Itâ??s not uncommon for co-workers to stumble upon Tim Cordes sitting in the dark.
â??I couldnâ??t function in the dark, but he â??sees,â??” says Dr. Nancy Barklage, who recalls entering a room prior to a UW Health staff meeting, turning on the lights and finding Cordes quietly working on his laptop while waiting for others to arrive. â??Iâ??ve experienced this a number of times now and it still kind of puts you into his reality.â?
Cordes is blind….Heâ??s now a 34-year-old trailblazing physician who is wrapping up the third year of a four-year residency program with UW-Madisonâ??s department of psychiatry.
â??He has overcome challenges that most of us have just never been faced with,â? says Barklage, an associate professor of psychiatry who has supervised Cordesâ?? work at UW Healthâ??s Psychiatric Institute and Clinic the past three years.