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Three ophthalmology faculty members were honored last month at the 26th annual celebration for the Eleanor and Miles Shore Faculty Development Awards. These fellowship and distinguished scholar awards support the academic success of junior faculty who are balancing early careers with significant...

Efrén González, MD, an Instructor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School, Director of the Retina Program and Director of the Ocular Oncology Service at Boston Children’s Hospital, performed the first plaque brachytherapy for an eye tumor at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center on June 14, 2021...

Harvard Ophthalmology was well represented at this year’s Association for Research and Vision in Ophthalmology (ARVO) annual meeting, held May 1-4 in Denver, Colorado. Faculty and trainees from across the department participated as course instructors, panelists, lecturers, and presenters, with...

Please join us in congratulating James Chodosh, MD, MPH, the Edith Ives Cogan Professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School and Associate Chief of Ophthalmology Education and Associate Director of the Cornea and Refractive Surgery Service at Mass Eye and Ear, who is relocating September 2022...

Zhengping Hu, MD, PhD, and Daisy Shu, PhD, both postdoctoral research fellows at Schepens Eye Research Institute of Mass Eye and Ear, recently received awards from the American Society for Investigative Pathology (ASIP). Dr. Hu was recognized with the Monga-Hans Trainee Scholar Award for Excellence...

In recognition of her career-long commitment to mentoring, Janey L. Wiggs, MD, PhD, the Paul Austin Chandler Professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School, received the 2022 Harvard Ophthalmology Lifetime Achievement in Mentoring Award. An internationally renowned medical geneticist, glaucoma...

Scientists from the Broad Institute of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard have developed a first-of-its-kind cross-tissue cell atlas, and in collaboration with a team of Mass Eye and Ear researchers led by Ayellet V. Segrè, PhD, MSc, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard...

James Chodosh, MD, MPH, the Edith Ives Cogan Professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School (HMS), received this year’s Simmons Lessell Excellence in Education Award. Presented during our clinical graduation ceremony on June 16, 2022, the award recognizes faculty who have made—and continue to...

Cris Jacoba, MD, and Konstantina Sampani, MD, both fellows at the Beetham Eye Institute at Joslin Diabetes Center, placed first and second, respectively, in the New England Ophthalmological Society annual Hecht poster contest for residents and fellows.Dr. Jacoba was awarded first prize for his...

Three talented vitreoretinal surgery fellows at Mass Eye and Ear were recognized with the following awards and fellowships. The 2022 retina awards and fellowships will be announced in October. Madden Fellowship in RetinaCassie Ludwig, MD, is the recipient of the 2021 Thomas J. Madden Fellowship in...