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Findings Emphasize Importance of Retinal Imaging in Patients with Diabetes

In a study comparing imaging techniques used in an ocular telehealth program, Paolo Silva, MD, Lloyd Paul Aiello, MD, PhD, and colleagues at the Joslin Diabetes Center’s Beetham Eye Institute found that standard field nonmydriatic fundus photography and nonmydriatic ultrawide field imaging similarly...

Honors and Awards Received March 2016

Claes H. Dohlman, MD, PhD, and Joan W. Miller, MD, were appointed honorary Heed Fellows. C. Stephen Foster, MD, Massachusetts Eye Research and Surgery Institution, was included in the "America's Best Physicians" registry for 2016 as a top doctor in ophthalmology. This honor is issued by the National...

The S-Stamp Eliminates the Primary Cause of Graft Failure in DMEK

Peter Veldman, MD, of Mass. Eye and Ear was first author on two recent publications related to the S-stamp for Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK), a novel orientation technique that has to date eliminated upside-down graft implantation in DMEK. Dr. Veldman helped to validate and then...

Faculty Visit to Haiti

The Office of Global Surgery and Health recently coordinated the second faculty visit to Haiti State University Hospital in Port-au-Prince to work with the residency program there. Roberto Pineda II, MD, and Shizuo Mukai, MD, returned after their initial faculty visit in June 2015. The focus of this...

International Research & Training Program

Established to strengthen Harvard Ophthalmology’s international presence as a leader in eye care, vision research, and ophthalmic education, the International and Research Training Program (IRTP) is a positive and prosperous 20-month (minimum) training experience for international PhD and MD...

Eye Witness 28 - May 2015

Cover Story Going Viral: Gene Therapy for Ophthalmic Diseases The Grousbeck Gene Therapy Center, directed by Luk H. Vandenberghe, PhD, is a leader in the use of gene therapy to fight blinding diseases. Dr. Vandenberghe’s laboratory, considered the nucleus of the Center, is working to develop safe...

Eye Witness 32 - Nov 2016

Special Issue: Women in Ophthalmology Harvard Ophthalmology women have come a long way since Deborah Pavan-Langston became the first female ophthalmology resident at Harvard. In this special edition of Eye Witness, we celebrate our extraordinary faculty, trainees, and alumni who are leading the...

Centers of Excellence

Where clinicians, researchers, educators, and industry leaders come together to collaborate and discover new life-changing cures. The Harvard Ophthalmology Centers of Excellence and Institutes are multidisciplinary collaborations that unite clinicians, educators, investigators, trainees, and...