Deeba Husain, MD, Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School, received the 2022 Harvard Ophthalmology Excellence in Mentoring Award for her dedication to mentoring both clinical and research junior faculty and trainees.... Read more about Deeba Husain, MD, Receives Excellence in Mentoring Award

A recent meta-analysis, led by Deeba Husain, MD, suggests that AMD patients present distinct plasma metabolomic profiles, which vary with disease severity. After analyzing blood samples of their 491 patients from two cohorts–one in Boston and one in Coimbra, Portugal–they found that metabolites differed significantly between AMD patients as compared to controls, and with various stages of the disease.... Read more about Researchers Identify Metabolomics as a Potential Tool to Improve Diagnostic and Prognostic Information on AMD

Findings may lead to earlier diagnoses and better prognostic information for patients — and, potentially, new pharmaceutical targets for AMD treatment.

Boston, Mass. — Patients with any stage of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) carry signs of the disease in their blood that may be found through special laboratory tests, according to a new study led by AMD researchers based at Massachusetts Eye and Ear. The study, ...

Claes H. Dohlman, MD, PhD, and Joan W. Miller, MD, were appointed honorary Heed Fellows.

C. Stephen Foster, MD, Massachusetts Eye Research and Surgery Institution, was included in...