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It is with heartfelt sadness that we announce that Frederick A. Jakobiec, MD, DSc, passed away peacefully at the age of 78 on November 14, 2020. An international leader in eye pathology and the former Chair of Harvard Ophthalmology and Chief of Mass Eye and Ear Department of Ophthalmology, Dr...

David M. Wu, MD, PhD, the Joan Whitten Miller Retina Scholar at Mass Eye and Ear and Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School, is a 2021 recipient of the Edward N. & Della L. Thome Memorial Foundation Awards Program in Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) Research. The two...

Patricia D'Amore, PhD, MBA, the Charles L. Schepens Professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School and Vice Chair of Basic and Translational Research at Harvard Ophthalmology, has been awarded the 2020 Earl P. Benditt Award from the North American Vascular Biology Organization (NAVBO) in...

In two companion studies— “The Effect of Botulinum Toxin Augmentation on Strabismus Surgery for Large-Angle Infantile Esotropia” and “Long-term Surgical Outcomes for Large-angle Infantile Esotropia”—just published in the American Journal of Ophthalmology, Boston Children’s Hospital (BCH)...

On November 2, the 20th Annual Boston Angiogenesis Meeting (BAM) event attracted more than 100 faculty members and trainees from several Boston-area institutions to present, discuss, and network around their common interests in angiogenesis. Keynote speaker Nathan Lawson, PhD, a professor in the...

On September 2018, a Harvard Ophthalmology delegation traveled to China to meet with PriMed, Peking University Medical Hospital, and the Center of International Cooperation & Communication of Peking University Health Science Center. The meeting focused on discussing and building future...

Congratulations to Lucia Sobrin, MD, MPH, director of the Morse Laser Center at Mass. Eye and Ear, on receiving the inaugural Harvard Ophthalmology Excellence in Mentoring Award. The Harvard Ophthalmology Mentoring program was created in 2014 to help direct and support junior faculty members and...

Jeremy Wolfe, PhD—Professor of both Ophthalmology and Radiology at Harvard Medical School, and Director of the Visual Attention Lab at Brigham and Women's Hospital—has been elected as a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Dr. Wolfe will be inducted as part of the 2019 class at a...

Harvard Ophthalmology hosted its Annual Meeting and Alumni Reunion on June 7-8. The CME-accredited event featured faculty and alumni lectures, award presentations, a poster contest and networking opportunities. The event was co-chaired by faculty members Joseph B. Ciolino, MD; Gena Heidary, MD, PhD...

Claes H. Dohlman, MD, PhD, Professor of Ophthalmology, Emeritus and former Chair of Harvard Ophthalmology (1974-1989) was awarded an honorary doctorate from the Université de Montréal for his pioneering work in ophthalmology. University President Guy Breton presented the award to Dr. Dohlman at the...