Frederick A. Jakobiec, M.D., D.Sc.

Director, David G. Cogan Laboratory of Ophthalmic Pathology
Emeritus Willard Williams Professor, Harvard Medical School

Specialty Area
Eye Pathology, Ocular Clinical Oncology, and Infections and Idiopathic Inflammations of the Eye and Adnexa
 

Contact Information:
Patient Matters: contact the Cogan Ophthalmic Pathology Lab

Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
243 Charles Street- Room 321
Boston, MA 02114

Phone: (617) 573-3319, Fax: (617) 573-3168
 

Clinical Background
Medical School
Harvard Medical School, 1968
Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, D.Sc. (Med), 1972
 

Residencies
Ophthalmology and Anatomic Pathology Residencies, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY
 

Fellowships
Research Fellowship, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Department of Ophthalmology/Assigned to Pathology (Thesis on The Ultrastructure of Orbital Neoplasia)
Fellow in Ophthalmic Pathology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, DC
 

Board Certification
Ophthalmology, 1975; Pathology, Anatomical Pathology 1978
 

Professional Affiliations
Verhoeff-Zimmerman Eye Pathology Society; Eastern Ophthalmic Pathology Society; American Ophthalmological Society; American Association of Ophthalmic Pathologists

Clinical Interests
Eye pathology; ocular and adnexal tumors and inflammations

Research Interests
Dr. Jakobiec has edited over 20 volumes devoted to eye tumors and eye pathology, and written over 300 journal articles and book chapters. He co-edited The Principles and Practice of Ophthalmology (6 volumes, W.B. Saunders, 1991 and 1998), and contributed numerous chapters to The Third Edition (2008), 4 volumes.

Selected Publications
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Publications
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