![]() The MVSIO program has a multidisciplinary approach. Lee, M.D., Ph.D., Darlene Miller, Ph.D., and Luis Vazquez, M.D. Additionally, Abigail Hackam, Ph.D., serves as chair of the student-research project committee, and research mentors for the students include Richard K. ![]() Karp, M.D., Kara Cavuoto, M.D., and Anat Galor, M.D. Alabiad, M.D., who serves as associate director of the program, Sander R. ![]() The MVSIO program clinical components include didactic lectures by Bascom Palmer faculty members, including Chrisfouad R. The MVSIO program offers extensive training in vision research, management and related topics with the goal of training graduate students and educating the next generation of leaders in vision science. Tse, M.D., the Nasser Ibrahim Al-Rashid Chair in Ophthalmic Plastic, Orbital Surgery and Oncology, were instrumental in establishing the unique MVSIO program at the Institute. ![]() Glaser Chair in Ophthalmology, and David T. Alfonso, M.D., Bascom Palmer’s chair and holder of the Kathleen and Stanley J. The innovative MVSIO program, the first of its kind in the world, offers comprehensive training in ophthalmic translational research, problem-based learning, management and a skill set available only at Bascom Palmer. Bhattacharya, M.Tech, Ph.D., graduate program director of the MVSIO program at Bascom Palmer. “We are thrilled that 100 percent of the inaugural MVSIO graduating class achieved success with respect to their desired destiny in ophthalmology,” said Sanjoy K. The third member of the 2018 graduating class, Armando Garcia, has elected to pursue an academic position prior to joining the residency applicant pool next year. Sayed Ibrahim will join the ophthalmology residency program at Baylor College of Medicine, and Erika Ellis will be entering the EyeSTAR program, an ophthalmology training program at the University of California, Los Angeles that is especially geared to physicians committed to academic careers in ophthalmology, combining basic science with clinical practice. ![]()
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