Aparna Raghuram, OD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School and an Optometrist at Boston Children’s Hospital, is the recipient of the 2021 American Academy of Optometry’s Career Development Award. This grant award provides $100,000 over two years to fund Dr. Raghuram's research on the “objective assessment of vergence and accommodation and higher-order visual processing in adolescents with concussion.”

Yohei Tomita, MD, PhD, a research fellow at Boston Children’s Hospital, is a recipient of the Japanese Ophthalmological Society’s Young Investigator Award. This award will support Dr. Tomita's research project “Petinal pathological neovascularization by Increasing FGF21 level in an aurine oxygen-induced retinopathy model,” which is part of his work with Keio University in Tokyo, Japan. 

Nakul Singh, MD, MS, a PGY-3 ophthalmology resident, received the 2020 Gragoudas-Folkman Award, which will provide up to $20,000 to help fund his research to “characterize the biomechanics of how ERMs and test the effect of netarsudil on inhibiting contraction.”... Read more about Nakul Singh, MD, MS, Recognized with Gragoudas-Folkman Prize

The Sanford and Susan Greenberg Prize to End Blindness recognizes visionary doctors and researchers for their contributions to eliminate blindness. We are pleased to share that, of the 13 recipients chosen for 2020, four are connected to Harvard Ophthalmology.... Read more about Harvard Ophthalmology Faculty, Partners, and Alumna Recognized with Greenberg Prize

Patricia D'Amore, PhD, MBA, the Charles L. Schepens Professor of Ophthalmology  at Harvard Medical School and Vice Chair of Basic and Translational Research at Harvard Ophthalmology, has been awarded the 2020 Earl P. Benditt Award from the North American Vascular Biology Organization (NAVBO) in recognition of her numerous contributions to the understanding of vascular development and growth.... Read more about Patricia D'Amore, PhD, MBA, Honored by the North American Vascular Biology Organization

Lucia Sobrin, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School and Associate Chief of Clinical Data Science at Mass Eye and Ear, has been recognized by Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB) with the Physician-Scientist Award. This award provides $300,000 in grant funding to promote the clinical and basic science research of clinicians.... Read more about Lucia Sobrin, MD, MPH, Receives Physician-Scientist Grant Award

We're pleased to share that our residency program has been ranked second in the nation by Ophthalmology Times, up two spots from our fourth place position in 2019.... Read more about Department Receives High Marks from Ophthalmology Times

Mary C. Whitman, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School, is the 2020 recipient of the Boston Children's Hospital Career Development Fellowship, which provides transitional funding for junior faculty...

Congratulations to our faculty and alumni who will be reconized by the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) for their outstanding contributions to vision research, education, and service at the Academy's 2020 Virtual Meeting this weekend.... Read more about Faculty and Alumni to Be Honored with AAO Awards

Second year resident Ines Lains, MD, PhD, has been selected to participate in the 2021 Association of University Professors of Ophthalmology (AUPO)/Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB) Resident and Fellow Research Forum at the upcoming annual meeting. This forum was established to encourage the most promising trainees to pursue careers in academic ophthalmology and vision research.... Read more about Ines Lains, MD, PhD, Selected for Resident and Fellow Research Forum

Faculty member Jennifer K. Sun, MD, MPH, has been selected by the Macula Society to receive the 2021 Young Investigator Award. This prestigious honor is awarded to an individual under 50 years of age whose work gives high promise of a notable advance in the clinical treatment of disorders of the eye.... Read more about Jennifer K. Sun, MD, MPH to Receive Young Investigator Award

Maryam Tahvildari, MD, has been selected as the Abelson Family Fellow in Cornea at Mass Eye and Ear for the academic year 2020-2021. This fellowship was established by Dr. Mark Abelson and his family in 2011 to support the pioneering of new clinical research and translational research initiatives, while encouraging early stage clinicians and scientists to pursue academic careers in medicine and to search for new ways to prevent, treat, and cure disease.... Read more about Maryam Tahvildari, MD, Receives Abelson Family Fellowship

John H. Kempen, MD, MPH, PhD, MHS, will be honored with the 2020 Outstanding Humanitarian Service Award from the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) during the annual meeting in November. The award recognizes Dr. Kempen’s deep commitment to charitable work that aims to reduce blindness worldwide by improving access to patient care and establishing much-needed ophthalmology sub-specialty training programs in developing countries.... Read more about John H. Kempen, MD, MPH, PhD, MHS to Receive Outstanding Humanitarian Service Award

Daisy Shu, PhD, a postdoctoral research fellow at the Schepens Eye Research Institute of Mass Eye and Ear, is the recipient of a 2019 Fight for Sight Post-Doctoral Award. This grant award provides $22,500 in funding to individuals with a doctorate who are interested in academic careers in basic or clinical research in ophthalmology, vision or related sciences.... Read more about Daisy Shu, PhD, Receives Fight for Sight Award