Eye Witness 45 - June 2024
CELEBRATING 200 YEARS OF MASS EYE AND EAR
In this latest issue of Eye Witness, we're celebrating Mass Eye and Ear's 200th anniversary.
A Legacy of Cures and Future of Innovation
at Mass Eye and Ear
Mass Eye and Ear has a rich history, founded on the principle of caring for the community and providing free access to eye care for those in need. In 1824, at the cusp of enormous advances in the diagnosis and treatment of eye diseases, Edward Reynolds, MD, and John Jefferies II, MD, established the Massachusetts Charitable Eye Infirmary. The hospital expanded to become the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary and later formed the nucleus of the Harvard Medical School Department of Ophthalmology in 1871.
Over the years, Mass Eye and Ear clinicians and scientists have made many groundbreaking discoveries that have transformed patient care and led the field in medical education. In this issue of Eye Witness, you can learn more about these seminal contributions, including the development of proton beam therapy for choroidal melanoma, anti-VEGF therapy for age-related macular degeneration and other retinal disorders, the Boston keratoprosthesis artificial cornea, optical coherence tomography, and so much more. Read the story
Harvard Ophthalmology at the American Academy of Ophthalmology Annual Meeting
The Department of Ophthalmology was well represented at the 2023 American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) Subspecialty Day and Annual Meeting, held in November in San Francisco. Faculty and trainees across several affiliates participated as course instructors, panelists, moderators, and lecturers. Read the story