Honors and Awards Chantal Boisvert, OD, MD graduated from the 2021 Duke Clinical Leadership Program. She was named among the Exceptional Women in Medicine by Castle Connolly, America’s Most Honored Doctors – Top 1% by America’s Most Honored and Regional Top Doctor by Castle Connolly. Catherine Bowes Rickman, PhD was awarded the George and Geneva Boguslavsky Distinguished Professor of Ophthalmology. Alan N. Carlson, MD made the America’s Best Eye Doctors 2021 List by Newsweek.
Romain Cartoni, PhD received The Thomas R. Lee Award for National Glaucoma Research from BrightFocus presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO). Pratap Challa, MD received the Duke Incubation Fund Award for a glaucoma gene therapy project. He received the American Board of Ophthalmology “Ben Goldfellar Award” for outstanding service to the ABO and was recognized as an elite doctor with the distinction of being a member of Teladoc Health Inc, Global Expert Panel.
Dilraj S. Grewal, MD speaking at 2021 AAO Retina Subspecialty Day
Laura B. Enyedi, MD received several awards and serves in leadership roles for the American Academy of Opthalmology; 2021 Secretariat and Achievement Awards, Vice Chair of Practicing Ophthalmologists committee, Special Projects committee, Editor of AAO ONE Network, and Clinical Spokesperson. Sharon Fekrat, MD, FACS, FASRS was invited to present during the “Advancing Health & Wellness” Duke Alumni Program focusing on how technology is changing healthcare. She received the Fellow of the American Society of Retina Specialists (FASRS) designation. She was honored by the American Academy of Ophthalmology with its Secretariat Award for her service as Co-Editor of EyeNet’s Ophthalmic Pearls section for 20 years and her stewardship as EyeNet’s Retina Section Editor. The Journal of VitreoRetinal Diseases awarded her with the Distinguished Contributor Award. She was inducted into the Retina Hall of Fame. She was featured in NPR’s hour-long People’s Pharmacy.
Sharon F. Freedman, MD made the America’s Best Eye Doctors 2021 List by Newsweek. She delivered the keynote Costenbader Lecture to open the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus (AAPOS) Virtual Annual Meeting held April 9-11, 2021. Sidney Gospe III, MD, PhD received the 2021 Golden Globe Award in recognition of outstanding contributions to resident education in the Department of Ophthalmology. Dilraj S. Grewal, MD received the Fellow of the American Society of Retina Specialists (FASRS) designation. Leon W. Herndon, Jr., MD made the America’s Best Eye Doctors 2021 List by Newsweek.
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