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On June 13, Harvard Ophthalmology hosted a successful reimagined Annual and Alumni Virtual Meeting with nearly 300 faculty and alumni attendees. With a central theme of I nnovation and Adaptation During COVID-19 and Beyond, the event focused on the department's creative response to the pandemic and...

Professor of Ophthalmology Thaddeus Dryja, MD, received this year's Simmons Lessell Excellence in Education Award Presented during our clinical graduation ceremony on June 18, the award recognizes faculty who have made—and continue to make—sustained and profound contributions to education—just like...

Recent research suggested that COVID-19 may lead to changes to the retina such as OCT reflective lesions of inner retina. However, a new editorial authored by a team of retina specialists, including Harvard Ophthalmology faculty Demetrios G. Vavvas, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Ophthalmology...

Mohammad "Mo" Dahrouj, MD, PhD, a second-year clinical vitreoretinal fellow at Mass. Eye and Ear, has been awarded the 2020 Retina Patient Care Award. The award is presented to a clinical fellow who demonstrates a superior commitment to caring for patients during the course of the year. Not awarded...

Clockwise from the top left: 1) Dr. Lloyd Paul Aiello, Director of the Beetham Eye Institute; Robert Haskell, Past-President, Massachusetts Lions Eye Research Fund; and Jeanne Farrow, President, Massachusetts Lions Eye Research Fund 2) Dr. David G. Hunter, Ophthalmologist-in-Chief, Boston Children’s...

How many ways can the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which is the cause of our current COVID-19 pandemic, interact with our cells and tissues? At the NCFG in the Department of Surgery at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, we have recently discovered that the spike glycoprotein...