#  SPOTLIGHT: Deborah Pavan-Langston, MD, and Women in Ophthalmology  

 





January 07, 2022

 

 

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Alumna and Professor of Ophthalmology emerita Deborah Pavan-Langston paved the way for women in ophthalmology as our department's first female resident. In an American Academy of Ophthalmology Scope article, [Joan W. Miller, MD](/joanmiller), explains the profound impact that Dr. Pavan-Langston has had on our institution and our field. *I have had the pleasure of knowing Dr. Deborah Pavan-Langston since 1986, when I joined Massachusetts Eye and Ear as an ophthalmology resident.*

 *At the time, Dr. Pavan-Langston was an associate professor of ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School and director of the cornea service at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Dr. Pavan-Langston supervised me as a second-year resident, and frankly, I was a bit intimidated by her accomplishments and expertise, even though she was extremely down-to-earth. Dr. Pavan-Langston was clearly an efficient and knowledgeable clinician who taught in a no-nonsense manner and was also a very generous teacher and mentor.*

 *Over the years, I came to admire her brilliance, tenacious spirit and — most of all — humility. Dr. Pavan-Langston has made a profound impact as a clinician, researcher, and mentor over the last three decades and has served as an inspiration to women ophthalmologists as a true pathfinder.*

 [Read the full feature in the Scope newsletter](/SPOTLIGHT:%20Deborah%20Pavan-Langston,%20MD,%20and%20Women%20in%20Ophthalmology%20%20Alumna%20and%20Professor%20of%20Ophthalmology%20emerita%20Deborah%20Pavan-Langston%20paved%20the%20way%20for%20women%20in%20ophthalmology%20as%20our%20department's%20first%20female%20resident.%20In%20an%20American%20Academy%20of%20Ophthalmology%20Scope%20article,%20Joan%20W.%20Miller%20explains%20the%20profound%20impact%20that%20Dr.%20Pavan-Langston%20has%20had%20on%20our%20institution%20and%20our%20field.%20%20I%20have%20had%20the%20pleasure%20of%20knowing%20Dr.%20Deborah%20Pavan-Langston%20since%201986,%20when%20I%20joined%20Massachusetts%20Eye%20and%20Ear%20)



 

 

 



 

 

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