Lotfi Merabet, OD, PhD, MPH, an Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School and a clinician scientist at Mass Eye and Ear, has been named the inaugural Frederick and Thaddeus Jakobiec Chair in Ophthalmology... Read more about Lotfi Merabet, OD, PhD, MPH, Named Inaugural Frederick and Thaddeus Jakobiec Chair in Ophthalmology

Several ophthalmology faculty and staff will be honored with Mass General Brigham Pillars in Excellence (PIE) Awards for their contributions to both Mass Eye and Ear and the Mass General Brigham system.... Read more about Faculty and Staff Recognized for Contributions to Mass Eye and Ear and Mass General Brigham

The Massachusetts Lions Eye Research Fund has awarded $700,000 in grants to support research projects led by the following faculty:

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Dean Cestari, MD, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School (HMS) and Director of Ophthalmology...

Boston, Mass. — The brains of those who are born blind make new connections in the absence of visual information, resulting in enhanced, compensatory abilities such as a heightened sense of hearing, smell and touch, as well as cognitive functions (such as memory and language) according to a new study led by Massachusetts Eye and Ear researchers. The report, published online today...

Boston, Mass. —  Lotfi B. Merabet, PhD, OD, MPH, an optometrist and vision researcher at Massachusetts Eye and Ear and an Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School, is the 2016 recipient of the Low Vision Research Award from Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB) and the Lions Clubs International Foundation (LCIF). Dr. Merabet will receive $300,000 over three years for...