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Welcome Letter

Dear Colleagues: The accelerated pace of molecular discoveries during the past two decades, coupled with an evolving “precision medicine” model in healthcare, are fueling an increase in the number of people who undergo genetic testing. In Ophthalmology, genetic testing is still in its early stages...

General Guidelines for Genetic Testing

Offer genetic testing to patients whose clinical findings suggest a Mendelian disorder with a known gene mutation. If you are unfamiliar with the specific testing required, encourage the involvement of a board-certified medical geneticist, genetic counselor, or both for all genetic tests. This will...

The Gift of Experience: Mentoring at Every Level

Providing a world-class education for the future leaders of Ophthalmology is one of our department’s top priorities, and our mentoring program is a critical part of this mission. Many of you may know that we offer an array of clinical, research, and teaching opportunities to nurture and challenge...

Managing Bacterial Keratitis

Approximately 25,000 to 30,000 Americans develop bacterial keratitis each year, and 24 percent of these patients will develop vision-threatening complications. Risk factors include wearing contact lenses, a weakened immune system, eye trauma/injury, and problems with eye tearing. Symptoms Symptoms...

About the Infectious Disease Institute

Diagnosing infections in minutes to hours – that is the goal of the Infectious Disease Institute. Directed by Michael Gilmore, PhD, and Associate Directors James Chodosh, MD, MPH, and Marlene Durand, MD, the Infectious Disease Institute (IDI) was established in 2014 to improve the diagnosis and...

Priya Gupta Awarded RPB Medical Student Eye Research Fellowship

Boston, Mass. — The Department of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School has been granted a $30,000 Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB) Medical Student Research Fellowship in support of Priya Gupta. This award will allow Gupta to spend one year studying inherited retinal degenerations (IRDs), a...

Dr. Reza Dana to Receive 2016 Endre A. Balazs Prize

Reza Dana, MD, MSc, MPH, Claes H. Dohlman Professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School, will receive the 2016 Endre A. Balazs Prize and present a Plenary Lecture at the XXII Biennial Meeting of International Society for Eye Research (ISER). The event will take place in Tokyo, Japan, on...

Researchers find proliferating cells in normal and diseased corneal endothelium

Findings published in the American Journal of Pathology offer new directions for treatment of patients with Fuchs’ Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy (FECD) Boston, Mass. — Researchers from Massachusetts Eye and Ear have, for the first time, identified rapidly proliferating cells (known as “neural crest...