1994-2023

Board of Directors

Boston Eye Surgery and Laser Center

1996-2021

Board of Managers

Cape Cod Eye Surgery and Laser Center

1994-2020

Board of Directors, Vice President

Ophthalmic Consultants of Boston

1997-1999

Patient Care Assessment Committee

Boston Eye Surgery and Laser Center

1997-2023

Board of Directors

Center for Eye Research and Education (CERE)

1998-present

Medical Advisor

Sight Loss Services

2015-2020

Audit Committee, Chairman

Ophthalmic Consultants of Boston

2020- 2022

President and Medical Director

Ophthalmic Consultants of Boston

2007-present

Research Advisory Board, Department of Ophthalmology

Khon Kaen University, Thailand

1991-present

American Academy of Ophthalmology

Member

1995-present

Massachusetts Society of Eye Physicians and Surgeons

Member

1995-present

American Society of Retina Specialists

Member

1995-present

New England Ophthalmological Society

Member

2006-present

Massachusetts Medical Society

Member

2015-2016

Co-chair, Statewide Expert Panel “Patient Safety in Cataract Surgery”. Betsy Lehman Center, Boston, MA

Appointed co-chair

22017-2021

Advisory Committee, Ophthalmic Consultants of Boston

Elected position

22020-2022

President and Medical Director, Ophthalmic Consultants of Boston

Elected position

1991- present

Retina

2009- present

Eye

2010- present

British Journal of Ophthalmology

2017-present

Ophthalmology

2022-present

Digital Journal of Ophthalmology

2016-present

International Editor

Bhutan Medical Journal

1997

Recognition Award

AIDS Action Committee

HIV clinical care

2003

Nominee, Harvard Medical School Prize for Excellence in Training and Humanism in Medicine

Harvard Medical School

Teaching HMS student

2005

Nominee, Klaus Peter International Teaching Award

Harvard Medical School

Teaching HMS student

2008

The Woman’s Physicians Congress of the AMA Mentor Recognition Program

American Medical Association

Teaching HMS student

2008

Nominee, Harvard Medical School Prize for Excellence in Teaching

Harvard Medical School

Teaching HMS student

2009

Nominee, Harvard Medical School Prize for Excellence in Teaching

Harvard Medical School

Teaching HMS student

2015

Fulbright Specialist Award

US State Department

Patient safety and QI

2016

Massachusetts Institute of Technology “Hacking Medicine 2016” First Prize:  Best EHR Hack

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Research, innovation

2005

Vision and Cardiovascular Diseases Screening, Nakhon Phanom Thailand, Lions International Assistance Grant 8614/33-S ($10,000) Project Co-Director, Screening for visual impairment, hypertension and diabetes in rural Thailand

2006

Cataract Surgical Project at Pla Pak District Hospital, Thailand, Lions International Assistance Grant 9255/33S ($28,000), Project Co-Director, Collaborated with Thai ophthalmologists to conduct first high-volume cataract surgery at District Hospital

2007

Cataract Surgical Project Pla Pak District Hospital, Nakhon Phanom Provincial Hospital, Lions International Assistance Grant 9667/33-S ($28,000) Project Co-Director, Collaborated with Thai ophthalmologists to conduct high volume cataract surgery at District and Provincial Hospitals

2008

Cataract Surgical Project at Nakhon Phanom Provincial Hospital, Lions International Assistance Grant 10412/33-S ($10,000), Project Co-Director, Collaborated with Thai ophthalmologists to conduct high volume cataract surgery at Provincial Hospital

2009

Cataract Surgical Project at Nakhon Phanom and Phanna Nikon Hospitals, Lions International Assistance Grant 11207/33-S ($10,000), Project Co-Director, Collaborated with Thai ophthalmologists to conduct high volume cataract surgery at District and Provincial Hospitals

2009

Improving Medication Safety in Outpatient Departments Using Preprinted Formulary Prescription Forms (“FormularyScripts”), World Health Organization, Patient Safety Research Grants PS08169 ($15,200), Co-Investigator, Research study to determine the impact of preprinted prescription form on medication errors conducted in outpatient ophthalmology clinic, Khon Kaen, Thailand

2010

Improving Eye Care Services in Svey Rieng, Province, Cambodia, Lions International Assistance Grant GA11997/33-S ($24,500) Project Co-Director, collaborating with Cambodian ophthalmologist and Eye Care Foundation in the Netherlands to improve sustainable eye care services in rural southeast Cambodia

2010

YAG Laser and Vision Screening Project, Banteay Meanchey, Cambodia.  Veolia Foundation 11SD1428 ($20,000). Project Co-Director, Collaborating with Cambodian ophthalmologist to provide YAG laser services for visually impaired in rural northwest Cambodia

2012

Prevalence of Counterfeit and Substandard Medications in Selected Districts of Ulaanbaatar Mongolia Using a Stratified Random Sample Survey, World Health Organization, 2012/24262709 ($15,800) Co-investigator; Collaborator with Mongolian pharmaceutical professionals to develop and conduct research project on counterfeit and substandard medication

2012

Prevalence of Counterfeit and Substandard medications in Selected Provinces of Mongolia Using a Stratified Random Sample Survey, Asian Development Bank, G0236-MON: Fourth Health Sector Development Project ($15,000), Co-Investigator, Collaborator with Mongolian pharmaceutical professionals to develop and conduct research project on counterfeit and substandard medication

2012

Developing Capacity of Ophthalmic Services in Cambodia, Lions Club International Foundation SightFirst program SF1654/UND ($126,690) Proposal co-author and project committee member, developing project with Cambodian ophthalmologists and National Prevention of Blindness Committee to improve ophthalmology training program at Ang Duong National Eye Hospital

2014

The reliability of smartphone-based to diagnosis, triage, and manage post-operative cataract surgical patients, Center for Eye Research and Education, and Khon Kaen University ($5,000) Co-investigator, Research project comparing smartphone adaptors to image post-operative cataract surgical patients, as part of system for remote post-surgical follow up system

2015

Research project on feasibility and impact of social media messaging for improving postoperative care for post-surgical cataract patients. Center for Eye Research and Education and Khon Kaen University ($6,000) Co-investigator.

2019- 2024

Data Science Africa:  NIH-funded grant to Mbarara University with subawards to MGB Center for Global Health and MIT Laboratory of Computational Physiology. Sub project: MoDRIA deep learning project to develop a diabetes screening algorithm to work in the African population and health care system.

2020

Ophthalmic Mutual Insurance Company (OMIC, subsidiary of AAO) Patient Safety initiative reviewing anesthesia malpractice claims. Co-investigator, funded by OMIC.

2017-2023

Improving Care for Peritoneal Dialysis Patients Using the CKD-PD app, NIH/FIC PAR-16-292: Mobile Health: Technology and Outcomes in Low and Middle-Income Countries (R21) (Co-PI Sirirat Anutrakul, MD, MS, PhD and Katharine Morley, MD MPH), co-investigator, Collaboration with nephrologists and data scientists at Khon Kaen University investigating mHealth app for peritoneal dialysis

2018-present

Using machine learning and deep learning to detect signals of dementia from retinal images.