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It is with heavy hearts that we announce that alumna Alice McPherson, MD, passed away peacefully at the age of 97 on January 16, 2023. A Professor of Ophthalmology at Baylor College of Medicine, Dr. McPherson was the first full-time woman vitreoretinal surgeon in the world and a towering figure in...

Zhengping (Ping) Hu, MD, PhD, a postdoctoral research fellow at Schepens Eye Research Institute of Mass Eye and Ear, was recognized with a Young Investigator Outstanding Research Award at the Pathobiology for Investigators, Students, and Academicians 2022 Young Investigator Virtual Meeting...

David S. Friedman, MD, PhD, MPH, Professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School and John B. Miller, MD, Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School, were recently recognized with Excellence in Mentoring Awards from the Center for Faculty Development Mass General Hospital...

A cohort of investigators from the Department of OHNS travelled to Orlando, FL, for the 46th annual Mid-Winter Meeting of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology (ARO). ARO is the largest organization of hearing, speech and balance researchers in the world. Principle investigators, trainees...

Gena Heidary, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School, has been selected for the Kern Faculty Fellowship for Leading Change for Humanistic Healthcare. The Fellowship, co-sponsored by the Department of Pediatrics at Boston Children’s Hospital and the Kern Institute for...

NeurologyToday An artificial intelligence program called DystoniaBoTXNet identified regions of the brain that served as a biomarker of treatment efficacy and distinguished which patients would benefit from botulinum toxin injections. Read the full article here

On behalf of Boston Postdoctoral Association, the Harvard Medical Postdoc Association (HMPA) would like to share the following event. What? Free pizza, samples, and great deals on molecular biology products for you and your lab. When? Friday; February, 10th; from 11:30am - 1:30pm. Where? Fenway Room...

The Atlantic Coast Retina Club (ACRC) Meeting and Macula 2023 returned to Boston last week for three days of events at Mass Eye and Ear and the Seaport Hotel. More than 300 people attended from across the country. The ACRC Meeting February 2-3 featured a half-day of mystery case studies presented by...

Doctor's at Boston Children's Hospital are now prescribing a virtual reality device to treat children with amblyopia. Th e device, available to just a handful of U.S. pediatric practices, allows children to watch videos as a means of receiving treatment. This treatment option can be used in selected...

Jennifer K. Sun, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, has been selected to participate in the Association for University Professors in Ophthalmology (AUPO) Academic Leadership Development Program. This program, established in 2020, is designed to enhance the professional development of...