Chandler Grant Honorary Lecturer in conjunction with the New England Ophthalmologic Society (NEOS) |
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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. |
Planning is also underway for the annual CGGS Dinner, scheduled for the evening of December 6th. Make plans to join colleagues and to honor Dr. Kahook after the NEOS program! Members are asked to check back periodically for updates. |
The Society is pleased to announce the 2024 Chandler Grant Honorary Lecturer Malik Y. Kahook, MD
| 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. |
\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 |
| Thank You to ALCON for their commitment to support the David L. Epstein Clinician-Scientist Research Award. |
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