PURPOSE: Intraocular vascular diseases are leading causes of adult vision loss, and in the mid-1900s, I. C. Michaelson postulated that the retina releases a soluble, diffusible factor that causes abnormal vascular growth and leakage. What became known as...
Ryan (Sameen) Meshkin, MD, received the Best Paper Award and a 2025 Youth Ophthalmologists Grant at the FLORetina Conference.
Jennifer Tran, MD, is the 2024-2025 recipient of the Best Clinical Trainee Research Award in Cornea and Refractive Surgery.
Inas Aboobakar, MD, Recognized with David L. Epstein Clinician-Scientist Research Award
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.
Yi Ni Toh, PhD, received the Envision-Atwell Award for her poster, "BEEP! A Novel Head-Scanning Training Program Improves Blind-Side Detection in Drivers with Hemianopia."
Congratulations to Ines Lains, MD, PhD, Jason Comander, MD, PhD, and Tobias Elze, PhD, for receiving Research to Prevent Blindness awards, which will support their innovative research programs.
Leo Kim, MD, PhD, was selected to receive the ARVO 2026 Kreissig Award.
Nazlee Zebardast, MD, MSc, has been selected to receive the 2026 Carl Camras Translational Research Award at the ARVO annual meeting this spring.
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.
