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The Lions VisionGift eye bank has been instrumental in supporting Mass. Eye and Ear’s educational initiatives. In the past two years, the nonprofit has donated more than $50,000 in practice tissue for Harvard Ophthalmology residents and Mass. Eye and Ear fellows. This generous gift has helped...

New research by Larry Benowitz, PhD, and colleagues shows how zinc regulates the survival of retinal ganglion cells, and by binding it (zinc chelation), can help the optic nerve to regenerate. Their findings, published in PNAS (January, 2017), could potentially lead to therapies that help patients...

Congratulations to our Chief Resident and senior residents, who have matched with outstanding fellowship programs: Durga Borkar, MD, Vitreoretinal Fellow, Wills Eye Hospital Eric Gaier, MD, PhD, Neuro-Ophthalmology Fellow, Mass. Eye and Ear/HMS Chief Resident Seanna Grob, MD, MAS, ASOPRS Ophthalmic...

David Wu, MD, PhD , was selected for the Mass. Eye and Ear 2017 Eleanor and Miles Shore 50 th Anniversary Fellowship Program for Scholars in Medicine. Established in 1995, this program seeks to support the academic success of junior faculty when demands for one’s time and attention are high by...

Kip Connor, PhD, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School (HMS), was selected for a 2017 Young Mentor Award, which recognizes faculty who are in the early stages of their careers, and are dedicated mentors and educators. This award is one of three Excellence in Mentoring awards...

David A. Sullivan, PhD, was invited to participate on a panel to address the release of the conclusions and recommendations of the Tear Film and Ocular Surface Society’s (TFOS) Dry Eye Workshop II (DEWS II) Report. The panel also includes Janine Clayton, MD, and Susan Vitale, PhD, MHS. The panel...

Boston, Mass. — Three researchers from Massachusetts Eye and Ear have recently received research funding support for 2017 from the Harvard Department of Ophthalmology's Unrestricted Grant from Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB), including Tobias Elze, PhD, Kevin Houston, OD, MSc, and Jaya Rajaiya...

Joseph Ciolino, MD, received a Pilot and Feasibility Grant in the amount of $30,000 from the Boston Area Diabetes Endocrinology Research Center to investigate the use of dexamethasone-eluting contact lenses in animal models of diabetic retinopathy

Patrick Oellers, MD, is the inaugural recipient of the Thomas J. Madden Fellowship in Retina at Mass. Eye and Ear. Patrick is completing his first year as a Retina Surgery Fellow. The fellowship was created to support a clinical or research fellow while honoring the legacy of Thomas J. Madden who...

Congratulations to the Harvard Ophthalmology trainees who placed in the New England Ophthalmological Society (NEOS) annual poster contest held earlier this month. Second place: “Evaluation of in silico reconstructed ancestral adeno-associated virus for gene augmentation therapy in a mouse model of...