News Releases: Faculty

• Physicians Honored at Recent American Academy of Ophthalmology Conference
  (ATLANTA) At the recent American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) annual meeting in San Francisco, three Emory Eye Center faculty members and two associate faculty were honored with awards. AAO is the world’s largest association of eye physicians and surgeons, eye MDs, with more than 27,000 members worldwide. Attendance at the 2009 meeting in San Francisco was approximately 25,000 with members of the Pan-American Association of Ophthalmology (PAAO) also in attendance.

• Research Director Michael Iuvone Appointed to Sylvia Montag Ferst and Frank W. Ferst Endowed Research Chair
  (ATLANTA) P. Michael Iuvone, PhD, who recently joined Emory Eye Center as director of research, has been appointed to the Sylvia Montag Ferst and Frank W. Ferst Endowed Research Chair. The chair was created in 1988 through a generous $3 million gift from Sylvia and Frank Ferst for the purpose of supporting research in ophthalmology.

• Professor R. Doyle Stulting Named Hughes Professor
  (ATLANTA) R. Doyle Stulting, MD, PhD, professor of Ophthalmology and director of the Cornea Service, Emory Eye Center, was appointed the John H. and Helen S. Hughes Professor in Ophthalmology, effective August 1, 2009. Stulting is considered a leading authority in the areas of corneal and external disease. He is the President-elect of the leading society in his subspecialty, the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (ASCRS).

• Neuro-Ophthalmologists Collaborate to Write Neuro-Ophthalmology Illustrated
  September 3, 2009 | (ATLANTA) With a combined 40 years of experience, Emory Eye Center neuro-ophthalmologists Nancy J. Newman and Valérie Biousse have collaborated to write Neuro-Ophthalmology Illustrated (Thieme Verlag), a book that they hope will de-mystify the perceived complexity of neuro-ophthalmology, according to the authors. While the book is aimed at medical students, residents, and practicing ophthalmologists and neurologists, it should also be a valuable resource for neurosurgeons, neuroradiologists, and otolaryngologists who deal with patients having disorders of vision and the brain.

• Michael Iuvone Joins Emory Eye Center as Director of Research
  May 8, 2009 | (ATLANTA) P. Michael Iuvone, PhD, professor, Department of Pharmacology, Emory University School of Medicine, will serve as director of research at Emory Eye Center, effective Sept. 1, 2009. Iuvone will take the lead role in vision research at the Emory Eye Center and continue the national reputation of scientific excellence that Henry F. Edelhauser, MD, has cultivated over the past two decades.

• American Academy Elects Eve Higginbotham, SM, MD
  May 8, 2009 | (ATLANTA) Eve Higginbotham, SM, MD, Emory Professor of Ophthalmology and Dean of the School of Medicine at Morehouse College, has been elected as a fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. The Academy, one of the nation's most prestigious honorary societies and a center for independent policy research, announced its selection April 20.

• Three Scientists Named ARVO 2009 Fellows
  May 1, 2009 | (ATLANTA) The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) has announced this year’s inaugural class of distinguished Fellows. Three Eye Center scientists will be honored at this year’s annual meeting in early May: Henry F. Edelhauser, PhD, was awarded the highest distinction, Gold Fellow; Hans E. Grossniklaus, MD, MBA, and John M. Nickerson, PhD, were each awarded Silver Fellow distinctions.

• Emory Eye Center Places in Top Ten of U.S. News & World Report Specialty Rankings
  (ATLANTA)  Emory Eye Center has again ranked among the top ophthalmology centers in this country within the prestigious U.S. News & World Report’s guide to America’s top medical institutions. This year, Emory Eye Center placed #9. The 2008 edition “America’s Best Hospitals” guide, dated July 23, ranks the top hospitals in 16 medical specialties.
  July 15, 2008

• Residents Give Back to a Community Devastated by Hurricanes
  (ATLANTA) The entire third-year residency class of Emory Eye Center recently volunteered their time and talents for a day of intense physical work at the recent American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) conference in New Orleans.
  Nov. 16, 2007

• Emory Names Timothy W. Olsen Ophthalmology Chair, Director of Emory Eye Center
  (ATLANTA) Timothy W. Olsen, MD, has been appointed chair of the Department of Ophthalmology, Emory University School of Medicine, and director of Emory Eye Center. He will hold the F. Phinizy Calhoun Sr. Chair. His appointment is effective Jan. 1, 2008.
  September 18, 2007

• Emory Eye Center Researcher Tapped as Trustee to Prestigious Research Organization
  (ATLANTA) At the recent meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) held May 6-10 in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., Emory Eye Center researcher Jeffrey H. Boatright, PhD, was elected as trustee for the Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Section. During his five-year term he will serve along with 13 other trustees who manage the affairs of ARVO. Trustees are elected from candidates put forth by the Association’s 13 Scientific Sections. The Association is the premier professional society in Dr. Boatright’s field.
  May 23, 2007

• Emory Eye Center Physician Awarded Senior Scientific Investigator Award by RPB
  (ATLANTA) Emory Eye Center’s Hans. E. Grossniklaus, MD, MBA, the F. Phinizy Calhoun Jr. Professor of Ophthalmology and Director of the L.F. Montgomery Pathology Laboratory, has been granted a $75,000 Senior Scientific Investigator Award by Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB). RPB Senior Scientific Investigator Awards support nationally recognized senior scientists conducting eye research at medical institutions in the United States. Dr. Grossniklaus, an ophthalmologist and ocular pathologist, is one of 147 scientists at 55 institutions so honored since the award was established in 1987
  Jan. 18, 2007
  

• Emory Eye Center Phsician Receives Achievement Award From the American Academy of Ophthalmology at National Meeting
  (ATLANTA) Emory Eye Center ophthalmologist C. Roberto Bernardino, MD, recently received the Achievement Award from the American Academy of Ophthalmology. The award recognized Dr. Bernardino, an oculoplastics specialist, for contributions to the Academy.
  December 5, 2006

• Emory Eye Center Announces New Two-Year Neuro-Ophthalmology Fellowship
  (ATLANTA) Emory Eye Center has recently announced the creation of a new, fully-funded, two year Neuro-Ophthalmology Fellowship to begin July 1, 2006.
  The beauty of the new fellowship is that it can be tailored to the particular fellow. It is specifically designed to be a flexible two-year training of either ophthalmology or neurology trained physicians, individually tailored to the particular needs and interests of the applicant. One of the fellowship years will remain a traditionally-focused year of academic neuro-ophthalmic training, while the other year will be customized to the particular fellow.
  July 25, 2005
  

• Emory Eye Center Research Director Receives Proctor Award at Recent Association for
  Research in Vision & Ophthalmology (ARVO) Conference
  (ATLANTA) Henry F. Edelhauser, PhD, received the Proctor Medal and delivered the Proctor Lecture at the annual meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., on May 2. Dr. Edelhauser, the director of research for Emory Eye Center, was presented with ARVO's highest honor for his ground breaking work on the physiology of the corneal endothelium and for "elegant translational research from basic science to clinical applications."
  May 31, 2005

• Emory Eye Center physician named one of six "Health Care Heroes" by Atlanta Business Chronicle
  Doyle Stulting, MD, PhD, director of the Cornea Service at Emory Eye Center and medical director of the newly opened Emory Laser Vision, won the prestigious "Health Care Hero" award presented by the Atlanta Business Chronicle at their annual Health Care Heroes Awards and Forum event on May 13. The winner in the "Innovations" category, Dr. Stulting was cited for his groundbreaking artificial cornea transplant surgery last year-the first such surgery in the United States.
  May 17, 2004

• Emory Eye Center physician wins top retina award
  Emory Eye Center retina specialist Daniel F. Martin, MD was the recent winner of the Richard and Hinda Rosenthal Foundation Award in the Visual Sciences through the Macula Society. The Society met in late February in Las Vegas, where Dr. Martin presented the Rosenthal Lecture, as this year's winner of the prestigious award. The Rosenthal award is presented yearly to "that individual or group of individuals under 45 years of age whose work gives high promise of a notable advance in the clinical treatment of disorders of the eye." Dr. Martin joins a prestigious list of retina physicians who have won this award since its inception in 1991, the highest award bestowed upon retinal specialists in that age category.
  March 8 , 2004

• Emory Eye Center physician receives teaching award
  Emory Eye Center physician Hans E. Grossniklaus, MD, is the recipient of a teaching award for clinical faculty members at Emory University. The award recognizes and rewards clinical teaching services provided by Emory Clinic physicians. The program provides $10,000 awards for salary expense relief for clinical faculty members and requires that each Emory Clinic section raise matching funds.
  May 22, 2003

• Emory Eye Center boasts editors of three international journals
  Emory Eye Center has the distinction of having the most physicians within the Emory School of Medicine who serve as editors for national and international medical journals.
  May 21, 2003

• Emory Eye Center physician named American Neurological Association's Distinguished Teacher
  Emory Eye Center physician and neuro-ophthalmologist Nancy J. Newman was recently awarded the American Neurological Association’s (ANA) Distinguished Teacher Award. The award was established in order to recognize outstanding accomplishments in teaching neurology students. Its purpose is to encourage efforts to recognize and reward contributions by gifted and talented teachers in neurology. She will be recognized at the October 2003 ANA annual meeting in San Francisco.
  May 13 , 2003

• Emory Eye Center Director Aaberg honored with election to prestigious Honor Medical Society
  Thomas M. Aaberg, Sr., MD, director of the Emory Eye Center and chairman of the Department of Ophthalmology, Emory University School of Medicine, was recently elected to Alpha Omega Alpha, the National Honor Medical Society. Selection is based not only on professional achievements but also on integrity, capacity for leadership, compassion, and fairness in dealing with colleagues. “This honor is thus a testimony to your academic excellence and outstanding surgical and teaching skills you have demonstrated as a member of the faculty at Emory University School of Medicine,” said Jonas A. Shulman, MD, acting faculty councillor of the AOA Beta Chapter of Georgia. "Dr. Aaberg is an outstanding role model for our medical students,” says Thomas J. Lawley, Dean of the Emory School of Medicine. “He combines dedication to teaching and research with his skill as an excellent clinician. Emory is very fortunate to have Dr. Aaberg as one of our leaders."
  April 3, 2003

• Emory Ophthalmologist receives inaugural Jahnigen Career Development Scholars Award
  Emory Eye Center ophthalmologist Enrique Garcia-Valenzuela, MD, has been selected as one of ten inaugural Jahnigen Career Development Scholars. The Jahnigen Career Development Scholars Awards were created to encourage young physicians and surgeons to become interested in the geriatrics aspect of their discipline as a career focus through the funding of highly competitive two-year awards in the amount of $200,000. Dr. Garcia was selected for this program because of the promise demonstrated in his proposal, his mentors' sponsorship and his institution's support of his work.
  August 6, 2002

• Emory Eye Center physician Newman appointed Leodelle Jolly Chair of Ophthalmology
  Emory Eye Center physician and neuro-ophthalmologist Nancy J. Newman was appointed the LeoDelle Jolley Chair of Ophthalmology, effective Feb. 14. In a special ceremony on Friday, May 17, she was formally honored with that appointment by Emory University School of Medicine Dean Thomas M. Lawley.
  May 28, 2002

• Emory Eye Center Director Aaberg receives prestigious international award
  Thomas M. Aaberg, Sr., MD, the F. Phinzy Calhoun Sr. Professor and chairman of the Department of Ophthalmology in the Emory School of Medicine, has received the prestigious Hermann Wacker Prize at this year's conference of Club Jules Gonin held in Taormina, Sicily, on Sept. 6. As recipient of the Wacker Prize, Dr. Aaberg also was the guest lecturer for the conference.
  November 29, 2000