Faculty

Faculty members Eric Gaier, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School, and Mengyu Wang, PhD, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School and Co-Director of the Harvard Ophthalmology Artificial Intelligence...

An internationally recognized expert in Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) and renowned vitreoretinal surgeon, Demetrios Vavvas, MD, PhD, was promoted to Professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School (HMS), effective June 1, 2021. He is the...

Internationally recognized for her work in both diabetic retinopathy and uveitis, Lucia Sobrin, MD, MPH, was promoted to Professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical school (effective May 1, 2021). Earlier this month, Dr. Sobrin was also named the next...

The AAVCOVID vaccine program, a novel gene-based vaccine strategy led by Luk Vandenberghe, PhD, Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School and Director of the Grousbeck Gene Therapy Center at Mass Eye and Ear, that utilizes an adeno...

Congratulations to the following Harvard Ophthalmology faculty and alumni who were each recognized as one of "Boston's Top Doctors 2021" by Boston magazine. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Mark C. Kuperwaser, MD Boston Children's Hospital Linda R...

Ula V. Jurkunas, MD, Lucia Sobrin, MD, MPH, and Demetrios Vavvas, MD, PhD, all Associate Professors of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School, have joined the editorial board of Ophthalmology Science, the fourth major journal published by the American...

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...

Francois C. Delori, PhD, Professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School and a Senior Scientist at Schepens Eye Research Institute of Mass Eye and Ear, will retire on January 1, 2021. Dr. Delori was born in Ghent, Belgium, the birthplace of Dr...

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...

David M. Wu, MD, PhD, the Joan Whitten Miller Retina Scholar at Mass Eye and Ear and Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School, is a 2021 recipient of the Edward N. & Della L. Thome Memorial Foundation Awards Program in Age-Related...