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James Chodosh, MD, MPH, the Edith Ives Cogan Professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School, and Demetrios Vavvas, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School, were nominated for the 2020 Barbara J. McNeil Faculty Award for Exceptional Institutional Service to...

Lucia Sobrin, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School and Associate Chief of Clinical Data Science at Mass Eye and Ear, has been recognized by Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB) with the Physician-Scientist Award. This award provides $300,000 in grant funding to...

Ilene K. Gipson, PhD, Professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School and a Senior Scientist at Schepens Eye Research Institute of Mass Eye and Ear, will retire on February 1, after more than 40 years with the department. After earning a bachelor’s degree in biology at Drury University, Dr...

Joseph Arboleda-Velasquez, MD, PhD , Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School (HMS) and Assistant Scientist at Schepens Eye Research Institute of Mass Eye and Ear, is a 2022 recipient of the Edward N. & Della L. Thome Memorial Foundation Awards Program in Alzheimer's Disease...

Ula Jurkunas, MD, Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School, has been elected to the prestigious American Ophthalmological Society for her distinguished contributions to the field, particularly her research in Fuchs' endothelial corneal dystrophy and corneal stem cell...

Several ophthalmology faculty and staff will be honored with Mass General Brigham Pillars in Excellence (PIE) Awards for their contributions to both Mass Eye and Ear and the Mass General Brigham system. As part of this annual, system-wide employee recognition program, members of each organization...

Several Harvard Ophthalmology faculty shared cutting-edge insights on gene and cell therapy at the 2022 World Medical Innovation Forum. Presented by Mass General Brigham, the forum featured speakers from industry, academia, and government who are shaping the future of gene and cell therapies. Five...

Grayson Armstrong, MD, MPH, Instructor in Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School and Director of the Ophthalmology Emergency Service at Mass Eye and Ear, received the Massachusetts Medical Society (MMS) Early Career Physician Leadership Award. Established in 2020, this award is presented annually...

Ivana K. Kim, MD, Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School and Director of the Macular Degeneration Unit and Co-Director of the Ocular Melanoma Center, was selected to present the Paul Henkind Memorial Lecture at the Macula Society 2022 annual meeting in June. This annual award...

Harvard Ophthalmology held its clinical trainee graduation on Thursday, June 16. The outdoor ceremony, held at the Boston Museum of Science, celebrated eight Harvard Ophthalmology residents, the AY2021–2022 Chief Resident, and two optometry residents, as well as 24 clinical fellows from Mass Eye and...