Much has been said about the near extinction of clinician-scientists. 1 In his
landmarkArchiveseditorial in 1991, Epstein2 noted the economic pressures faced by …

Epstein opined that many departments of ophthalmology had turned away from supporting
clinician-scientists. The economic imperative of increasing patient care activities to …

Clinician-scientists play a vital role in ophthalmology in translating between clinical practice
and discovery research. They transform their clinical observations into laboratory …

Industry funding for medical research is essential to advance the treatment and prevention of
many diseases. Still, dangers exist when researchers collaborate with industry. Commercial …

In 2013, the National Eye Institute (NEI) launched a program with an unconventional goal.
The NEI challenged the ophthalmic and vision research community to seek creative and …

Fifty years ago, the initial incarnation of the Basic and Clinical Science Course (BCSC) of the
American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) was assembled and published under the …

TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH is a process in which knowledge gained in the labora-tory is
applied or translated to the diagnosis or treatment of human disease. The National Eye …

1. Methods All original, peer-reviewed articles published between 2000 and 2021 listed
under the category" Ophthalmology" were obtained from Thomson Reuters' Web of Science …

Purpose The purpose of this study was to characterize clinician-scientists in ophthalmology
and identify factors associated with successful research funding, income, and career …

In their IOVS article “Rejuvenating Clinician-Scientist Training”(published March 28, 2014),
Balamurali Ambati and Judd Cahoon rightly point out the dearth of new clinician-scientists in …