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  • Past Named Lectures

  • Jackson Memorial Lecture

    Below is a listing of past lecturers and titles for the Jackson Memorial Lecture. Launched in 1942, the Jackson Memorial Lecture takes place during the annual meeting Opening Session, cosponsored by the American Journal of Ophthalmology.

    2023

    SYM64
    Striving Toward Better Eye Health Beyond Our Waiting Rooms
    Eve J. Higginbotham, MD

    2022

    SYM55
    How Would Nature See Our Corneal Triumphs?
    Gerrit R.J. Melles, MD, PhD

    2021

    SYM48
    Molecular Diagnostics for Ocular Infectious Diseases
    Russell N.Van Gelder, MD, PhD

    2020

    Improving Amblyopia Outcomes through Clinical Trials and Practice Measurement
    Michael X. Repka, MD

    2019

    SYM67
    Age-related Macular Degeneration: Nutrition, Genes and Deep Learning
    Emily Y. Chew, MD

    2018

    SYM64
    Lessons Learned from Avastin and OCT: The Great, The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
    Philip J. Rosenfeld, MD, PhD

    2017

    SYM62
    Intravitreal Therapy for Retinal Diseases – From CMV to CNV
    Daniel F. Martin, MD

    2016

    SYM59
    Hiding in Plain Sight: The Enigmatic Cornea and IOL Calculations
    Douglas D. Koch, MD

    2015

    SYM44
    How Big Data Informs Us About Cataract Surgery
    Anne Louise Coleman, MD, PhD

    2014

    SYM61
    Retinoblastoma: 50 Years of Progress
    Hans E. Grossniklaus, MD

    2013

    SYM53
    The History and Evolution of Lasers in Ophthalmology: A Review of the Interactions Between Physicians, Patients and Photons
    Mark S. Blumenkranz, MD

    2012

    SYM54
    AMD Revisited–Piecing the Puzzle
    Joan W. Miller, MD

    2011

    SYM43
    Tear Dysfunction and the Cornea
    Stephen C. Pflugfelder, MD

    2010

    SYM51
    Cytomegalovirus Retinitis and AIDS: Bench to Bedside
    Douglas A. Jabs, MD, MBA

    2009

    SYM94
    Angle-Closure Glaucoma: Simple Answers to a Complex Mechanism
    Harry A. Quigley, MD

    2008

    SYM36
    Clinical Trials: More than an Assessment of Treatment Effect
    Frederick L. Ferris, MD

    2007

    SPE47
    Leber Congenital Amaurosis: The Role of Genetic Testing in the Pursuit of a Cure
    Edwin M. Stone, MD, PhD

    2006

    SPE41
    Eye Care: Dollars and Sense
    Hugh R. Taylor, MD, FRANZCO

    2005

    SPE08
    Late Open Angle Glaucoma After Vitrectomy
    Stanley Chang, MD

    2004

    SPE12
    Age-Related Macular Degeneration, 1969 - 2004: A 35 Year Personal Perspective
    Stuart L. Fine, MD

    2003

    SPE09A
    Ocular Toxoplasmosis: A Global Reassessment 
    Gary N. Holland, MD