Honors and Awards
Most Recent Awards:
2009: European Retina Society Award, Nice, France.
2008: First Recipient of the Charles Schepens Gold Medal Award & Lecturer, American Academy of Ophthalmology, Atlanta, Georgia
Other Awards:
1956: The Heed Fellowship
1965: The Knapp Award of the section of Ophthalmology: American Medical Association; First Prize for Scientific Research (Exhibit) American Academy of Ophthalmology; First Award for Scientific Research, New York State Medical Society
1967: Prize of the Society of Heed Fellows
1969: Honors Recipient, American Academy of Ophthalmology
1981: Charles Schepens Award of the Society of Contemporary Ophthalmology
1982: Herman Wacker Prize of the Club Jules Gonin
1984: John Milton McLean Medal; Medal of the Polish Retinological Society; Senior Honor Award, American Academy of Ophthalmology; Award of the North Swabische Ophthalmology Society, West Germany
1987: Paul Cibis Memorial Award Lecture
1988: Christian Zweng Memorial Award Lecture; Charles L. Schepens Award Lecture; Award of Merit of the Retina Research Foundation; Delberg Nachazel Memorial Award Lecture
1991: The First "Pecs Retinal Lecture Medal", Hungary; Egyptian Ophthalmological Society Lecture Medal; Grecian Retina Society Honor Lecture
1993: Man of the Year Achievement Award for Restoration of Sight. Helen Keller Services for the Blind, Manhattan: Humanitarian Award.
1994: Gold Medal of the European Macula Society, Athens University; Pan American Association of Ophthalmology Meeting, May 26, First Prize for Scientific Poster
1996: Ernst Custodis Lecture, Deutsche OphthalmologischeGesellschaft, Mannheim (9/24)
1997: Gold Medal of the Fundacion Oftalmologica Nacional, Bogota, Columbia,2/15
1999: Philip M. Corboy, M.D., Memorial Award, Hawaii 1/24; Gold Medal Award Cleare Jung, Hamburg, Germany 4/17
2000: Plenary Lecturer Japan Retina Society 11/6, Tokyo,Japan; Named Newhouse Clinical Scholar; J. Donald M. Gass Medal, the Macula Society 2/28, Arizona
2001: Harvey Lincoff Lecture (endowed 10/11 at the NY Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York City.
2002: Founders Lecture Award, The Vitreous Society
2003 Lucein Howe Medal
2004 Arnold Patz Medal
2006 Lifetime Achievement Honor Award,
American Academy of Ophthalmology
2007 Morrocan Retinal Society, Gold Medal
2007 College of Ophthalmology and Sociedad, Mexico Award
2007 Guest of Honor Award, American Academy of Ophthalmology.
2008 Honorary Member of the Union of Bulgarian Ophthalmologists, Bulgaria
2008 First Recipient of the Charles Schepens Award & Lecturer, Am.A, Atlanta, GA
2009 European Retina Society Award, Nice, France
