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Benchmark Protocols for Managing Eye Trauma

Epidemiology The annual incidence of open-globe injuries worldwide is estimated to be 203,000 cases. Overall, males comprise approximately 80 percent of open-globe injuries. Males age 10 to 30 are at greatest risk. The chance of blunt globe rupture also increases after some types of ocular surgical...

Schepens pioneer dies at age 95

Endre A. Balazs, a pioneer in viscoelastic therapeutics and a leader in hyaluronan and vitreous research, passed away on August 29th at the age of 95. Dr. Balazs had a central role in establishing what is now Schepens Eye Research Institute, and was awarded the Institute's Distinguished Alumnus...

Eye Insights Issue 3: The Boston KPro

The September 2015 issue of Eye Insights™, a clinical advisory newsletter published by Massachusetts Eye and Ear and Massachusetts General Hospital, is now available. This issue focuses on the Boston KPro, specifically on how to manage complications associated with implantation, postoperative...

Evangelos Gragoudas, MD, Presents Gass Lecture

Evangelos Gragoudas, MD, presented the J. Donald M. Gass lecture at the Retina Society Annual Meeting in Paris, France on October 8, 2015. A pioneer and a world authority on the diagnosis and management of intraocular tumors and retinal disease, Dr. Gragoudas and colleagues developed the use of...

Joan W. Miller, MD, FARVO Elected to the National Academy of Medicine

BOSTON (October 19, 2015) -- Joan Whitten Miller, MD, Henry Willard Williams Professor of Ophthalmology and Chair of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School, and Chief of Ophthalmology at Massachusetts Eye and Ear and Massachusetts General Hospital, has been elected to membership in the prestigious...

Clifford Kim Receives RPB Award

Clifford Kim received the RPB Medical Student Fellowship in the amount of $30,000 over one year. This award allows gifted medical students to devote time to the pursuit of a research project. Further Reading: Mass. Eye and Ear Press Release

Mass. Eye and Ear in Boston Magazine

Mass. Eye and Ear was included in Boston Magazine's "Boston Hospitals with N iche Specialties," as the only hospital with a 24/7 eye emergency room in New England. See the full article in Boston Magazine.