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

Importance Understanding factors associated with attaining independent research funding
by ophthalmology clinician-scientists receiving National Eye Institute career development …

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

Objective To analyze ophthalmologists who are National Institutes of Health (NIH) K grant
awardees to characterize clinician–scientists in ophthalmology. Design Cohort study …

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

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 …

The article discusses the appointment of new Editors-in-Chief for the journal Clinical &
Experimental Ophthalmology (CEO) and highlights the achievements of the previous editor …

Clinician scientists are typically defined as clinically trained and qualified health care
providers engaged in research and discovery. Their essential translational role in …

Clinician scientists (CS) are physicians who are well trained in clinical and biomedical
research and are uniquely placed to bridge the gap between clinical care and research …

When I was in medical school over 20 years ago, among the higher truths that I was taught
was the belief in the importance and high priority of clinicians' active involvement in research …