Harvard Medical School Instructor in OphthalmologyInvestigator Mass. Eye and Ear Medical Director of the Ophthalmology Consult Service Profiles Harvard Catalyst Profile
Dr. Yifan Lu graduated summa cum laude from the University of Washington with her BS in Biochemistry. As an undergraduate, she studied drug resistance in P. falciparum strains in Asia and won the Distinguished Research in Chemistry Award. She went on to earn her MD from Harvard Medical School (HMS)...
Dr. Bertan Cakir was born and raised in Gelsenkirchen, Germany located in the western part of the country. He earned his medical degree from the University of Lübeck, Germany and started his ophthalmology residency training at the University of Freiburg. In his second year of residency he was...
AMD is the leading cause of vision loss in developed countries, and accounts for 8.7% of visual impairment worldwide. AMD is caused by a combination of genetic and environmental factors with age being the greatest risk factor. In the United States, AMD affects 7 percent of people age 60-69 and 35...
Claes H. Dohlman, MD, PhD Born in 1922 in Sweden, Claes Henrik Dohlman, MD, PhD stands as one of the most highly honored ophthalmologists in the world. Recognized as the founder of modern corneal science, he has produced work that is now considered “classic” literature on understanding corneal...