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  • Zimmerman Lecture

    Below is a listing of past lecturers and titles for the Zimmerman Lecture. Launched in 1986, the Zimmerman Lecture takes place during the symposia cosponsored by the American Association of Ophthalmic Pathologists at the Academy's annual meeting.

    2022

    SYM40
    Glaucoma Insights: An Ophthalmic Pathologist's Perspective
    Deepak Paul Edward, MD

    2021

    SYM02
    Ocular Manifestations of Prion Diseases
    R. Nick Hogan, MD, PhD

    2020

    SYM05
    Outcomes of Two Prospective Clinical Trials: The Impact on Current Management of Children with Retinoblastoma
    Patricia Chevez-Barrios, MD

    2019

    SYM55
    Wonder and Doubt—The Vasculogenic Mimicry Story
    Robert Folberg, MD

    2018

    SYM44
    Retinoblastoma: Seeing the Big Picture
    Matthew W. Wilson, MD

    2017

    SYM10
    Electron Microscopy: An Invaluable Diagnostic Adjunct in an Ophthalmic Pathology Laboratory
    Seymour Brownstein, MD

    2016

    SYM44
    Changes in Diagnosis and Treatment of Orbital Tumors in 50 Years
    Zeynel A. Karcioglu, MD

    2015

    SYM22
    The Pathobiology of Cell Based Therapies for Inherited Retinal Disease
    David J. Wilson, MD

    2014

    SYM05
    The Yin and Yang of the Opioid Growth Regulatory System: Focus of Diabetes
    Joseph W. Sassani, MD

    2013

    SYM36
    Intraocular Tumors in Children and Adults—Passing the Torch
    Carol L. Shields, MD

    2012

    SYM37
    Progression of Metastatic Ocular Melanoma to the Liver
    Hans E. Grossniklaus, MD

    2011

    SYM34
    Molecular Control Mechanisms in Optic Nerve Glioma; Implications for Therapy
    J. Douglas Cameron, MD

    2010

    SYM08
    Changing Fields in Ophthalmic Pathology—Orbital Concepts
    R. Jean Campbell, MBChB

    2009

    SYM16
    Ophthalmic Pathology: Past, Present, and Future
    Morton E. Smith, MD

    2008

    SYM14
    Retinoblastoma - New Developments
    Ralph Eagle, MD

    2007

    SYM27
    Immunopathologic Contributions to Zimmerman's Pearls
    Alan H. Friedman, MD

    2006

    SYM21
    Conjunctival Primary Acquired Melanosis and Melanoma
    Jerry A. Shields, MD

    2005

    SYM12
    Histopathology of Genetically Defined Forms of Retinitis Pigmentosa and Photoreceptor Disease
    Thaddeus P. Dryja, MD

    2004

    SYM08
    Concepts in Ocular Inflammation: A Perspective
    Edward L. Howes, Jr., MD

    2003

    SYM24
    New Perspectives on the Pseudoexfoliation Syndrome
    Gottfried O. Naumann, MD