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BOSTON (May 20, 2014) –Two prominent faculty members of the Harvard Medical School Department of Ophthalmology and Massachusetts Eye and Ear/Schepens Eye Research Institute were selected by the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) to receive prestigious 2015 ARVO Achievement...

Findings described online in JAMA Ophthalmology Contact: Mary Leach617-573-4170BOSTON (July 21, 2014) -- Cystoid macular edema (CME) is a common complication of retinitis pigmentosa (RP), a family of retinal diseases in which patients typically lose night and side vision first and then develop...

Comprehensive attitudinal survey on eye health shows differences among groups; underscores critical need for funding research Contact: Mary LeachBOSTON, MASS. (Sept. 22, 2014) -- Many Americans across racial and ethnic groups describe losing eyesight as potentially having the greatest impact on...

On Thursday and Friday, the Atlantic Coast Retina Club featured interesting case studies presented by residents, fellows and invited course faculty. On Saturday, the Macula 2015 Conference featured an elite group of retina specialists from around the country focusing on the latest developments in...

Mass. Eye and Ear's Boston KPro was credited as the most widely used artificial cornea in an article from Ophthalmology Times on the use of bioengineered corneas. September 1, 2015 Ophthalmology Times

David Sullivan and his family were featured in a Review of Optometry editorial for their "vision and dedication in unravelling the mysteries of dry eye disease." September 14, 2015 Optometric Physician

Lois E. H. Smith ( Boston Children's Hospital) received the 2015 Heed-Gutman Award from the Society of Heed Fellows at the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) Annual Meeting on Saturday, November 14, 2015. The prestigious Heed-Gutman Award is given annually to a former Heed Fellow from the...

Contact: Suzanne Day suzanne_day@meei.harvard.edu617-573-3897 BOSTON – Magali Saint-Geniez, PhD , has been awarded a Dolly Green Special Scholar Award from Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB) in the amount of $25,000 over two years for her project, "Roles of metabolism, oxidative stress and PGC-1...

The NIH K12 EY016335 Grant, which funds the Harvard Vision Clinical Scientist Development Program, led by Reza Dana, MD, MSc, MPH, has been renewed for funding by the NIH for an additional four years. The program awards career development grants that provide exceptional junior clinician scientists...

Mass. Eye and Ear researchers describe the role of endomucin, a molecule that – under healthy circumstances – resists the adhesion of white blood cells as they move through the circulatory system. These findings suggest that promoting the expression of endomucin (displayed in red in image) may...