Neuro-ophthalmology

Harvard Ophthalmology, in conjunction with Mass Eye and Ear and Boston Children’s Hospital, hosted its biennial Strabismus Symposium and Neuro-Ophthalmology Fall Festival events on October 20-22. These two information-packed conferences brought together...

An image of a developing mouse brain captured by Mary C. Whitman, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School, and Jessica Bell, a research assistant in the Elizabeth Engle Laboratory at Boston Children's Hospital, was one of...

Regenerating the optic nerve was long considered impossible. But over the last 20 years, advances in the field have instilled confidence in many researchers—including Larry Benowitz, PhD , Professor of Ophthalmology and Neurosurgery at Harvard Medical...

New research by Larry Benowitz, PhD, and colleagues shows how zinc regulates the survival of retinal ganglion cells, and by binding it (zinc chelation), can help the optic nerve to regenerate. Their findings, published in PNAS (January, 2017), could...

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, and Angela Turalba, MD, these clinical...