Annual Meeting & Alumni Reunion

Please join us for the 2017 Harvard Ophthalmology Annual Meeting and Alumni Reunion Weekend. All current and former residents, fellows, and postdocs and all current and former faculty members are invited to attend this exciting two-day CME* event of scientific exchange and networking.

Registration is now closed. On-site registration will be available:

Friday, June 23 at the Starr Center, 2nd Floor, 185 Cambridge Street, Boston, MA
Saturday, June 24 at Mass. Eye and Ear, 3rd Floor, 243 Charles Street, Boston, MA

Online program now available [1.35MB PDF]:


​​​​​​​2017 Annual Meeting and Alumni Reunion Program

Highlights

Friday, June 23: Annual Meeting

The Starr Center, 185 Cambridge Street, Boston

• Faculty lectures spanning basic, translational, and clinical research
• Robert D'Amato, MD, PhD, presents the Mariana D. Mead Lecturer
• Tours of the new Samuel & Nancy Jo Altschuler Ophthalmology Surgical Training Lab and the Rare Books Room
• Poster contest for trainees and gala dinner at the Four Seasons

Saturday, June 24: Alumni Reunion

Massachusetts Eye and Ear, 243 Charles Street, Boston

• ​​​​​​Scientific and clinical lectures from 10 resident and fellow alumni classes ('67, '72, '77, '82, '87, '92, '97, '02, '07, and '12)
• Donald J. D'Amico, MD, receives the Distinguished Clinical Achievement Award
• Anthony P. Adamis, MD, receives the Distinguished Research Achievement Award
• Joan W. Miller, MD, delivers the State of the Department update
• Rare Book Room Open House

New! Alumni Tour of the New Surgical Training Laboratory
Get an inside look at our state-of-the-art Samuel & Nancy Jo Altschuler Ophthalmology Surgical Training Laboratory at Mass. Eye and Ear, which includes some of the most advanced training equipment available today. Alumni can select the tour option during registration.

New! Explore the Rare Book Room
Take a trip back in time and visit the Abraharn Pollen Archives and Rare Book Library at Mass. Eye and Ear. The library has an extensive collection of 2,000+ rare books dating back from 1490, as well as historical medical instruments, photographs, and hospital documents. You can select the tour option during registration.

Accreditation Statement

The Harvard Medical School is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Harvard Medical School designates this live activity for a maximum of 11.45 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

• Course Overview/Description
  The Harvard Department of Ophthalmology Annual Meeting and Alumni Reunion is a two-day course aimed at updating ophthalmologists (including ophthalmology residents and fellows) and vision researchers about the latest advances in ophthalmology clinical care and research. The format consists of short lectures each followed by discussion and questions. The lectures will feature Harvard faculty members and distinguished alumni of the Harvard Department of Ophthalmology residency program discussing their areas of clinical and/or research expertise.
   
• Target Audience
  Ophthalmologists, Researchers, Optometrists, Trainees
   
• Learning Objectives
  1. Identify advances in surgical technique and the indications for the implantation of intraocular lenses in young children.
  2. Discuss new developments and ongoing research in stem cells for the management of ophthalmic disease.
  3. Integrate new modes of imaging into patient screening and care.
  4. Evaluate novel treatment approaches for retinal disease.
      
• Disclosure Policy
  Harvard Medical School (HMS) adheres to all ACCME Accreditation Criteria and Policies. It is HMS's policy that those who have influenced the content of a CME activity (e.g. planners, faculty, authors, reviewers and others) disclose all relevant financial relationships with commercial entities so that HMS may identify and resolve any conflicts of interest prior to the activity. These disclosures will be provided in the activity materials along with disclosure of any commercial support received for the activity. Additionally, faculty members have been instructed to disclose any limitations of data and unlabeled or investigational uses of products during their presentations.
   
• Disclaimer
  CME activities sponsored by Harvard Medical School are offered solely for educational purposes and do not constitute any form of certification of competency. Practitioners should always consult additional sources of information and exercise their best professional judgment before making clinical decisions of any kind.

• Optometrists please note: 
  The Harvard Medical School designates this live activity for a maximum of 10 hours of Massachusetts Approved Optometric CE.  Please note this CE is applicable towards MA licensure only.  Optometrists should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Robert D'Amato, MD, PhD

Mariana D. Mead Lecturer
Professor of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School
Judah Folkman Chair in Surgery and Director, Center for Macular Degeneration Research, Boston Children’s Hospital

• Leader in the field of angiogenesis
• Conducted research that led to the FDA approval of thalidomide plus dexamethasone for multiple myeloma
• Identified several genetic factors that affect an individual’s angiogenic responsiveness

Donald J. D’Amico, MD

2017 Distinguished Clinical Achievement Awardee
John Milton McLean Professor and Chairman, Weill Cornell Medicine Ophthalmology
Ophthalmologist-in-Chief, New York-Presbyterian Hospital

• Internationally renowned leader in the field of vitreoretinal disease
• Surgical innovator
• First to successfully treat cytomegalovirus retinitis

Anthony P. Adamis, MD

2017 Distinguished Research Achievement Awardee
Lecturer on Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School 
Global Head of Ophthalmology, Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Genentech/Roche
Adjunct Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Illinois College of Medicine

• Leader of next-generation treatments for retinal diseases
• Co-discovered the role of VEGF in neovascular eye disease
• Led the development of Macugen—the first FDA-approved antiangiogenic drug for wet AMD

Online program now available [1.35MB PDF]:
2017 Annual Meeting and Alumni Reunion Program

Annual Meeting: Friday, June 23, 2017

Welcome and Introduction
Ula V. Jurkunas, MD
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
Co-Director, Cornea Center of Excellence, Harvard Medical School, Mass. Eye and Ear
Associate Scientist, Schepens Eye Research Institute of Mass. Eye and Ear
(Annual Meeting Co-chair)

Gena Heidary, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School
Director, Pediatric Neuro-Ophthalmology Service, Boston Children’s Hospital
(Annual Meeting Co-chair)

Quality and the Intelligent Research in Sight Registry
H. Peggy Chang, MD
Instructor in Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Mass. Eye and Ear

Retinal Ganglion Cell Replacement
Petr Baranov, PhD, MD
Instructor in Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School
Investigator, Schepens Eye Research Institute of Mass. Eye and Ear

How the Brain Solves Visual Recognition
Gabriel Kreiman, PhD
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston Children’s Hospital

Intraoperative Aberrometry
Kathryn M. Hatch, MD
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School
Site Director, Mass. Eye and Ear Waltham

Imaging the Choroid with Swept Source OCT and OCT-Angiography
John B. Miller, MD
Instructor in Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School
Associate Director of Vitreoretinal Fellowship, Mass. Eye and Ear

Advancing Diagnosis and Treatment of Autoimmune Retinopathy
Lucia Sobrin, MD
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School
Director, Morse Laser Center, Mass. Eye and Ear

East Meets West – Primary Angle Closure Glaucoma versus Primary Open Angle Glaucoma
Lucy Q. Shen, MD
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Mass. Eye and Ear

Structure and Function of Glaucomatous Central Vision Loss
Tobias Elze, PhD
Instructor in Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School
Investigator, Schepens Eye Research Institute of Mass. Eye and Ear

Lessons learned from the Infant Aphakia Treatment Study
Deborah K. VanderVeen, MD
Associate Professor in Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston Children’s Hospital

Clinical Value of Measuring Visual Fixation During OCT
Robert Mallery, MD
Instructor in Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Presentation of the 2017 Gragoudas Prizes
Evangelos S. Gragoudas, MD
Charles Edward Whitten Professor of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School
Director of the Retina Service, Mass. Eye and Ear

Presentation of the Cornea Center of Excellence Fifth Annual Resident Research Award in Cornea and Refractive Surgery
Reza Dana, MD, MSc, MPH
Claes H. Dohlman Professor of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School
Vice Chairman and Associate Chief of Ophthalmology for Academic Programs
Director, Cornea & Refractive Surgery, Mass. Eye & Ear 
Senior Scientist, Schepens Eye Research Institute of Mass. Eye and Ear

Presentation of the Iraty Award
Joan W. Miller, MD
Henry Willard Williams Professor of Ophthalmology
Chief of Ophthalmology, Mass. Eye and Ear and Mass General Hospital
Chair, Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School

Endoscopy in Vitreoretinal Surgery
Jorge Arroyo, MD, MPH
Associate Professor in Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School
Director, Retina Service, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Characterization of Endogenous Protective Factors for Diabetic Retinopathy
George L. King, MD
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Chief Scientific Officer, Joslin Diabetes Center

Perspective on Mariana Mead
Joan W. Miller, MD
Henry Willard Williams Professor of Ophthalmology
Chief of Ophthalmology, Mass. Eye and Ear and Mass General Hospital
Chair, Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School

Introduction of Mead Lecturer
Patricia A. D'Amore, PhD, MBA
Director of Research, Schepens Eye Research Institute of Mass. Eye and Ear
Director of Howe Laboratory and Associate Chief of Basic & Translational Science, Mass. Eye and Ear
Vice Chair of Basic Research, Department of Ophthalmology
Charles L. Schepens Professor of Ophthalmology (Pathology), Harvard Medical School

Mariana Mead Lecture
Thalidomide as a Treatment for Cancer: A 50-year Journey
Robert D'Amato, MD, PhD
Professor of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School
Judah Folkman Chair in Surgery and Director, Center for Macular Degeneration Research, Boston Children's Hospital

Presentation of Mariana Mead Award
Joan W. Miller, MD
Henry Willard Williams Professor of Ophthalmology
Chief of Ophthalmology, Mass Eye and Ear and Mass General Hospital
Chair, Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School

Closing Remarks
Ula V. Jurkunas, MD
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Mass. Eye and Ear
Associate Scientist, Schepens Eye Research Institute of Mass. Eye and Ear
Co-Director, Cornea Center of Excellence
(Annual Meeting Co-chair)

Gena Heidary, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School
Director, Pediatric Neuro-Ophthalmology Service, Boston Children’s Hospital
(Annual Meeting Co-chair)

Tours of the Samuel & Nancy Jo Altschuler Ophthalmology Surgical Training Laboratory and the Rare Book Room - Starr Center Breakout Space

Opening Remarks, Introduction of the Resident Class of 2017, and Introduction of Graduating Fellows 
Joan W. Miller, MD (1989, 1991)
Henry Willard Williams Professor of Ophthalmology
Chief of Ophthalmology, Mass. Eye and Ear and Mass General Hospital
Chair, Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School

Fifty Years of Change and Memories
David S. Walton, MD (1967)
Professor Ophthalmology, Part-time, Harvard Medical School

Some Memories of the Residency
Don C. Bienfang, MD (1972)
Associate Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical 
Brigham and Women's Hospital

My Journey with Ocular Cicatricial Pemphigoid
C. Stephen Foster, MD, FACS, FACR, FAAO, FARVO (1977)
Professor of Ophthalmology, Part-time, Harvard Medical School
President, Massachusetts Eye Research and Surgery Institution
CEO, The Ocular Immunology and Uveitis Foundation

Optic Nerve Structure, Function and Dysfunction: Lessons from LHON
Alfredo A. Sadun, MD, PhD (1982)
Doheny Eye Institute, UCLA

Keratoconus: A Therapeutic Revolution 
Michael B. Raizman, MD (1987)
Ophthalmic Consultants of Boston

An Update on the Primary Open-Angle African American Glaucoma Genetics (POAAGG) Study
Joan M. O'Brien, MD (1992)
William F. Norris and George E. de Schweinitz Professor of Ophthalmology
Chairman, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Pennsylvania
Director, Scheie Eye Institute 

Federal-Academic Medical Partnerships: Then and Now
Glenn Cockerham, MD (1997)
Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Chief of Ophthalmology, Veterans Health Administration, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Department Overview & Alumni Giving Society Presentation
Joan W. Miller, MD (1989, 1991)
Henry Willard Williams Professor of Ophthalmology
Chief of Ophthalmology, Mass. Eye and Ear and Mass General Hospital
Chair, Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School

Introduction of Distinguished Clinical Achievement Awardee
Evangelos S. Gragoudas, MD (1975)
Charles Edward Whitten Professor of Ophthalmology
Harvard Medical School
Director of the Retina Service, Mass. Eye and Ear

Vitreoretinal Diseases: Observations from 36 Years of Treating and Teaching
Donald J. D'Amico,  MD (1981)
2017 Distinguished Clinical Achievement Awardee
John Milton McLean Professor and Chairman, Weill Cornell Medicine Ophthalmology
Ophthalmologist-in-Chief, New York-Presbyterian Hospital

Introduction of Distinguished Research Achievement Awardee
Joan W. Miller, MD (1989, 1991)
Henry Willard Williams Professor of Ophthalmology
Chief of Ophthalmology, Mass. Eye and Ear and Mass General Hospital
Chair, Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School

The Future of Ophthalmic Drug Development
Anthony P. Adamis, MD (1991)
2017 Distinguished Research Achievement Awardee
Lecturer on Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School
Global Head of Ophthalmology, Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Genentech/Roche
Adjunct Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Illinois College of Medicine

Advances in the Treatment of Severe Ocular Surface Disorders; Perspectives Gained By Standing on the Shoulders of Giants 
Kimberly C. Sippel, MD (2002)
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York Presbyterian Hospital

Towards a New Classification of AMD
Demetrios Vavvas, MD, PhD (2007)
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School
Principal Investigator , Angiogenesis Laboratory, Incumbent of the Monte J. Wallace Ophthalmology Chair in Retina, Mass. Eye and Ear

The Essential Eye Banks
Peter B. Veldman, MD (2012)
Instructor in Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School