Paying It Forward From early-career investigators to seasoned faculty leaders, each of us owes a debt to the mentors who have inspired and challenged us along the way. They pave the way for future greatness. Here are five faculty whose achievements serve to inspire us. Five Kellogg faculty members were honored with prestigious national and international named lectures and awards in 2018.
In October, Alan Sugar, MD, delivered the Castroviejo
Lecture at the annual meeting of the American Academy of
Alan Sugar, MD, MS, delivered the Castroviejo Lecture at the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO)
Ophthalmology (AAO) in Chicago. His presentation traced the development of an ethical framework for clinical research, from notorious scandals like the Tuskegee Syphilis Study to the establishment of principles like informed consent, confidentiality and independent oversight. Dr. Sugar also offered several suggestions to address the unique challenges of clinical research in surgical innovation.
October’s annual AAO meeting also featured Sayoko
Moroi, MD, PhD, who gave the Robert N. Shaffer Lecture. Her remarks, titled, “At the Technological Confluence of Glaucoma Clinical Care and Research,” described both the potential and the challenges of transforming glaucoma management from event-based care— treating glaucoma patients that have already progressed with vision loss and optic nerve damage toward blindness— to precision-based,
Sayoko Moroi, MD, PhD gave the Robert N. Shaffer Lecture at the AAO meeting
preventive care.
At the Alfred W. Bressler Vision Science Symposium,
held in New York City in October, Dr. Joshua Stein, MD, MS, received the 2018 Pisart Award and led the annual Pisart Seminar, sponsored by Lighthouse Guild, a leading organization dedicated to addressing and preventing vision loss. The award recognizes the innovative contributions of early-career vision clinician/scientists. Dr. Stein, a pioneer in applying big data analyses to health research in ophthalmology, spoke on “Tapping into Big Data to Enhance the Care of Patients with Ocular Diseases.”
Alan R. Morse, JD, PhD, President and CEO, Lighthouse Guild, and 2018 Pisart Award recipient Joshua D. Stein, MD, MS
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