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Ula V. Jurkunas, MD, Lucia Sobrin, MD, MPH, and Demetrios Vavvas, MD, PhD, all Associate Professors of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School, have joined the editorial board of Ophthalmology Science, the fourth major journal published by the American Academy of Ophthalmology. The online, open...

Congratulations to the following Harvard Ophthalmology faculty and alumni who were each recognized as one of "Boston's Top Doctors 2021" by Boston magazine. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Mark C. Kuperwaser, MD Boston Children's Hospital Linda R. Dagi, MD David G. Hunter, MD, PhD Melanie A...

Eli Peli, MSc, OD, will receive the ARVO Foundation for Eye Research 2020 Oberdorfer Award in Low Vision for his contributions to the field. As part of his award, Eli will present at the ARVO 2020 Annual Meeting in Baltimore.

This year's Iraty Award for Research in Retinal Diseases honors Petr Baranov, PhD, a scientist at Schepens Eye Research Institute of Mass. Eye and Ear and Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School. The award, which includes a $100,000 prize, was established by an anonymous donor...

The blinq™ vision scanner, a diagnostic tool for amblyopia that was created by Boston Children's Hospital Ophthalmologist-in-Chief David G. Hunter, MD, PhD, received an Honorable Mention in Fast Company's 2020 World Changing Ideas Awards competition. Performing a 2-second blinq™ vision scan during...

For the second consecutive year, Ankoor S. Shah, MD, PhD, received the Faculty Innovated Research Award from Boston Children's Hospital. This year, the award recognizes his work developing evidence-based guidelines for the utility of ophthalmic consultation in patients with non-accidental trauma.

On behalf of the graduating Harvard Medical School Class of 2020, David G. Hunter, MD, PhD, Ophthalmologist-in-Chief at Boston Children's Hospital, was recognized with the Excellence in Clinical Instruction Award.

Alice Lorch, MD, MPH, Director of Ophthalmology Residency Training Program at Harvard Medical School (HMS), has been honored with the Anne Klibanski Visiting Scholars Award. This award–given through The Mass General Center for Faculty Development–provides an opportunity for her to serve as “virtual”...

Lloyd P. Aiello, MD, PhD, has been named the 2020 recipient of the prestigious Friedenwald Award from the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO). The Friedenwald Award was established in 1957 as a memorial to Dr. Jonas S. Friedenwald, a distinguished researcher whose...

An image of a developing mouse brain captured by Mary C. Whitman, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School, and Jessica Bell, a research assistant in the Elizabeth Engle Laboratory at Boston Children's Hospital, was one of the winning entries of the Harvard Brain...