Science on Tap

Where: 
Jack Quinn's Irish Pub, Colorado Springs
Mon, 12/10/2012 - 6:30pm - 8:00pm

George Ulrigh, M.D. will be presenting Vision and Vision Loss: Understanding the Process of Aging.

Excerpt from Science on Tap website:
How in the world do we see? The eye is an organ consisting of: a focusing apparatus; a transducer that converts light energy to electrical energy; and a complex of wires that connect the eye to the brain in different ways. This talk will concisely present how it all works and what goes wrong in aging (eyelid problems, cataracts, macular degeneration, glaucoma). We will discuss ways to address these problems to help retain vision throughout life. Aging changes in the visual system are a good paradigm for understanding the aging process in general. This gives us an opportunity to speculate on how aging itself might be modified.

Dr. George Ulrich is a medical doctor who specializes in diseases and surgery of the eye. He grew up in Colorado Springs, completed medical school at the University of Colorado and specialty training in ophthalmology at the Naval Medical Center in San Diego. He served as a physician in the Navy for 20 years, retired as a Navy Captain and returned here in 2010. Dr Ulrich has expertise in aging of the eye including cataracts, glaucoma and macular degeneration. He evaluates patients and routinely performs eye surgery and laser procedures. He likes to play guitar and is active in our community serving on the board of Home Front Cares

Science on Tap is sponsored by the Colorado Springs Science Center Project (CSSCP) as a community outreach program designed to gather audiences in a fun and casual environment to learn from local scientists about contemporary science topics.

BSCS Executive Director Janet Carlson is a founding director of CSSCP, a collaborative, community-engaged initiative to build a science and technology center in Colorado Springs that stimulates and inspires the inquisitive mind.

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