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Background on Dr. Foster

As this Web Site is being increasingly visited, we increasingly receive requests via e-mail for additional information about the background, education and training of Dr. Foster. And while this site is intended as an educational, noncommercial one, it would appear that a need exists to place at least a "bare bones" Curriculum Vitae under the Patient Information Section of this site regarding Dr. Foster.

Dr. Foster was born and raised in West Virginia, received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Chemistry at Duke University, with Distinction and Phi Beta Kappa in 1965, and received his Doctor of Medicine Degree at Duke University Medical Center, in 1969, being elected to Alpha Omega Alpha. He trained in Internal Medicine at Duke University Hospital from 1969-1970, and at the National Heart and Lung Institute, at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, from 1970 to 1972, during which time he also taught Internal Medicine, with appointment as Instructor in Medicine at the George Washington University Hospital in Washington, DC. In 1972, Dr. Foster entered his Ophthalmology Residency training program at Washington University (Barnes Hospital), in St. Louis, Missouri, and having completed that in 1975, he then traveled to Boston to do two additional Fellowship trainings in Cornea and External Diseases, and in Ocular Immunology. He completed this training in 1977 and was invited to join the full-time faculty of the Department of Ophthalmology of Harvard Medical School, where he was a member of the Cornea Service and Director of the Residency Training Program at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary. He began his independent research in 1977, and was continuously funded by grants from the National Institutes of Health until he chose to focus primarily on Clinical Practice in 1990.

He created the Ocular Immunology and Uveitis Service at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary in 1980, and began the Uveitis and Ocular Immunology Fellowship in 1984. Over 100 Ophthalmologists have successfully completed this training program in uveitis and ocular immunology, and most have contributed to the over 500 published books and papers that Dr. Foster has authored. Dr. Foster continues to direct a research laboratory at the Massachusetts Eye Research and Surgery Institution (MERSI), through the support of his newly created research foundation, The Ocular Immunology and Uveitis Foundation; this laboratory is devoted to the study of eye surgery, inflammation, and infections. Dr. Foster sees and treats patients with cataract, glaucoma, cornea and external ocular diseases, and uveitis. He teaches cataract, corneal microsurgery, and vitreal surgery for inflammatory eye disease.

The following is a current copy of Dr. Foster's Curriculum Vitae:

EDUCATION:

1965        Duke University, B.S. Chemistry

9/67 - 6/68 Duke University, Graduate School of Arts & Sciences: Immunology/Biochemistry

9/65 - 6/69 Duke University School of Medicine, M.D.

POSTDOCTORAL TRAINING:

Internships and Residencies:

7/69 - 6/70 Intern in Medicine Duke University Medical Center

7/70 - 6/72 Staff Associate, Internal Medicine, National Institutes of Health, National Heart & Lung Institute:  Blood, Basculitis Branch

7/72 - 6/75 Resident in Ophthalmology Washington Unversity of St. Louis School of Medicine, Barnes Hospital

RESEARCH and CLINICAL FELLOWSHIPS:

7/75 - 6/77 Research Fellow Department of Cornea Research Eye Research Institute of Retina Foundation

7/75 - 6/76 Clinical Fellow, Cornea Service Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary

7/76 - 6/77 Fellow in Ocular Immunology Harvard Medical School

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LICENSURE AND CERTIFICATION:

1969 North Carolina Board of Medical Examiners

1970 National Board of Medical Examiners

1970 Maryland Board of Medical Examiners

1970 District of Columbia Medical Examiners

1972 Missouri Board of Medical Examiners

1975 Massachusetts Board of Medical Examiners

1976 American Board of Ophthalmology

1980 American College of Surgeons

1995 American College of Rheumatology

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS:

10/70 - 7/72 Instructor in Medicine, George Washington University Medical Center

7/76 - 6/79 Instructor in Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School

7/77 - 1/81 Clinical Assistant Scientist. Eye Research Institute of Retina Foundation

7/79 - 6/82 Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School

3/94 - 3/05 Professor of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School

3/05-present Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School

HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS:

7/76 - 5/81 Director, Residency Training (Ophthalmology) Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary

7/77 - 5/82      Assistant in Ophthalmology Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary

5/82 - 7/85      Assistant Surgeon of Ophthalmology Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary

7/85 - 6/87 Associate Surgeon of Ophthalmology  Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary

7/87 - present Surgeon in Ophthalmology Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary

6/81 - 3/05 Director, Immunology Service Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary

1/84 - 3/05 Director, Hilles Immunology Laboratory Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary

1/88 - 3/05 Director, Rhoads Molecular Immunology Laboratory Massachusetts Eye and Ear

1/93 - 5/96 Board of Surgeons, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary

4/94 - 3/05 Executive Committee, Department of Ophthalmology Harvard Medical School

8/96 - present Clinical Associate in Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital

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VISITING APPOINTMENTS AND SPECIAL LECTURES:

1979 Wills Eye Hospital, Visiting Professor

1979 University of Paris, Visiting Professor

1980 National Eye Institute Task Force: Autoimmune Phenomena and Ocular Disorders

1980 National Eye Institute Task Force: Infection, Inflammation, and Allergy

1980 Moorefield's Eye Hospital, London, Visiting Professor

1980 University of Paris, Visiting Professor

1981 University of Paris, Visiting Professor

1981 National Institutes of Health, Maryland, Ad Hoc Review Study Section

1981 Wills Eye Hospital, Visiting Professor

1982 Washington University of St. Louis, Visiting Professor

1982 University of Paris, Visiting Professor

1982 Brookdale Hospital, New York, Visiting Professor

1982 Georgetown University, Visiting Professor

1982 Eye Research Institute Symposium, Palm Beach, FL, Guest Lecturer

1982 Lenox Hill Hospital New York, Visiting Professor

1982 New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, Visiting Professor

1982 Symposium and Satellite Telecast on "Radial Keratotomy and Extended Wear

Contact Lenses," San Francisco, CA, Guest Speaker

1982 University of Maryland School of Medicine, Advances of Ophthalmology,

Guest Lecturer

1983 Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, Guest Lecturer at Grand Rounds

1983 University Hospitals of Cleveland, Guest Lecturer at Grand Rounds of Cleveland

Ophthalmological Society

1983 Fisons Corp. Cromolyn Symposium, Guest Lecturer

1983 St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital, New York, Guest Lecturer at Grand Rounds

1983 Southend General Hospital, London, Visiting Professor

1983 University of Paris, Guest Lecturer

1983 National Institutes of Health, Maryland, Visiting Professor

1983 University of South Carolina in Columbia, Guest Lecturer

1984 North Shore University Hospital New York, Guest Lecturer

1984 Manhattan Eye & Ear Institute New York, Visiting Professor

1984 International Corneal Society, Cannes, France, Lecturer

1984 Miami Ophthalmological Society, Visiting Professor

1984 International Symposium on Herpetic Eye Disease, Keynote Speaker

1985 Symposium on Ocular Immunology, Uppsala, Sweden, Keynote Speaker

1985 First International Allergy Symposium, St. Petersburg, FL, Invited Lecturer

1985 University of Michigan, Visiting Professor, Keynote Speaker

1985 First International Allergy Symposium, St. Petersburg, FL, Invited Lecturer

1985 Guest of Honor, Recipient of Hippocrates Medal, Swedish Royal Academy of

Medicine, Stockholm, Sweden

1986 Ocular Immunology Symposium, St. Petersburg, FL, Keynote Speaker

1986 Ocular Allergy Symposium, St. Petersburg, FL, Keynote Speaker

1986 Ocular Immunology, Tubingin, Germany, Invited Lecturer

1986 International Symposium on Herpes Diseases of the Eye, Lake Tahoe, CA,

Invited Lecturer

1986 American Academy of Ophthalmology, Regional Update Course, Washington,

DC, Lecturer

1986 Connecticut Ophthalmological Society, Guest of Honor

1986 American Rheumatism Association, Invited Lecturer

1986 University of Florida, Visiting Professor

1987 Swedish Ophthalmological Society, Guest of Honor

1987 Problem Solving in Corneal Disease, San Juan, Puerto Rico, Invited Lecturer

1987 Cooperation Between the Ophthalmologist and Non-Ophthalmologist, San Juan,

Puerto Rico, Invited Lecturer

1987 New York City Immunology Course, Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital,

Invited Lecturer

1987 Arthritis Grand Rounds, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA,

Invited Lecturer

1987 Department of Allergy, New England Medical Center, Boston, MA,

Invited Lecturer

1987 Corneal Problems Solving Course, Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary,

Boston, MA, Invited Lecturer

1987 Grand Rounds, Sympathetic Ophthalmia, Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary,

Boston, MA, Invited Lecturer

1987 Johns Hopkins University, Visiting Professor

1987 Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary, Alumni Meeting, Boston, MA,

Invited Speaker

1987 Dupont de Nemours and Co., Wilmington, DE, Visiting Professor

1987 New York University, Division of Rheumatology, Visiting Professor

1987 Manhattan Eye, Ear & Throat Hospital, Visiting Professor

1987 World Cornea Conference, Washington, DC, Invited Speaker

1987 American Ophthalmological Society, Carlsbad, CA, Invited Speaker

1987 Canadian Ophthalmological Society, Montreal, Canada, Invited Speaker

1987 World Congress on Sarcoidosis, Milan, Italy, Invited Speaker

1987 Norwegian Ophthalmological Society, Guest of Honor

1988 American Rheumatism Foundation, San Francisco, CA, Invited Speaker

1988 DalHousie University Faculty Title of Medicine, Halifax, Nova Scotia,

Invited Speaker

1988 Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY, Invited Speaker

1988 University of Mississippi, Jackson, MS, Invited Speaker

1988 University of Paris, Invited Speaker

1988 Cambridge University, Visiting Professor

1988 New England Ophthalmic Society, Boston, MA, Invited Speaker

1988 American Academy of Ophthalmology, Las Vegas, NV, Visiting Professor

1988 Turkish Ophthalmological Society, Istanbul, Turkey, Invited Speaker

1989 Missouri Ophthalmological Society, Kansas City, MO, Invited Speaker

1989 First Annual Cornea and Anterior Segment Symposium, University of New

Jersey School of Medicine, Visiting Professor

1989 Long Island Jewish-Hillside Medical Center, Grand Rounds, Invited Speaker

1989 University of Michigan, Detroit, MI

1990 Fifth International Symposium on Immunology and Immunopathology of the Eye.

Tokyo, Invited Speaker

1990 Castroviejo Cornea Society, Invited Speaker

1990 International Congress of Ophthalmology, Singapore, Invited Speaker

1990 State University of New York, Dept. of Immunology. Buffalo, NY.

"Immunosuppression and the Role of Cyclosporine in Patient Management,"

Invited Speaker

1990 Manhattan Eye, Ear, & Throat Hospital, Conference on External Eye Disease,

Invited Speaker

1990 International Symposium for Ocular Inflammation. Alicante, Spain,

Invited Speaker

1990 American Academy of Ophthalmology, Regional Update Course, Cambridge, MA

Invited Speaker

1990 First International Symposium on Intermediate Uveitis. Gutersloh, Germany,

Visiting Professor.

1990 Fourth Workshop on External Eye Disease and Inflammation. Bilesly, England.

Invited Speaker.

1990 Second Annual University of Illinois, Eye Center Meeting. Chicago, Illinois. Ocular Immunology Lecture: Chronic Cicatrizing Conjunctivitis. Invited Speaker.

1990 Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary, Immunology Course. Course Director

1990 Boston University School of Medicine, Resident Lecture Series. Visiting Professor

1990 American Academy of Ophthalmology, Atlanta, GA, Invited Speaker

1991 Cullen Memorial Lecture, Ohio State University, Invited Speaker

1991 Manhattan Eye & Ear Hospital, Grand Rounds, Mucous Membrane Disease.

Visiting Professor.

1991 Massachusetts General Hospital, Grand Rounds, Visiting Professor.

1991 Valladolid, Spain. Guest of Honor.

1991 Spaulding Hospital, Immunologic Diseases of the Eye. Visiting Professor.

1991 Manhattan Eye & Ear Hospital, New York, Visiting Professor.

1991 AAO Update. Lecturer.

1991 Cornea Day. New England Ophthalmological Society, Boston Park Plaza Hotel,

Fungal Keratitis. Invited Speaker.

1991 University of Maryland, Grand Rounds, Visiting Professor.

1991 Rheumatology Department, SUNY Stoneybrook, Visiting Professor.

1991 Georgetown University, Visiting Professor.

1991 New York City Ophthalmology Course, Ocular Immunology. Visiting Professor.

1992 Long Island Jewish Memorial. Visiting Professor.

1992 Seattle, Washington Academy of Ophthalmology. Featured Speaker.

1992 Tubingen, Germany. Guest of Honor.

1992 Chicago Ophthalmologic Society. Featured Speaker.

1992 New Jersey Conference. Invited Speaker.

1992 Brussels International Conference. IXth Congress of Ophthalmology.

Keynote Speaker.

1992 Stresa, Italy. International Society for Eye Research. Featured Speaker.

1992 Course on Cornea: Current Problems, Paris, France. Invited Lecturer.

1992 Visiting Professor, Grand Rounds, University of Pittsburgh.

1992 2nd Inger Sandstrom Memorial Lecture. Swedish Medical Society Meeting,

Stockholm, Sweden.

1993 Visiting Professor, Grand Rounds, McGill University, Montreal.

1993 New Orleans Academy, Featured Speaker

1993 Baltimore, MD, Sinai Hospital, Visiting Professor

1993 National Eye Institute, Visiting Professor

1994 Columbia University, Visiting Professor

1994 National Institutes of Health, Visiting Professor

1994 Francisco J. Bajandas Memorial Lecture, University of Texas, San Antonio,

Visiting Professor.

1994 University of Berlin Medical College, Visiting Professor

1994 University of California San Francisco, Visiting Professor

1994 University of Michigan, Visiting Professor

1994 University of Utah, Visiting Professor, Grand Rounds

1994 Joint Allergist/Ophthal. Meeting, Buffalo, NY, Featured Speaker

1994 University of South Florida, Visiting Professor, Grand Rounds

1994 Cooperstown, NY, Anterior Segment Conference, Featured Lecturer

1994 Salt Lake City, UT, VanDyk Memorial Lecture

1994 Rhode Island Society of Eye Physicians, Guest Speaker

1994 WV Kanawha Society of Ophthalmologists, Guest Speaker

1994 SUNY Post-Graduate Review, Syracuse, NY, Featured Speaker

1995 Washington University Medical Center, MO, Visiting Professor

1995 Loyola University, Loyola, IL, Visiting Professor

1995 Colorado Ophthalmological Society, CO, Featured Speaker

1995 Escola Paulista de Medicina, Sæo Paulo, Visiting Professor

1995 Brookdale Ophthalmologic Society, NY, Guest Speaker

1995 National Dutch Ophthal. Congress, Amsterdam, Invited Lecturer

1995 Oregon Academy of Ophthalmology, OR, Guest Speaker

1995 Loma Linda Univ. Post-Graduate Convention, CA, Guest Speaker

1995 Calif. Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, Visiting Professor

1995 Redwood Empire Ophthalmological Society, CA, Guest Speaker

1995 Stanford University, CA, Visiting Professor

1995 Sacramento Kaiser Meeting, Sacramento, CA, Guest Speaker

1995 Northern Calif. Kaiser Quarterly Educ. Mtg., CA, Guest Speaker

1995 Santa Barbara Ophthalmological Society, CA, Guest Speaker

1995 Case-Western Univ. Grand Rounds, Cleveland, Visiting Professor

1995 Xth Congress European Soc. of Ophthal., Milan, Italy, Invited Speaker

1995 Palm Beach Ophthalmological Society, FL, Guest Speaker

1995 Northeast Pennsylvania Pediatric Allergy Society, PA, Guest Speaker

1995 S. Illinois Univ. Ophthalmology Residency Program, IL, Visiting Professor

1995 Cincinnati Society of Ophthalmology Grand Rounds, Guest Speaker

1995 LSU-Shreveport Lecture Series, LA, Visiting Professor

1995 Geneva: First International Symposium on Ocular Pharmacotherapeutics (Merck Sharp & Dohme)

1995 University of Gotenburg, Sweden. Visiting Professor

1996 University of Connecticut Grand Rounds, Guest Speaker

1996 Pierce County/Madigan Hospital Resident Society Meeting, Guest Speaker

1996 Wake Forest Eye Center Grand Rounds, Guest Speaker

1996 Indianapolis Ophthalmological Society, IN, Guest Speaker

1996 No. Rhode Island Ophthalmological Society, Providence, RI, Guest Speaker

1996 Tidewater Ophthalmology & Otolaryngology, Norfolk, VA, Guest Speaker

1996 World Congress on the Cornea IV, Orlando, FL, Invited Speaker

1996 UCLA/Jules Stein Eye Institute, Los Angeles, CA, Visiting Professor

1996 New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center Grand Rounds, Invited Speaker

1996 Delaware Ophthalmological Society

1996 St. Louis Ophthalmological Society

1996 Phoenix Ophthalmological Society

1996 University of Arizona, Visiting Professor

1996 Columbia Ophthalmological Society

1996 Philadelphia Ophthalmological Society

1996 Tacoma Ophthalmological Society, Guest of Honor

1996 University of Arkansas, Visiting Professor

1996 University of Paris, Visiting Professor

1996 Workshop on Ocular Autoimmunity in Skin Disease, Ettal, Germany

1996 Brookdale Ophthalmological Society

1996 Dayton Ophthalmological Society

1996 Raleigh Ophthalmological Society

1996 University of Miami, Visiting Professor

1996 Miami Ophthalmological Society

1996 Guest of Honor, University of Gotland (Sweden)

1996 New Jersey Medical School, Visiting Professor

1996 Grand Rounds, Neurology Department, MGH

1996 Alabama Academy of Ophthalmology

1996 South Western Virginia Ophthalmological Society

1996 Akron Ophthalmological Society

1996 Case Western Reserve, Visiting Professor

1996 University of Washington, Visiting Professor

1996 University of Oregon, Visiting Professor

1996 Alta Society, Sacramento, CA, Guest of Honor

1996 Florida Ophthalmological Society

1996 University of Wisconsin, Visiting Professor

1996 University of Missouri, Visiting Professor

1996 University of Rochester, Visiting Professor, Bujones Memorial Lecture

1996 Keynote Address, Second International Symposium on the Lacrimal Gland, Bermuda

1996 Univeristy of New Mexico, Visiting Professor

1996 Santa Barbara Ophthalmological Society

1996 Phoenix Ophthalmological Society

1996 University of Texas, El Paso, Visiting Professor

1996 Martin Luther King Hospital, Los Angeles, CA, Visiting Professor

1996 Fresno Ophthalmological Society, Invited Speaker

1997 King Khalid Eye Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Visiting Professor

1997 University of Colorado, Visiting Professor

1997 Colorado Ophthalmological Society, Guest of Honor

1997 Allegheny General Hospital (Pittsburgh), Visiting Professor

1997 Wilmer Vail Meeting, Faculty

1997 Dallas Academy of Ophthalmology, Guest of Honor

1997 University of Texas, Southwestern, Visiting Professor

1997 Washington University, St. Louis (Barnes Hospital), Visiting Professor

1997 Rush Presbyterian (Chicago), Visiting Professor

1997 Ostler Course, Faculty

1997 New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, Visiting Professor

1997 European Society of Ophthalmology (Budapest), Course Faculty

1997 New England Ophthalmological Society, Invited Speaker

1997 Pittsburgh Eye and Ear Hospital, Visiting Professor

1997 International Symposium on Ocular Pharmacology (Munich), Organizer

1997 University of Oregon, Visiting Professor

1997 East Bay Ophthalmologic al Society (Oakland), Invited Speaker

1997 Minneapolis Ophthalmological Society, Guest of Honor American College of Rheumatology, Invited Speaker

1997 Virginia Society of Ophthalmology, Guest of Honor

1997 Baylor University, Visiting Professor

1997 The Proctor Foundation, Invited Speaker

1997 George Washington University, Visiting Professor

1998 Ocular Allergy Update, Salt Lake City, Invited Speaker

1998 Columbia University, Visiting Professor

1998 Aspen Corneal Society, Invited Speaker

1998 Nassau County Grand Rounds, Invited Speaker

1998 New Orleans Academy of Ophthalmology, Invited Speaker

1998 The Pediatric Rheumatology Meeting, Invited Speaker

1998 University of Utah-John Moran Eye Center, Visiting Professor

1998 American Osteopathic Colleges, Annual Meeting, Guest of Honor

1998 Utah Ophthalmological Society – Guest of Honor

1998 Columbia University, Visiting Professor

1998 Aspen Corneal Society, Invited Speaker

1998 Nassau County Grand Rounds, Invited Speaker

1998 New Orleans Academy of Ophthalmology, Guest of Honor

1998 American Academy of Pediatrics, Pediatric Rheumatology, Keynote Speaker

1998 University of Utah-John Moran Eye Center, Visiting Professor

1998 American Osteopathic Colleges, Annual Meeting, Guest of Honor

1998 XIII Annual International Congress of Eye Research, Paris, France – Section Chairman

1998 Seventh Annual Ocular Surgery News Symposium, New York, NY

1998 Empiric Medical Workshop, Rockville, MD

1998 American Academy of Ophthalmology, LEO Course, Instructor

1998 West Virginia Kanawha Meeting, Invited Speaker

1998 Nassau County Grand Rounds, Guest of Honor

1998 Long Island College Hospital, Visiting Professor

1999 The Conrad Behrens Lecture, CLAO

1999 The Jean Lacerte Lecture, Laval University, Quebec

1999 The Canadian Royal College of Surgeons Lecturer

1999 Aspen Corneal Society – Speaker

1999 Danish Ophthalmological Society, Annual Meeting, Program Director

1999 Barnet Dulaney Eye Foundation

1999 The Robert Coles Lecture, NY Academy of Medicine

1999 Ocular Inflammatory Disease Update, Mexico City

2000 International Symposium on Ocular Pharmacology and Pharmaceutics, Lisbon, Portugal, Barcelona

2000 Swiss Ophthalmological Society, Bern, Switzerland – Guest of Honor

2001 Illinois Association of Ophthalmologists – Invited Speaker

2001 The Harvey Thorpe Lecture – Pittsburgh Ophthalmological Society

2001 Greek Congress of Ophthalmology – Keynote Lecture

2001 Schepens Lecture – Schepens Eye Research Institute

2001 Adamantiades-Behçet's Disease Congress – Keynote Lecture

2002 Pediatric Uveitis Symposium, UCLA – Invited Speaker

2002 The Torrence Makley, Jr. Lecture – Ohio State University

2002 NYC Rheumatology Society – Guest of Honor

2002 Philippine Alumni Meeting, Washington, DC – Invited Speaker

2002 Yale Eye Clinic Symposium – Visiting Professor

2002 Columbia University Rounds – Visiting Professor

2002 Medical Society of New Jersey – Invited Speaker

2002 Opinion Leaders’ Conference, Washington, DC – Invited Speaker – IVIg and the Blistering Deramtoses

2002 Cleveland Clinic – Visiting Professor

2003 Co-originator and organizer of the first Uveitis Subspecialty Day, American Academy of Ophthalmology

2003 La Escuela de Medicina Ignacio A. Santos de la Division Ciencias de la Salud del Insituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Monterrey Mexico – Visiting Professor

2003 The Diaz Caneja Lecture, University of Valladolid, Spain

2003 Hospital for Special Surgery, New York City – Grand Rounds, Rheumatology

2004 The Mahlon Barlow Lecture - Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Wilmer Eye Institute

2004 University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey – Grand Rounds

2004 International Society of Ocular Pharmacology and Therapuetics – Monaco (Monte Carlo) – Organizer of and Speaker in two sessions

2004 West Virginia University, Visiting Professor

2004 Massachusetts General Hospital Medical Grand Rounds – Speaker

2004 Congress on New Therapies in Retinal Disease, Rome – Invited Speaker

2004 The Kevin Hill Course, Colby College – Speaker

2004 Evidence-based Model for Diagnosis and Therapy of Uveitis, Syposium Director, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston

2004 AUS Uveitis Symposium, American Academy of Ophthalmology

2005 Duke University Medical Center - The Joseph Bryan Lecture

2005 Washington Society of Eye Physicians and Surgeons - Keynote lecturer

2005 Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology -
The Mildred Weisenfeld Lecture

2005 University of Maryland - The Richard D. Richards Lecture
2005 Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Ocular Allergy, Resident Grand Rounds, Invited Speaker
2005 American Behcet’s Disease Association – Guest of Honor, New York
2005 AAO Uveitis Subspeciality Day – Organizer and Speaker
2005 Massachusetts General Hospital Grand Rounds
2005 Massachusetts General Hospital Dermatology Department Grand Rounds
2005 Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary Resident Lecture Series
2006 Visiting Professor, SUNY, Brooklyn
2006 Visiting Professor, New England Eye Institute
2006 Allergy Conference, Children’s Hospital, Boston
2006 Harvard Course in Allergy & Immunology, Brigham & Women’s Hospital – Invited Speaker
2006 2nd American-European Ophthalmology Symposium
2006 International Birdshot Retinochoroidopathy Conference, Paris – Invited Speaker
2006 New England Ophthalmological Society – Invited Speaker
2006 Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary Resident Lecture Series
2006 Lancaster Course in Ophthalmology
2006 Visiting Professor, Grand Rounds, University of Texas Health Sciences Center, Houston
2006 Visiting Professor, Grand Rounds, Baylor University, Houston
2006 Houston Ophthalmological Society – Invited Speaker
2006 Guest Speaker, Vermont Optometric Association Annual Meeting
2007 Guest Speaker and Visiting Professor, Long Island Rheumatological Association
2007 Visiting Professor, Grand Rounds, Emory University

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AWARDS AND HONORS:

1960 Bausch and Lomb Science Prize

1960 National Merit Scholar

1961 Beta Omega Sigma Leadership Honorary

1965 Phi Beta Kappa

1965 Graduation with Highest Distinction in Chemistry

1965 Chemistry Prize

1969 Alpha Omega Alpha

1979 Sigma XI

1985 Hippocrates Medal, Swedish Royal Academy of Medicine

1986 American Ophthalmological Society

1989 American Academy of Ophthalmology Honor Award

1993 American Academy of Ophthalmology Senior Honor Award

1994 The Best Doctors in America: Town and Country Magazine

1995 Research to Prevent Blindness Senior Scientific Investigator Award

1996 The Best Doctors in America: American Health Magazine

1996 The Best Doctors in America: Ophthalmology Times

1996 The Best Doctors in America: American Health Magazine

1996 The Best Doctors in America: Ophthalmology Times

2000 America’s Top Doctors: Castle Connolly Medical Ltd.

2001 America’s Top Doctors: Castle Connolly Medical Ltd.

2002 Kingston’s National Registry of Who’s Who – Life Member

2002 America’s Registry of Outstanding Professionals

2002 The Best Doctors in America

2002 America’s Top Doctors: Castle Connolly Medial Ltd.

2002 Kingston’s National Registry of Who’s Who – Life Member

2003 The Diaz Caneja Medal

2003 The Best Doctors in America

2003 The International Ocular Inflammation Society Award

2004 America’s Top Doctors: Castle Connolly Medical Ltd.

2004 The Best Doctors in America

2005 The Best Doctors in America

2005 America’s Top Doctors: Castle Connolly Medial Ltd.

2005 Mildred Weisenfeld Award for Outstanding Performance: ARVO

2005 America’s Top Doctors: Castle Connolly Medical Ltd.

2005 The Marquis Who’s Who Publication Board

2006 America’s Top Doctors: Castle Connolly Medical Ltd.

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MAJOR COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS:

National

1980 American Academy of Ophthalmology - Continuing Education Committee,

Subcommittee of Planning in Continuing Education in Ophthalmology

1983 Corneal Dystrophy Society

1989 - present American Beh¨et's Disease Association

1991 - present Board of Directors, Castroviejo Cornea Society

1992 - present American Uveitis Society, Executive Committee

1994 Ad Hoc Grant Application Reviewer, National Eye Institute

Local

1975 - 1981 Teaching Committee, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary

1975 - 1981 Resident Selection Committee, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary

1981 - 1987 Infection Control Committee, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary

1983 - 1987 Pharmacy Committee, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary

1985 - present Patent Committee, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary

1985 - 1987 Ambulatory Services Reorganization Task Force,

Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary

1985 - 1987 Marketing Task Force, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary

1986 - 1988 Overhead Task Force, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary

1993 - 1996 Board of Surgeons, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary

1994 - 2005 Executive Committee, Department of Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary

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EDITORIAL BOARDS:

Editorial Board, CME Series of Ophthalmology Editorial Board, Cornea
Editor-in-Chief, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Department of Ocular Immunology World Wide Web Site
Editorial Board, CME Series of Ophthalmology
Editorial Board, Cornea
Editorial Board, Herpes
Editorial Board, Digital Journal of Ophthalmology (DJO)
Editor-in-Chief, Contemporary Ophthalmology
Editor-in-Chief, Massachusetts Eye Research & Surgery Institute, World Wide Web Site
Editor-in-Chief, www.uveitis.org World Wide Web Site
Editorial Board, Ocular Immunology and Inflammation

EDITORIAL BOARDS, AD HOC REVIEW:

American Journal of Ophthalmology
Archives of Ophthalmology
Ophthalmology
Investigative Ophthalmology
Current Eye Research
Experimental Eye Research
Survey of Ophthalmology
New England Journal of Medicine
Journal of Immunology
Survey of Immunology


MEMBERSHIPS, OFFICES, AND COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS IN
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:

General Medicine:
American Medical Association
Massachusetts Medical Society
Royal Society of Medicine, London
Lupus Foundation of America, Inc.
American Behçet’s Association
American College of Rheumatology, Fellow
American College of Surgeons, Fellow

Clinical Ophthalmology:
American Academy of Ophthalmology, Fellow
American Association of Ophthalmology
Massachusetts Society of Eye Physicians & Surgeons
New England Ophthalmological Society
Contact Lens Society of America

Immunology Research:
Ocular Microbiology and Immunology Group
American Association of Immunology
American Society of Ophthalmologic and
Otolaryngologic Allergy
American Uveitis Society, Board of Directors
American Federation for Clinical Research
Federation of American Societies for
Experimental Biology
International Society of Immunopharmacology
American Society for Microbiology
Association of Medical Laboratory Immunologists
American Society of Clinical Immunologists
International Uveitis Study Group
International Ocular Inflammation Society

Ophthalmic Research:
Association for Research in Vision & Ophthalmology
Association for Eye Research – Amsterdam
International Society for Eye Research


MAJOR RESEARCH INTERESTS:

1. General and Ocular Immunology
- Autoimmune Ocular Disease
- Corneal Transplantation Immunology
- Immune Response to Ocular Herpes Simplex Infection
- Immunomodulatory Therapy

2. Ocular Microbiology
- Bacterial, Fungal and Viral Ocular Infections
- Ocular Penetration of Antibiotics

3. Corneal Wound Healing

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

Current Annual Teaching Activities:

Resident Lecture Series, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary

Lancaster Course in Ophthalmology

American Academy of Ophthalmology
Course on: Uveitis
Course on: Scleritis
Course on: Peripheral Corneal Disease
Course on: Chronic Conjunctivitis
Course on: Cornea


CONSULTANT POSITIONS:

Consultant, Baxter Laboratories, Travenol Div.
Design and Conduct of Clinical Trials: 1972-1974

Consultant, Fisons Corporations
Design and Conduct of Clinical Trials: 1985-1995

Consultant, Sandoz Pharmaceuticals
Design and Conduct of Clinical Trials: 1990

Consultant, Alcon Pharmaceuticals
Design and Conduct of Clinical Trials: 1990-1995
Basic Research on Inflammation

Consultant, Centocor Pharmaceuticals
Immunomodulatory Therapy: 2003 – present

Consultant, Inspire Pharmaceuticals
Clinical Research on Uveitic Macular Edema2004 – present

Consultant, Inotek
Consultant, Bausch & Lomb

Consultant, Genetech

Consultant, Sirion

Consultant, Therakine

Consultant, Allergan


PRINCIPLE CLINICAL AND HOSPITAL SERVICE RESPONSIBILITIES:

Director – Ocular Immunology and Uveitis Service
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary

Director – Hilles Immunology Laboratory
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary

Director – Rhodes Molecular Immunology Laboratory
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary


GRANTS RECEIVED:

1966 NSF Summer Research Fellowship
1973 Southern Medical Association Fellowship
1975 & 1976 NIH Research Fellowship
1979 NIH (National Eye Institute) R01 Grant EY-03063,01, “Immunopathology of an
Animal Model of Peripheral Ulcerative Keratitis.”
1981 Milton Fund, Harvard University “Autoimmune Corneal Disease”
1982 NIH (National Eye Institute) R01 Grant EY-04092-01 “Regulation of Immune
Responses in the Eye.”In collaboration with Mark I. Greene, M.D., Dept. of
Pathology, Harvard Medical School
1982 NIH R01 Grant CA20822 “Cell Interaction and the Clotting System.”In
conjunction with Robert B. Colvin, M.D., Immunopathology Dept., Mass.
General Hospital
1983 Fight for Sight: “Ocular Immune Responses.”
1985 NIH “Immunology and Genetics of Herpes Simplex Keratitis.”
Grant RO1-EY-06008-01
1985 NIH Institutional Training Grant,
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
1985 NIH “Case Control Study of Selective Eye Disorders: Uveitis.” In conjunction
with Dr. Johanna Seddon, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
1987 NIH R01CA-20822 “Cell Interaction and the Clotting System.” In collaboration
with Robert Colvin, M.D., Mass. Gen. Hospital
1988 NIH T32-EY07097-02 “Multidisciplinary Training in Ophthalmic Science.”
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
1989 & 1994 NIH EY08379-01 “Ocular Pemphigoid Mechanism of Pathogenesis.” In
conjunction with A. Razzaque Ahmed, M.D., Center for Blood Research
1989 & 1996 NIH R01 EY06008 “Molecular Genetics of Herpes Simplex-mediated Ocular
Pathology.” Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
1998 NIH EY08379-04 “Ocular Cicatricial Pemphigoid: Mechanism of Pathogenesis.
with A. Razzaque Ahmed, MD, Center for Blood Research
2001 Bausch & Lomb Fluocinolone Implant Study Grant
2005 Inspire Pharmaceuticals Denufosol Uveitic Macular Edema Study Grant
2005 NIH EY 014655-02 “Systemic Immunosuppressive Therapy for Eye Diseases Cohort Study” (SITE)
2006 NIH-sponsored Multi-Centre Uveitis Steroid Treatment Trial (MUST)
2006 Allergan Posurdex for Intermediate Uveitis
2006 Allergan Posurdex for Anterior Uveitis

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