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Walk for Vision, September 26th, 2009 Lauren Jacob's Walk for Vision October 11th, Support Group: Meeting times have changed. New day is Tuesday Next Meeting: July 28th, 2009 Tuesday 1:00PM- 2:00 PM, Addressing Concerns of having Uveitis or Ocular Inflammatory Disease Location: Massachusetts Eye Research and Surgery Institution Media Features: Find the Time and Channel Near You
Dr. Foster continues to teach and to operate at MEEI, and continues as Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School. His research, both basic laboratory research and clinical research, as well as his training of Ocular Immunology fellows continues under the aegis of his new research and education foundation, Ocular Immunology and Uveitis Foundation. Dr. Foster is just a few blocks from MEEI at 5 Cambridge Center, 8th Floor, Cambridge, MA, 02142, 617-621-6377 or toll free 866-353-6377, having opened a new state-of-the-art facility supporting the research, surgery, and treatment of inflammatory diseases of the eye, including Uveitis. Check out the permanent location, 5 Cambridge Center just over the Longfellow Bridge across the river from Mass Eye and Ear in Kendall Square and only one more T-stop(KendallSquare/MIT) from the MGH/Charles St station on the redline. Awards: Congratulations to Dr. Foster. Dr. Foster received Top Docs of Boston and America again for 2008. Announcements: Publications/Presentations: . Click here for books! Read about and obtain a Living with Uveitis Video
Boston, MA- Governor Deval Patrick has proclaimed September 2008 as
OCULAR INFLAMMATORY DISEASE AWARENESS MONTH in the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts. Destructive inflammatory diseases of the eye such as
uveitis are the third leading cause of preventable blindness in developed
Countries. Untreated or under-treated uveitis, or repeated episodes
of inflammation within the eye, can lead to scarring and blinding consequences.
Symptoms of uveitis include redness and irritation of the eye, blurred
vision, eye pain, light sensitivity and floating spots. State Representative
Jennifer Callahan, D-Sutton, will present a Resolution from the Massachusetts
House of Representatives in recognition of the awareness month to C.
Stephen Foster, MD, Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard
Medical School, world renowned ocular immunologist and president and
founder of the Ocular Immunology and Uveitis Foundation(OIUF) during
a ribbon cutting ceremony during the Foundation’s annual “Walk
for Vision” on September 27th at noon in front of the Royal Sonesta
Hotel. Proceeds from the event will benefit the Ocular Immunology and
Uveitis Foundation’s groundbreaking research efforts in ocular
inflammatory disease and ocular immunology. The 5K walk along the Charles
River in Cambridge will conclude with a lunch at the Royal Sonesta
and a meeting of the OIUF support group featuring Dr. Foster as the
keynote speaker, who has taken a leadership role in informing the public
about ocular inflammatory disease. He states, “Ocular immunology
is not a particularly glamorous field, and few ophthalmologists choose
to enter it. As a result, few ocular immunologists exist, and so many
patients with uveitis and other forms of eye inflammation continue
to be treated with 1950’s standard of care while much more effective
and safer strategies exist today. The result is that far more people
are eventually blinded by eye inflammation than should occur.” More about C. Stephen Foster, MD and The Ocular Immunolgy and Uveitis Foundation In 2005 C. Stephen Foster, MD, Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School, founded MERSI (Massachusetts Eye Research and Surgery Institution), a state-of-the-art facility dedicated to research, education, surgery, and treatment of inflammatory diseases of the eye after 30 years at The Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary where he created the Immunology and Uveitis Service and began the Uveitis and Ocular Immunology Fellowship. Dr. Foster continues to be devoted to the care of his patients, teach fellows and direct a research laboratory in his new private institution, where he has formed a research and education Foundation, the Ocular Immunology and Uveitis Foundation. Foster is a leader in his field and is widely regarded by his colleagues
and patients as having revolutionized the care of adults and children
with ocular inflammatory disease. Through research studying diseases
outside the field of ocular medicine, Foster has developed new treatments
that are dramatically more effective than the traditional treatment
of steroid drops. Foster estimates the new treatment, a type of chemotherapy,
raises the number of patients whose blindness Dr. Foster has authored over 600 publications, sees and treats patients
from all over the world with cataracts, glaucoma, cornea and external
ocular diseases, and uveitis. He teaches cataract, corneal microsurgery
and vitreal surgery for inflammatory eye disease. Among the many important
awards honoring Dr. Foster for his pioneering work are the following:
the American Academy of Ophthalmology Award (1983), the Hippocrates
Medal, Swedish Royal Academy of Medicine (1985), the American Academy
of Ophthalmology Senior Honor Award (1993), the Research to Prevent
Blindness Senior Scientific Investigator Award (1995), the Diaz Caneja
Medal (2003), the International Ocular Inflammation Society Award (2003),
the Mildred Weisenfeld Award for Excellence in Ophthalmology (2005)
and the American Academy of Ophthalmology’s Lifetime Achievement
Award (2007). For more information about Dr. Foster and the Ocular immunology and
Uveitis Foundation please visit www.uveitis.org
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