National Award Named for Sandra K. Masur, PhD

The American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) has established a national award honoring Sandra K. Masur, PhD, Professor of Ophthalmology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, for her distinguished career in research and mentorship. The Sandra K. Masur Senior Leadership Award is the first ASCB award named for a woman and will honor individuals with exemplary achievements in cell biology who also are outstanding mentors. (more…)

A Leader in Ophthalmology Joins Mount Sinai

James C. Tsai, MD, MBA, a world-renowned physician-scientist with a research focus on glaucoma, has been named President of New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai (NYEE) and Chair of Ophthalmology of the Mount Sinai Health System. As President, Dr. Tsai says his main goals will be raising the visibility of NYEE to referring physicians, and ensuring that it is known as an international center of excellence in residency and fellowship training in ophthalmology and otolaryngology.

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Pioneering Imaging Technology Reveals Microscopic Details of the Retina

Richard Rosen, MD, Vice Chair of the Department of Ophthalmology at New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, and a team of researchers in the Shelley and Steven Einhorn Clinical Research Center, are pioneering an imaging technology that enables them to see microscopic details of the retina and its finest blood vessels at a level not previously possible in patients with sight–threatening disease.

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