The World’s 100 Most Influential People in Ophthalmology

EDUARDO C. ALFONSO, M.D., is an internationally recognized expert on ocular infectious diseases and is recognized globally as a leader in healthcare administration. He has been director and chair of Bascom Palmer since 2007. Each year under his leadership, the Institute has been ranked the #1 eye hospital in the United States. Alfonso, holder of the Kathleen and Stanley J. Glaser Chair in Ophthalmology, was named to the Power Lists 2014, 2016, 2018, 2022, 2023.

Holder of the John T. Flynn Chair in Ophthalmology, HILDA CAPÓ, M.D., is a specialist in pediatric ophthalmology and adult strabismus. She is worldrenowned for her expertise in strabismus and adjustable sutures and a pioneer in identifying the anesthetic agent’s role in the onset of double vision after cataract surgery. She has trained more than 175 residents and fellows, reaffirming her abilities as an academician, educator, and surgeon. Capó was named to the Power Lists 2021, 2023.

ZELIA M. CORREA, M.D., PH.D., is a worldrenown cancer specialist with extensive surgical experience. She is recognized not only in the field of ocular oncology, but also in vitreoretinal surgery and ophthalmic pathology. Her current research focuses on the use of artificial intelligence to distinguish benign from malignant ocular tumors based on imaging characteristics. She was named to the Power List 2022

JANET L. DAVIS, M.D., M.A., is an internationally recognized expert in uveitis as well as a medical retina and vitreoretinal specialist. Holder of the Leach Chair in Ophthalmology, her expertise includes infectious and inflammatory diseases of the eye. For the last six years, she has led the Bascom Palmer surgical team that has performed more than 100 subretinal gene therapy procedures for inherited retinal diseases such as retinitis pigmentosa and choroideremia. Davis was named to the Power Lists 2021, 2023

KENDALL E. DONALDSON, M.D., M.S., is a cornea specialist whose primary research interests are the advancements in cataract surgery, laser-assisted cataract surgery, and severe ocular surface disease. Each year, she presents more than 100 lectures at the local, national, and international level, and has authored a variety of peer-reviewed and non-peer reviewed articles and book chapters. She was named to the Power Lists 2021, 2022, 2023.

A specialist in the medical and surgical treatment of diseases of the retina and the vitreous, HARRY W. FLYNN JR., M.D., has a long and distinguished career in academic medicine through a combination of teaching, research, and patient care. He has been involved in the training of more than 600 residents, fellows, and visiting physicians over the past 40 years. Flynn, the J. Donald M. Gass Chair in Ophthalmology, was named to the Power Lists 2018, 2022, 2023

ANAT GALOR, M.D., M.S.P.H., is an expert on ocular surface pain and dry eye and its relationship with neuropathic ocular pain. She is also an expert in the epidemiology and treatment of persistent pain after LASIK. Galor has evaluated the efficacy of several therapies in the treatment of neuropathic ocular pain and has focused on how ocular surface symptoms affect the quality of life. Galor was recognized in the Power Lists 2021, 2022, 2023.

STEVEN J. GEDDE, M.D., Bascom Palmer’s vice chair of education and holder of the John G. Clarkson Chair in Ophthalmology is an outstanding physician, researcher, and educator. During his 21-year leadership as Bascom Palmer’s residency program director, the Institute’s training program was continually recognized as one of the best in the nation. He is an expert in the field of glaucoma and his research has focused on improving patient care through clinical trials. Gedde was named to the Power List 2022.

Voluntary assistant professor of ophthalmology, RANYA HABASH, M.D., is a refractive cataract surgeon and comprehensive ophthalmologist with a unique background in the clinical, technical, and business sides of medicine. As the former medical director of technology at Bascom Palmer, she instituted Bascom Palmer’s successful telemedicine program at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic providing patients immediate access to Bascom Palmer’s ophthalmologists. She was named to the Power Lists 2017, 2021, 2022, 2023

CAROL L. KARP, M.D., holder of the Richard K. Forster Chair in Ophthalmology and the Dr. Ronald and Alicia Lepke Endowed Professorship in Corneal and External Diseases, is an expert in the management of ocular surface oncology and anterior segment surgery. In the late 1990s, she pioneered the use of interferon for the treatment of ocular surface squamous neoplasia. Her work has helped to change the standard of care for these lesions. Karp was named to the Power Lists 2019, 2021, 2023.

PHILIP J. ROSENFELD, M.D., PH.D., played a pivotal role in the development of anti-VEGF therapies for neovascular and exudative eye diseases and revolutionized the treatment of these diseases. By pioneering the use of intravitreal Avastin (bevacizumab) therapy, his work has contributed to the prevention of blindness worldwide and saved billions of dollars in healthcare expenses. Rosenfeld has been recognized on the Power Lists 2014, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023.

An expert in vision correction surgery, SONIA YOO, M.D., is recognized as one of the world’s most skilled cornea, cataract and refractive surgeons, with exceptional experience and knowledge of the field. Associate medical director of Bascom

Palmer and holder of the Greentree Hickman Chair in Ophthalmology, Yoo is interested in the development and evaluation of new diagnostic and surgical technologies, as well as laser applications. She was also named to the Power List 2018, 2021, 2023.

Since the Power List began in 2014, Bascom Palmer faculty members have continually been included. Other honorees include:

AUDINA M. BERROCAL, M.D. (2021)

ALANA GRAJEWSKI, M.D. (2021)

RICHARD K. PARRISH II, M.D. (2018) 

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