Glaucoma

Nazlee Zebardast Selected for Harvard Vision Clinician Scientist Development Program

May 2, 2019

 

Nazlee Zebardast HeadshotNazlee Zebardast, MD— a Harvard Medical School Instructor in Ophthalmology and glaucoma specialist at Mass. Eye and Ear—has been selected for the Harvard Vision Clinician Scientist Development Program (K12). This program, funded by the National Institutes of Health, will provide a customized and structured learning, research, and development experience designed to help her become an independent leading clinical scientists in her field.... Read more about Nazlee Zebardast Selected for Harvard Vision Clinician Scientist Development Program

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Billy Xiaoyi Pan, MD, named Richard J. Simmons and Ruthanne B. Simmons Glaucoma Fellow

February 23, 2018

Billy Xiaoyi Pan, MD, has been named the 2017-2018 Richard J. Simmons and Ruthanne B. Simmons Glaucoma Fellow in the Harvard Department of Ophthalmology. This annual award was established in 2011 in recognition of two glaucoma physicians who were Harvard Ophthalmology graduates: the late Dr. Ruthanne Simmons and her father Dr. Richard Simmons, a generous supporter of Mass. Eye and Ear and the ...

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Clinicians engage in three-day discussion on glaucoma and neuro-ophthalmology

November 21, 2016

Over 120 clinicians, scientists, and trainees attended the 2016 Biennial Glaucoma and Neuro-ophthalmology Fall Festivals, held September 23-25 in Boston. Co-directed by Louis Pasquale, MD, Joseph Rizzo III, MD, and Angela Turalba, MD, these clinical conferences featured surgical and clinical case presentations, topical lectures, interactive panel discussions, and videos. This event was divided...

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Joint effort targets genes and traits to improve glaucoma screening, prevention and treatment

September 29, 2016

NIH and India fund collaborative grant for glaucoma research

Boston, Mass. —  Researchers from the U.S. and India have begun a new collaborative project to identify genetic risk factors and traits related to glaucoma, a leading cause of blindness worldwide. Funded by the National Eye Institute (NEI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and India’s Department of Biotechnology (DBT), the researchers’ goal is to help develop effective screening, prevention, and treatment strategies for glaucoma. Grants from the two agencies...

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BrightFocus Foundation Honors Dr. Meredith Gregory-Ksander for Glaucoma Research

BrightFocus Foundation Honors Dr. Meredith Gregory-Ksander for Glaucoma Research

May 5, 2016

Mass. Eye and Ear/Harvard Medical School glaucoma researcher awarded funding by the BrightFocus Foundation. 

Boston, Mass. — The BrightFocus Foundation recently honored Meredith Gregory-Ksander, PhD, of the Schepens Eye Research Institute of Massachusetts Eye and Ear, with the Thomas R. Lee Award for Glaucoma Research. Dr. Gregory-Ksander...

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