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...
The Echo Lab was represented by Jelliffe Jeganathan as he gave a podium presentation on a high-scoring scientific project titled “Assessment of the efficacy of a low-cost custom-built thoracic epidural anesthesia simulator” at the 42 nd Annual Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Medicine Meeting...
Rabia Amir gave a podium presentation on her research project titled "Ultrasound as a Screening Tool for Central Venous Catheter Positioning and Exclusion of Pneumothorax” at the Society of Critical Care Medicine's (SCCM) 46 th Critical Care Congress on January 21-25, 2017 at Honolulu, HI. She was...
Congratulations to Alexander Woltersom for his oral presentation on “Tracing and Animating to help define the Dynamics of the Tricuspid- and Mitral Valve Annulus” at the 32nd Annual European Association of Cardiothoracic Anaesthesiology (EACTA) Congress held April 19-21, 2017 in Berlin, Germany.
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...
Tomasz (Tommy) Stryjewski, currently a second year resident, has been selected Chief Resident and Director of the Mass. Eye and Ear Eye Trauma Service for the academic year 2017-2018. In this vital role, he will join the leadership of one of the busiest ocular trauma centers in the country and serve...