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James D. Akula, PhD

Person: Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology
Research Associate, Boston Children's Hospital Profiles: Harvard C atalyst Profile

Kathryn B. Miller, OD

Person: Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology
Profiles: Harvard Catalyst Profile Boston Children's Hospital Profile

Carolyn S. Wu, MD

Person: Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology
Profiles: Harvard Catalyst Profile Boston Children's Hospital Profile

Charles L. Schepens, MD

Person: (March 13, 1912 – March 28, 2006), Past Professor of Ophthalmology, "The Father of Modern Retinal Surgery"
BIOGRAPHY Charles L. Schepens was born in Belgium in 1912, and originally studied mathematics at university before turning his interests to medicine. He received his medical degree in 1935 from the State University of Ghent. In 1937 he served as assistant to Dr. L. Hambresin in Brussels. In 1940, he...

Judah Folkman, MD

Person: (February 24, 1933 – January 14, 2008), Past Professor of Ophthalmology, "The Father of Angiogenesis"
BIOGRAPHY As a young navy doctor in 1961, Dr. Judah Folkman noticed that tumors needed blood vessels to grow. Ten years later, Folkman published a controversial theory that is now widely accepted: targeting angiogenesis may potentially arrest cancer. Although others described tumor angiogenesis as...

Henry Willard Williams, AM, MD

Person: (December 11, 1821 - June 13, 1895), First Chair of the HMS Department of Ophthalmology, 1871-1891
BIOGRAPHY Henry Willard Williams was born December 11, 1821 in Boston, Massachusetts to Willard and Elizabeth Osgood Williams, and attended both the Boston Latin School and Salem Latin School. He began his clinical training at Harvard Medical School in 1844, and also trained in medical schools and...

Rachel M. Huckfeldt, MD, PhD

Person: Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology
Research Area(s): Ocular Genomics, Retinal Degenerations Mass Eye and Ear Fellowship Director, Inherited Retinal Degenerations Fellowship Profiles: Harvard Catalyst Profile Mass Eye and Ear Profile (Research) Mass Eye and Ear Profile (Clinical)