March 4, 2016
The title of ARVO Fellow is an honor established to recognize current ARVO members for their individual accomplishments, leadership and contributions to the Association. ARVO Fellows serve as role models and mentors for individuals pursuing careers in vision and ophthalmology research and help further ARVO's vision, which includes advancing basic and clinical knowledge and serving as the leading international forum for vision research and the primary advocate for vision science worldwide. In 2016, one HMS Ophthalmology faculty member and several alumni received this honor.
Gold Fellows
Current Faculty:
- David Sullivan, PhD, Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at Schepens Eye Research Institute of Mass. Eye and Ear
HMS Ophthalmology alumni:
- Natalie Afshari, MD, FACS, Professor of Ophthalmology, Stuart I. Brown MD Chair in Ophthalmology in Memory of Donald P. Shiley, and Chief of Division of Cornea and Refractive Surgery at Shiley Eye Institute at the University of California, San Diego
- Paul Lee, MD, JD, F. Bruce Fralick Professor and Chair of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, and Director of the W. K. Kellogg Eye Center at the University of Michigan
Silver Fellows
HMS Ophthalmology alumni:
- Ron Adelman, MD, MPH, MBA, FACS, Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Interim Chairman of the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Interim Chief of Ophthalmology for Yale New Haven Hospital, and Director of Retina and Macula Center at Yale School of Medicine
- Junko Hori, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Ophthalmology and Chief of Ocular Inflammation Service at Nippon Medical School
- Philip Rosenfeld, MD, PhD, Professor of Ophthalmology at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami.