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The COVID-19 pandemic has left our world feeling fractured, and limitations on our ability to gather with family and friends have made facing the hardships of the past year all the more challenging. Nevertheless, we have persevered thanks in great part to the communities and relationships we have...

The party included steaks, burgers, corn and lively discussion. Omar is moving onto greener pastures in Albany to start his Anesthesia Residency; he will be severely missed. [All pertinent CDC guidelines were adhered to throughout this event].

Last week, Harvard Otolaryngology Chief Resident Alessandra Colaianni, MD, published a perspective essay in the New England Journal of Medicine. This piece, titled Fun, shares Dr. Colaianni’s experience in the operating room throughout her years of training. She explores a question — and answer —...

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Go here to read more on the implications of the limited use of pigmented skin pictures for dermatological disease teaching in medical school, with a contribution from SNMA member LaShyra Nolen.

Aliya Feroe recalls the flustered OB-GYN who referred her to another physician after learning she identified as queer. For Rhi Ledgerwood, who was designated female at birth, identifies as trans and doesn’t have sex with men, it was a doctor advising about condoms and pregnancy prevention. For Tim...

Massachusetts Eye and Ear and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH)—affiliates of Harvard Ophthalmology and members of Mass General Brigham—today announced progress towards the testing and development of an experimental vaccine called AAVCOVID, a novel gene-based vaccine candidate against SARS-CoV2...

Nine out of 22 Heed Fellowships for AY2020-21 were awarded to current and incoming Harvard Ophthalmology trainees. This postgraduate fellowship is one of the most prestigious honors for ophthalmology trainees who are pursuing academic careers in ophthalmic patient care, education, and research...

Ocular Technologies, co-founded by Chief Resident Grayson Armstrong, MD, MPH, and MIT students Brett Sternfield and Zona Liu, has won the MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition for its development of a universal slit lamp protection shield. The protection shields have been deployed throughout Mass...