2013 Faculty Speakers
Jamese Akula, Ph.D.
Pablo Argueso, Ph.D.
Eliot L. Berson, M.D.
Alexandra Bowers, Ph.D., MCOptom
Cynthia Grosskreutz, M.D., Ph.D.
Andrius Kazlauskas, Ph.D.
Leo A. Kim, M.D., Ph.D.
Sahar Kohanim, M.D.
Daniel R. Lefebvre, M.D.
Clint Makino, Ph.D.
Paolo Antonio S. Silva, M.D.
Rebecca Stacy, M.D., Ph.D.
Luk H. Vandenberghe, Ph.D.
Janey Wiggs, M.D., Ph.D.
Friday Speaking Schedule
| 8:20 a.m. | Allosteric Ligand Binding to Visual Pigments Clint L. Makino, PhD Associate Professor of Ophthalmology Harvard Medical School Howe Laboratory Investigator, Mass. Eye and Ear |
| 8:40 a.m. | Tamoxifen Toxicity of the Retinal Pigment Epithelium Leo A. Kim, M.D., Ph.D. Instructor in Ophthalmology Harvard Medical School Investigator Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary Schepens Eye Research Institute |
| 9:00 a.m. | Long-term Effects of Retinopathy of Prematurity on the Eye James D. Akula, PhD Instructor in Ophthalmology Harvard Medical School Department of Ophthalmology, Boston Children's Hospital |
| 9:20 a.m. | Solutions for Stevens-Johnson Syndrome Sahar Kohanim, MD Instructor in Ophthalmology Harvard Medical School Division of Ophthalmology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center |
| 9:40 a.m. | Galectin-3: A novel regulator of protease activity in cornea Pablo Argüeso, PhD Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School Associate Scientist, Schepens Eye Research Institute, Massachusetts Eye and Ear |
| 10:20 a.m. | Genetic Risk Factors for Glaucoma Janey L. Wiggs, MD, PhD Paul Austin Chandler Associate Professor of Ophthalmology Harvard Medical School Associate Chief, Ophthalmology Clinical Research, and Associate Director, Ocular Genomics Institute, Massachusetts Eye and Ear |
| 10:40 a.m. | Advances in Ocular Gene Therapy Luk H. Vandenberghe, Ph.D. Lecturer on Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School Principal Investigator: Berman-Gund Laboratory for Retinal Degenerations, Howe Laboratory & Ocular Genomics Institute Assistant Scientist, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary & Schepens Eye Research Institute |
| 11:00 a.m. | Modern Pathology Rebecca C. Stacy, MD PhD Instructor in Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School Divisions of Ophthalmic Pathology and Neuro-Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary |
| 11:20 a.m. | Volume of the sphenoid trigone and its relation to orbital decompression surgery based on CT measurements in different Genders and Races Daniel R. Lefebvre, M.D. Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary Instructor in Ophthalmology Harvard Medical School |
| 1:40 p.m. | Basic research sets the stage for managing blinding diseases Andrius Kazlauskas, PhD Professor of Ophthalmology Harvard Medical School Schepens Eye Research Institute, Massachusetts Eye and Ear |
| 2:00 p.m. | Ocular Telehealth for Diabetic Retinopathy: Leveraging New Technologies and their Impact on Emerging Diabetes Populations Paolo Antonio S. Silva, MD Instructor in Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School Assistant Chief of Telemedicine Beetham Eye Institute Joslin Diabetes Center |
| 2:20 p.m. | Clinical trials of peripheral prism glasses for hemianopia Alexandra R. Bowers, PhD Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology Harvard Medical School Schepens Eye Research Institute, Massachusetts Eye and Ear |
| 2:40 p.m. | Perspective on Mariana Mead and Introduction of Mead Lecturer Joan W. Miller, MD (Department Chair) |
| 2:50 p.m. | The 2013 Mariana Mead Lecture: Target to Therapy: The Challenge of Translational Medicine Cynthia L. Grosskreutz, MD, PhD Associate Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology Harvard Medical School Global Translational Medicine Head for Ophthalmology Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research |
