Calvin W. Roberts, MD

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November 05, 2024
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Q&A: Exploring music as an aid for people with vision impairment, blindness

Since its launch in 2020, the Lighthouse Guild’s podcast “On Tech and Vision with Dr. Cal Roberts” has highlighted ways in which technology can improve the lives of people who are blind or have low vision.

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October 19, 2024
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VIDEO: Agency launches development of tear-based biomarker measurement system

CHICAGO — In this Healio Video Perspective from the AAO meeting, Calvin Roberts, MD, program manager at the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health, discusses two “moonshot” ophthalmology programs from the organization.

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January 15, 2023
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VIDEO: New understanding emerges in how patients with macular degeneration see

KOLOA, Hawaii — In this Healio Video Perspective from Hawaiian Eye 2023, Calvin W. Roberts, MD, discusses a new understanding in the way patients with macular degeneration see.

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April 15, 2022
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Q&A: Lighthouse Guild opens Technology Center

The Lighthouse Guild has opened its Technology Center in New York City, offering access to the latest assistive devices and technology for people with visual impairments.

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January 07, 2022
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Q&A: Lighthouse Guild working to make assistive technology available for all

Calvin W. Roberts, MD, joined Lighthouse Guild in April 2020 after spending a lengthy career as a practicing ophthalmologist and working with various pharmaceutical companies.

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October 16, 2021
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VIDEO: Technology in development to assist those who are blind, visually impaired

NEW YORK — In this Healio Video Perspective from OSN New York, Calvin W. Roberts, MD, discusses the role Lighthouse Guild is playing in creating a community that develops tools for the blind and visually impaired community.

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February 15, 2020
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VIDEO: Cal Roberts discusses move from Bausch to Lighthouse Guild

ORLANDO — At Cataract Surgery: Telling It Like It Is, Calvin Roberts, MD, discusses his decision to step down from his role as senior vice president and chief medical officer of eye care at Bausch Health Companies to take over as president and CEO of the Lighthouse Guild.

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August 09, 2017
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2 decades of molecular cardiology and genetics

The modern era of the application of molecular biology and recombinant DNA techniques is claimed to be initiated in the early 1970s due to four discoveries.

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June 07, 2017
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Discovery of six new genetic risk variants predisposing to CAD

Much work has been put in to discovering genetic variants predisposing to CAD since the first, 9p21, was discovered in 2007. The CAD phenotype in the original study and subsequent association studies did not differentiate MI and CAD.

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April 07, 2016
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New gene for mitral valve prolapse discovered

Mitral valve prolapse is known to be one of the most common cardiac abnormalities in the general population.