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BOSTON – (July 15, 2016) – Jennifer K. Sun, MD, MPH, Investigator in the Section on Vascular Biology at Joslin Diabetes Center, an Ophthalmologist in Beetham Eye Institute (BEI) at Joslin Diabetes Center, and Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School, has been granted an Physician-Scientist...

Faculty Awards Joseph Arboleda-Velasquez, MD, PhD, and co-PI, Leo Kim, MD, PhD, received a Department of Defense grant in the amount of $1,499,592 over three years, for their project, "Testing the Preclinical Efficacy of Therapies for Proliferative Vitreoretinopathy." They are collaborating on this...

Elizabeth Rossin, MD, PhD, a second-year ophthalmology resident at Harvard Medical School, was selected to receive the inaugural Gragoudas-Folkman Award, which provides up to $20,000 each year to support a resident research project. Anthony Adamis, MD, a Mass. Eye and Ear alumnus and Global Head of...

Lotfi Merabet, OD, PhD, MPH, optometrist and scientist, was a featured speaker at the Dec. 6 Challenges Workshop at MIT. Hosted by the Andrea Bocelli Foundation (ABF), the day-long event highlighted cutting-edge research that can produce innovative solutions to help visually impaired people increase...

BOSTON (May 20, 2014) –Two prominent faculty members of the Harvard Medical School Department of Ophthalmology and Massachusetts Eye and Ear/Schepens Eye Research Institute were selected by the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) to receive prestigious 2015 ARVO Achievement...

Findings described online in JAMA Ophthalmology Contact: Mary Leach617-573-4170BOSTON (July 21, 2014) -- Cystoid macular edema (CME) is a common complication of retinitis pigmentosa (RP), a family of retinal diseases in which patients typically lose night and side vision first and then develop...

Comprehensive attitudinal survey on eye health shows differences among groups; underscores critical need for funding research Contact: Mary LeachBOSTON, MASS. (Sept. 22, 2014) -- Many Americans across racial and ethnic groups describe losing eyesight as potentially having the greatest impact on...

On Thursday and Friday, the Atlantic Coast Retina Club featured interesting case studies presented by residents, fellows and invited course faculty. On Saturday, the Macula 2015 Conference featured an elite group of retina specialists from around the country focusing on the latest developments in...

Mass. Eye and Ear's Boston KPro was credited as the most widely used artificial cornea in an article from Ophthalmology Times on the use of bioengineered corneas. September 1, 2015 Ophthalmology Times

David Sullivan and his family were featured in a Review of Optometry editorial for their "vision and dedication in unravelling the mysteries of dry eye disease." September 14, 2015 Optometric Physician