UPCOMING EVENTS LEADERS IN OPHTHALMOLOGY SPEAK AT DUKE
Science Visiting Professor January 12, 2017 Albert Eye Research Institute Auditorium
David J. Calkins, PhD
»» Recent Guest Lectures “From Bench to Bedside and Beyond: Development of a Translational Medicine Program in Ocular Surface and Immunological Diseases” Victor Perez, MD
Professor of Ophthalmology Microbiology and Immunology Walter G. Ross Chair in Ophthalmic Research Director Ocular Surface Center Bascom Palmer Eye Institute University of Miami Miller School of Medicine “The Changing Practice of Ophthalmology in the Community” Reginald E. Ishman, MD
The Denis M. O’Day Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Vice-Chairman and Director for Research, The Vanderbilt Eye Institute Director, Vanderbilt Vision Research Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN Joseph M. Research Bryan Lecture February 2, 2017 Albert Eye Research Institute Auditorium
Department of Ophthalmology University Eye Specialists PC Warsaw, New York
Alan B. Scott, MD
“Shotgun Lipidomics for Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine” Andrej Shevchenko, PhD
Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics Dresden, Germany
»» Kourosh Alexander Dastgheib, MD Pioneer Award in Ocular Innovation Lecture Established by Duke Eye Center Alumni, Kourosh Alexander Dastgheib, the Dastgheib Pioneer Award in Ocular Innovation Lecturer is awarded annually to someone who has made a major contribution in the field of Ophthalmology focused on something that has proved useful in real life. The Social Entrepreneurship: From “El Dispensario to Fundacion Barraquer” Award Recipient and Presenter:
Suttler Health (Brown and Toland Physicians), San Francisco, CA “Injection Treatment of Strabismus” Controversies in Cataracts and Cornea Conference February 4, 2017 Trent Semans Center Duke University Advanced Pediatric Retina Symposium March 24-25, 2017 Duke Eye Center Advanced Vitreous Surgery Course (AVS) April 21-22, 2017 Durham Convention Center www.regonline.com/avs2017
Elena Barraquer Compte, MD
Centro De Oftalmologia Barraquer, Barcelona, Spain
»» Medical Alumni Grand Rounds Juan Batlle, MD
Chairman of Ophthalmology Elias Santana, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
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DUKE EYE CENTER IN NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
PHOTO: NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
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National Geographic’s September cover story “Why There’s New Hope About Ending Blindness” featured new advances in eye care that are helping people around the world. It included an image of Lejla Vajzovic, MD performing surgery on a patient who received an Argus II device.