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Tomasz Stryjewski, MD

Dr. Stryjewski served as the AY 2017-2018 Chief Resident and Director of the Ocular Trauma Service.

Sarah Melissa P. Jacobo, PhD

Former Instructor in Ophthalmology

Sarah Jacobo is a former Instructor in Ophthalmology. She left the Department in September 2016.

Shigeru Kinoshita, MD, PhD

Distinguished Alumnus, Schepens Eye Research Institute

  • Innovator and Pioneer in the Biology and Reconstruction of the Ocular Surface
  • Builder of Academic and Research Programs
  • Mentor and Exceptional Citizen of the Cornea and Ophthalmic Community

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Maggie B. Hymowitz, MD

Former Instructor in Ophthalmology, Part-time

Former Instructor in Ophthalmology, Part-time

Endre A. Balazs, MD

(January 10, 1920 – August 29, 2015)

Pioneer in Viscoelastic Therapeutics

Leader in Hyaluronan and Vitreous Research

BIOGRAPHY  Endre A. Balazs, MD, was a world leader in ophthalmic biochemistry and also a developer of products that have become extremely important and widely used in eye surgery.  Among many...

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Lloyd M. Aiello, MD

Past Professor of Ophthalmology, Part-time

A retired Harvard Medical School Professor of Ophthalmology, Part-time, and former Founding Director of Beetham Eye Institute, the late Dr. Aiello was a pioneer in the treatment of diabetic...

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Katherine Talcott, MD

2015-2016 Chief Resident

Dr. Katherine Talcott served as the AY 2015-2016 Chief Resident and Director of the Ocular Trauma Service.

J. Wayne Streilein, MD

(June 19, 1935 - March 15, 2004)

President of Schepens Eye Research Institute, 1995 - 2004

"The Father of Modern Ocular Immunology"

BIOGRAPHY  Dr. Streilein, a noted immunologist, shaped a renewed research mission that brought the entire spectrum of the biological sciences to bear on vision research. He served as the Charles L...

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Eliot L. Berson, MD

(May 9, 1937 - March 19, 2017)

Former William F. Chatlos Professor of Ophthalmology (1968-2017)

A seminal figure in the field of inherited retinal diseases, Eliot L. Berson, MD, was the William F. Chatlos Professor of Ophthalmology, and a member of the Department and the Mass. Eye and Ear...

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Paul A. Chandler, MD

(November 19, 1896 - March 15, 1987)

Noted Glaucoma Specialist

BIOGRAPHY Paul A. Chandler was the beloved mentor of generations of ophthalmologists interested in glaucoma. He completed his medical training and residency in ophthalmology at Harvard Medical...

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David G. Cogan, MD

(February 14, 1908 - September 9, 1993)

Chair of the Department of Ophthalmology, 1955-1973

BIOGRAPHY Dr. Cogan was born on February 14, 1908, in Fall River, Massachusetts. He received his BA from Dartmouth, his MD from Harvard Medical School, and completed an ophthalmology residency at...

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Henry Willard Williams, AM, MD

(December 11, 1821 - June 13, 1895)

First Chair of the HMS Department of Ophthalmology, 1871-1891

BIOGRAPHY  Henry Willard Williams was born December 11, 1821 in Boston, Massachusetts to Willard and Elizabeth Osgood Williams, and attended both the Boston Latin School and Salem Latin School. He...

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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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Charles L. Schepens, MD

(March 13, 1912 – March 28, 2006)

Past Professor of Ophthalmology

"The Father of Modern Retinal Surgery"

BIOGRAPHY Charles L. Schepens was born in Belgium in 1912, and originally studied mathematics at university before turning his interests to medicine. He received his medical degree in 1935 from the...

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Ambika S. Hoguet, MD

Former Instructor in Ophthalmology

Dr. Hoguet left the Department in February 2018.