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Congratulations to the Harvard Ophthalmology faculty and alumni who are receiving America Academy Ophthalmology awards for their outstanding contributions to ophthalmology through vision research, education, and service. Laureate Recognition Award The Laureate Recognition Award, the Academy’s single...

A diverse and distinguished group of clinicians and researchers from around the world enjoyed a stimulating two days of active discussion at the first international AMD symposium hosted by the Harvard Ophthalmology. The symposium, which also included leaders from related disciplines outside...

At the fourth Biennial International Symposium on AMD, held October 21-22, 2016 in Boston, more than 200 clinicians, researchers, trainees, and industry representatives discussed current AMD topics and the challenges that lay ahead. One of the central themes of this year’s symposium was the need for...

The second Biennial International Symposium on Ocular Regeneration brought together leaders in the fields of ophthalmology, genetics, stem cell biology, neuroregeneration, and neuroremodeling who aim to accelerate cures for blinding diseases. The event, held October 20, 2016 in Boston, MA, drew...

The Echo Lab was represented by Jelliffe Jeganathan as he presented his research project titiled, "Use of Three-Dimensional Printing to Create Patient-Specific Thoracic Spine Models as Task Trainers" at the 15th Annual Pain Medicine Meeting of the American Society of Regional Anesthesiology on...

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A phase I/II clinical trial at Massachusetts Eye and Ear found that some patients taking high doses of atorvastatin (cholesterol-lowering medication) had complete resolution of lipid deposits in the dry form of age-related macular degeneration (AMD). AMD is the leading cause of blindness in the...

Joan W. Miller, MD, Henry Willard Williams Professor of Ophthalmology and Chair of the Department of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School (HMS), was appointed Treasurer of The Macula Society as of February 27, 2016. Dr. Miller is an internationally recognized expert on retinal disorders...

In a study comparing imaging techniques used in an ocular telehealth program, Paolo Silva, MD, Lloyd Paul Aiello, MD, PhD, and colleagues at the Joslin Diabetes Center’s Beetham Eye Institute found that standard field nonmydriatic fundus photography and nonmydriatic ultrawide field imaging similarly...

Researchers at Massachusetts Eye and Ear/Harvard Medical School have identified inflammatory factors that contribute to optic nerve damage following keratoprosthesis (KPro) implantation in a mouse model. They have also shown that blocking one of the factors, TNFa, leads to a significant decrease in...