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Chandler Grant Honorary Lecturer

in conjunction with the

New England Ophthalmologic Society (NEOS)


The Society and the New England Ophthalmological Society collaborate on a bi-annual meeting.  The Chandler Grant Honorary Lecturer is a highlight of the NEOS meeting with the lecturer selected by the CGGS officers. 

The NEOS meeting is scheduled for Friday, December 6, 2024, at the Hotel Commonwealth in Boston, MA.  Please check back periodically for additional updates, including the Agenda.  

The Society is pleased to announce the

2024 Chandler Grant 

Honorary Lecturer


Malik Y. Kahook, MD

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Dr. Kahook is Professor of Ophthalmology and The Slater Family Endowed Chair in Ophthalmology at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. He is Vice Chair of Translational Research and serves as chief of the glaucoma service and director of the glaucoma fellowship at the University of Colorado Eye Center. Dr. Kahook has authored over 400 peer-reviewed manuscripts, abstracts, and book chapters, and is editor of Essentials of Glaucoma Surgery, MIGS: Advances in Glaucoma Surgery and the seminal textbook of glaucoma Chandler and Grant’s Glauco­ma. He was named New Inventor of the Year for the University of Colorado in 2009 and Inventor of the Year for 2010.

He has also received the American Academy of Oph­thalmology Achievement Award in 2011, the American Academy of Ophthalmology Senior Achievement Award in 2017, the American Academy of Ophthal­mology Secretariat Award (2014), the Ludwig Von Sallmann Clinician-Scientist Award (ARVO) in 2013 and was ranked second on the 40 under 40 Ophthal­mology Power List (2015). Dr. Kahook has filed for over 80 patents, with over 40 licensed by companies including J&J Vision, New World Medical, Alcon, ClarVista Medical, and SpyGlass Ophthalmics for de­velopment and commercialization. Several of his de­vices are currently in human trials or available globally for clinical use including the Kahook Dual Blade from New World Medical and the Harmoni modular intra­ocular lens system from ClarVista Medical which was recently acquired by Alcon. Dr. Kahook is a consultant to the Food and Drug Administration’s Ophthalmics Device Division.



 Make plans to join colleagues and to honor Dr. Kahook after the NEOS program! Members are encouraged to bring a Fellow.

Porto Boston | 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm

Ring Rd | Boston, MA

(20 minutes walk from the Hotel Commonwealth, site of the NEOS program)



Registration begins November 1st. 

Prior Distinguished  Chandler-Grant Lecturers

Peter A, Netland, MD, PhD                                2022

Eve J. Higginbotham, SM, MD, ML                    2021

Paul P. Lee, MD, JD                                           2019

Janey Wiggs, MD, PhD                                      2017

Cynthia Mattox, MD                                           2015

Mark A. Latina, MD                                            2013

Martin Wand, MD                                               2011

Joel S. Schuman, MD                                        2009

Murray A. Johnstone, MD                                  2007

David S. Walton, MD                                         2005


David G. Campbell, MD                                     2003

A. Robert Bellows, MD                                      1999

David L. Epstein, MD                                         1997

M. Bruce Shields, MD                                        1995

E. Michael Van Buskirk, MD                               1994

Richard F. Brubaker, MD                                    1992

B. Thomas Hutchinson, MD                               1990

Richard J. Simmons, MD                                   1987

Robert N. Shaffer, MD                                        1985


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Thank You to ALCON for their commitment to support the 

David L. Epstein Clinician-Scientist Research Award.

Chandler Grant Glaucoma Society | 850 Ridge Avenue |  Pittsburgh, PA  15212
Phone:  412-321-5030  x110

Administrator: Nadine Popovich  | npopovich@acms.org

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