Editorial introductions

Current Opinion in Ophthalmology was launched in 1990. It California, University of California, Irvine and Johns
is one of a successful series of review journals whose Hopkins University.
unique format is designed to provide a systematic and
critical assessment of the literature as presented in the Prabjot Channa
many primary journals. The field of Ophthalmology is
divided into nine sections that are reviewed once a year. Dr Channa is board certified
Each section is assigned a Section Editor, a leading in Ophthalmology and is
authority in the area, who identifies the most important Assistant Professor at the
topics at that time. Here we are pleased to introduce the Albert Einstein College of
Journal’s Section Editors for this issue. Medicine. She earned her
medical degree from Bom-
bay University in Goa, India,
Section Editors and did her Ophthalmology
residency at Albert Einstein
Roy S. Chuck College of Medicine. Dr
Channa is Fellowship
trained in Cornea, External
Roy S. Chuck M.D., Ph.D. Disease & Uveitis at Francis
serves as Chairman and Uni- I. Proctor Foundation, Uni-
versity Professor and holds versity of California. She has been at Montefiore Medical
the Paul Henkind Chair at Center since 2002. While her practice concentrates on
the Albert Einstein College challenging chronic eye diseases, Dr Channa has long
of Medicine and Montefiore held a passion for helping patients with more serious eye
Medical Center in New York dysfunction. Utilizing the most advanced corneal trans-
City, USA. He previously plant and keratoprosthesis techniques, she has been able
held the Tom Clancy Pro- to restore sight in people who have lost virtually all vision,
fessorship in Ophthalmology related to ocular surface problems.
and was the director of
refractive surgery at the Wil- Kristin Hammersmith
mer Eye Institute of Johns
Hopkins University. A cor- Dr Hammersmith received
nea and refractive surgery specialist, Dr Chuck has her medical degree in her
expertise in both the fields of complex corneal transplan- hometown from West Virgi-
tation including ocular surface reconstruction, and laser nia University, USA. She
techniques for refractive eye problems and has published, completed her ophthal-
patented and lectured extensively throughout his career. mology residency at the Wil-
mer Ophthalmological Insti-
Dr Chuck, a UC Berkeley trained engineer, graduated tute at Johns Hopkins
from the Columbia University College of Physicians and University in 2002. Follow-
Surgeons where he received his M.D., Ph.D. degree. He ing subspecialty training in
then proceeded on to residency in the Department of cornea and external disease
Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at the Washington at Wills Eye Hospital, she
University School of Medicine, USA, where he also joined the Wills Cornea Ser-
served as faculty chief resident. He completed his fellow- vice. She is currently an
ship training in Cornea and Refractive Surgery at the instructor at Thomas Medical College of Thomas
Doheny Eye Institute of the University of Southern Jefferson University.
California, USA. Prior to joining Einstein, Dr Chuck
served on the faculties of Ophthalmology and Engineer- Dr Hammersmith has clinical expertise in corneal
ing at Washington University, University of Southern disease and surgery and cataract surgery. She has a

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special interest in ocular surface disorders and diseases
affecting children. She is a section co-editor for the
Yearbook of Ophthalmology. She is actively involved in
fellow and resident education and serves on the resi-
dency education and continuing medical education com-
mittees at Wills Eye Hospital. She is a member of the
American Academy of Ophthalmology, for which she
serves on the Cornea Self-Assessment Committee, and
the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthal-
mology.

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