Nazlee Zebardast, MD— a Harvard Medical School Instructor in Ophthalmology and glaucoma specialist at Mass. Eye and Ear—has been selected for the Harvard Vision Clinician Scientist Development Program (K12). This program, funded by the National Institutes of Health, will provide a customized and structured learning, research, and development experience designed to help her become an independent leading clinical scientists in her field.... Read more about Nazlee Zebardast Selected for Harvard Vision Clinician Scientist Development Program
Billy Xiaoyi Pan, MD, has been named the 2017-2018 Richard J. Simmons and Ruthanne B. Simmons Glaucoma Fellow in the Harvard Department of Ophthalmology. This annual award was established in 2011 in recognition of two glaucoma physicians who were Harvard Ophthalmology graduates: the late Dr. Ruthanne Simmons and her father Dr. Richard Simmons, a generous supporter of Mass. Eye and Ear and the ...
Over 120 clinicians, scientists, and trainees attended the 2016 Biennial Glaucoma and Neuro-ophthalmology Fall Festivals, held September 23-25 in Boston. Co-directed by Louis Pasquale, MD,Joseph Rizzo III, MD, andAngela Turalba, MD, these clinical conferences featured surgical and clinical case presentations, topical lectures, interactive panel discussions, and videos. This event was divided...
NIH and India fund collaborative grant for glaucoma research
Boston, Mass. — Researchers from the U.S. and India have begun a new collaborative project to identify genetic risk factors and traits related to glaucoma, a leading cause of blindness worldwide. Funded by the National Eye Institute (NEI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and India’s Department of Biotechnology (DBT), the researchers’ goal is to help develop effective screening, prevention, and treatment strategies for glaucoma. Grants from the two agencies...