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Judah Folkman, MD

(February 24, 1933 – January 14, 2008)

Past Professor of Ophthalmology

"The Father of Angiogenesis"

BIOGRAPHY As a young navy doctor in 1961, Dr. Judah Folkman noticed that tumors needed blood vessels to grow. Ten years later, Folkman published a controversial theory that is now widely accepted...

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Ephraim Friedman, MD

(January 1, 1930 - June 18, 2011)

President of Massachusetts Eye and Ear, 1983-1990

BIOGRAPHY Dr. Ephraim Friedman, ophthalmologist and past President of Massachusetts Eye and Ear, passed away on June 18, 2011. He was a friend to many within the Harvard Ophthalmology community, a...

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Xiaowu Gai, PhD

Past Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology

Dr. Gai left the department in July 2015 for Children's Hospital Los Angeles. He joined the department in January 2014 as Director of the Mass. Eye and Ear Bioinformatics Center and Associate...

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