Hadassah Ophthalmologist First Israeli to Win Prestigious ARVO Award

Prof. Jacob Peer, Head of the Onco-Opthalmology Department at Hadassah-University Medical Centre, has become the first Israeli to win the prestigious Joanne G. Angle Award from the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO).

Prof. Peer, won the award earlier this month from ARVO, the largest eye and vision research organisation in the world which includes nearly 11,000 researchers from over 75 countries.

The Joanne G. Angle award founded in 2012 is named after the organisation’s late executive director. The ARVO website describes it as “the highest service honour bestowed by ARVO to a volunteer professional.”

The prize recognises leaders who “have made significant, continuous contributions to ARVO in support of its mission. The recipient will show obvious personal involvement in and commitment to ARVO, as well as contributions to the vision research community.”

Peer has been involved with ARVO since 1983 and knew Angle personally. He said he has “always seen importance in ophthalmology research” and that when he was appointed Director of the Ophthalmology Department at Hadassah,

“It was clear to me that one of the most important things I would do was develop the research in the Ophthalmology Department. And I really did. Today, the basic and clinical research in Hadassah’s eye system is a leader in the country and I am proud of that.”

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The original article by Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman first appeared in the Jerusalem Post on 10 April 2021 – Click here to read more.