. She began suffering episodes of redness, pain, and light sensitivi...
December 18, 2018
Research Helped Him Find the Right Fit
When you’re told that you need surgery, there’s a lot to think about: How to take the time you will need to r...
March 5, 2018
Emmy-Nominated Filmmaker Faces Loss of His Voice 20 Years After Beating Cancer
Bill Brummel underwent a laryngectomy because of the irreversible effects of cancer-combatting radiation, but the...
August 23, 2017
He Thought His Headache Was No Big Deal. It Turned Out To Be a Giant Brain Aneurysm
When Marco Mejia stepped out of a movie theater one night with an excruciating headache, he didn’t know it woul...
January 26, 2017
Acoustic Neuroma Diagnosis Leads to an Unexpected Career Path
When Dawn Fishback was diagnosed with a brain tumor in 1990, she never realized it would lead her to finding her ...
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