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Harvard Ophthalmology hosted its 2026 Annual Meeting and Alumni Reunion on June 11–12. 

Eric Pierce, MD, PhD, is receiving the 2026 Llura Liggett Gund Award, the Foundation Fighting Blindness' highest honor, for his pioneering work in gene discovery, genetic diagnostics, and therapeutic development for IRDs. 

Harvard Ophthalmology was well represented at last month’s annual meeting of the Association of University Professors of Ophthalmology (AUPO) in San Diego.

Inas Aboobakar, MD, Recognized with David L. Epstein Clinician-Scientist Research Award 

Dennis Akrobetu, MD, a PGY-4 resident, and Ayush Parikh, MD, a PGY-3 resident, are recipients of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery Foundation 2026 Resident Excellence Award. 

Maria Emfietzoglou, MD, a postdoctoral research fellow at Mass Eye and Ear, received a 2025 Vitreoretinal Surgery Foundation Research Award

Congratulations to the following Harvard Ophthalmology faculty and alumni who were each recognized as one of "Boston's Top Doctors 2026" by Boston magazine.

Harvard Ophthalmology was well-represented at the 50th Annual Atlantic Coast Retina Club (ACRC) and Macula 2026 meeting. 

Nazlee Zebardast, MD, MSc, has been selected to receive the 2026 Carl Camras Translational Research Award at the ARVO annual meeting this spring. 

Anil Chekuri, PhD, has been selected to receive the 2026 Bert M. Glaser, MD, Award for Innovative Research in Retina at the ARVO annual meeting this spring. 

Ryan (Sameen) Meshkin, MD, received the Best Paper Award and a 2025 Youth Ophthalmologists Grant at the FLORetina Conference.