#  Eye Witness 33 - Mar 2017 

 



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## [Working Across Teams](https://issuu.com/hmseye/docs/eye_witness_33)

Now, more than ever, advancing the field of medicine requires teamwork – across departments, around the world, and between clinicians and scientists. However, such collaborations take time and persistence to form and flourish; many dissolve before reaching their full potential.

In this issue, we [explore the stages of team formation](https://issuu.com/hmseye/docs/eye_witness_33/2) and invite you to learn about our department's efforts to broaden educational partnerships, enhance patient care, and bridge the gaps in scientific knowledge.

### [Notes from the Chair](https://issuu.com/hmseye/docs/eye_witness_33/2)

- A look at how effectives teams are formed

### [In the Spotlight](https://issuu.com/hmseye/docs/eye_witness_33/3)

- Teaching the importance of face-to-face meetings in a digital era
- Mass. Eye and Ear plans to join Partners Healthcare

### [In Review](https://issuu.com/hmseye/docs/eye_witness_33/4)

- A look at recent Harvard Ophthalmology events

### [Updates in Clinical Care](https://issuu.com/hmseye/docs/eye_witness_33/6)

- Mass. Eye and Ear offers corneal cross-linking
- Team-oriented care for thyroid eye disease

### [Philanthropy](https://issuu.com/hmseye/docs/eye_witness_33/7)

- Family legacy supports proliferative vitreoretinopathy research

### [Eyes on Research](https://issuu.com/hmseye/docs/eye_witness_33/8)

- New strategic agreement facilitates gene therapy drug development
- Antibiotic- and immune-resistant bacterium
- Progenitor cells: A new treatment for Fuchs’?
- Interleukins in autoimmune disorders
- Zinc chelation stimulates repair of optic nerve in mice

### [Global Collaborations](https://issuu.com/hmseye/docs/eye_witness_33/10)

- India: Collaborative grant for glaucoma research
- China: Hospitals explore clinical opportunities with industry
- Venezuela: Pediatric diabetes ocular telemedicine program

### [Innovations in Education](https://issuu.com/hmseye/docs/eye_witness_33/12)

- Altschuler Laboratory enhances surgical training
- Lions VisionGift supports surgical training opportunities

### [News from all Over](https://issuu.com/hmseye/docs/eye_witness_33/14)

- Grants, awards, and honors
- Personnel updates
- Alumni corner
- In memoriam

### [A look ahead: ARVO 2017](https://issuu.com/hmseye/docs/eye_witness_33/19)



 

 

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