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David G. Hunter, MD, PhD, Professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School, was recognized with the Robert P. Masland, Jr. Teaching Award at the Harvard Medical School Daniel D. Federman Teaching Celebration. Awardees are nominated by medical students. His nominator shared that “Dr. Hunter...

Congratulations to Menglu Yang, MD, PhD, Instructor in Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School, and Anton Lennikov, MD, PhD, a research fellow in the laboratory of Dong Feng Chen, PhD, on winning the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) 2022 Scientific Image Contest. Their...

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...

Congratulations to the following Harvard Ophthalmology faculty and alumni who were each recognized as one of "Boston's Top Doctors 2023" by Boston magazine. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Mark C. Kuperwaser, MD Boston Children's Hospital Linda R. Dagi, MD Gena Heidary, MD, PhD David G. Hunter...

A key foundation partner to Harvard Ophthalmology, the Massachusetts Lions Eye Research Fund (MLERF) has selected several faculty to receive research awards. For academic year 2021-22, MLERF will provide $420,000 in funding to support innovative research projects across our affiliates. Beetham Eye...

Effective July 1, 2021, Demetrios Vavvas, MD, PhD, will serve as the next incumbent of the Solman and Libe Friedman Professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School. This professorship was created in 2011 to honor the parents of Ephraim Friedman, MD, a former retina specialist and researcher in...

Russell L. Woods, PhD, Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School and Associate Scientist at Schepens Eye Research Institute of Mass Eye and Ear, is the 2021 recipient of the Low Vision Research Award from Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB) and the Lions Clubs International...

Ines Lains, MD, PhD, a PGY-4 ophthalmology resident, received the Metabolomics Society Best Presentation Award for her top-scoring oral abstract, “Plasma metabolomic profiles of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) progression." This work contributes to our understanding of AMD progression and may...

Three Boston Children's Hospital ophthalmology research trainees were recognized for their research and teaching by the hospital's Ophthalmology Basic Research Group at its annual Seminar event. Yohei Tomita, MD, PhD, a research fellow, was recognized with the 2020-2021 Best Teaching Award and is...