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Regenerating the optic nerve was long considered impossible. But over the last 20 years, advances in the field have instilled confidence in many researchers—including Larry Benowitz, PhD , Professor of Ophthalmology and Neurosurgery at Harvard Medical School—that regenerating the optic nerve is not...

Rani N. Al Karmi, MD, FRCS(c), M.Ed , a research and clinical fellow in Cornea and External Disease at Mass. Eye and Ear, was selected as the 2017 Alcon Research Scholar. This award provides support to a trainee to allow them to work on a translational research project with a senior clinician...

Massachusetts Grand Officers of the Knights Templar Eye Foundation came to Boston Children’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School to present two checks for their $65,000 Pediatric Ophthalmology Career-Starter Research Grant. One went to Alessandro Di Gioia, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the...

On March 29, 2017, the Boston Children’s Hospital Ophthalmology Department became the first pediatric institution in the world to have the Macular Integrity Assessment (MAIA) scotopic microperimeter, an advanced ophthalmology diagnostic imager. According to its manufacturer (CenterVue, Padova, Italy...

We are pleased to announce that the Mass. Eye and Ear/Mass General Department of Ophthalmology was once again ranked among the best in the nation, earning the #4 national ranking (and #1 in New England) it has maintained for the past 28 years by U.S. News & World Report , in the 2017-2018 “Best...

The New England Ophthalmological Society (NEOS) —the second-oldest American medical specialty society in continuous existence—offers its 700+ members thoughtful and stimulating educational programs five times each year. The educational mission of NEOS resonates at every meeting, and members can...

Findings may lead to earlier diagnoses and better prognostic information for patients — and, potentially, new pharmaceutical targets for AMD treatment. Boston, Mass. — Patients with any stage of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) carry signs of the disease in their blood that may be found...

Frederick Jakobiec, MD, DSc , has received the Merrill Reeh prize from the American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (ASOPRS). This award is given to an individual who has written the most important eye pathology paper on the subject of oculoplastics during the preceding...

As part of the Alliance for Eye and Vision Research (AEVR) Emerging Vision Scientists Program, Neena Haider, PhD , and Hajirah Saeed, MD , met with Congress members and their legislators on September 13-14, 2017, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC to advocate for vision research. The focus of this...

Congratulations to our Chief Resident and senior residents, who have matched with outstanding fellowship programs: Jonathan Chou, MD , Glaucoma Fellow, Stanford University Isaiah Giese, MD , ASOPRS Fellow in Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (Dr. Stuart Seiff, Preceptor), CPMC/University...