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Chair in Surgery, and Director
Macular Degeneration Research
Massachusetts Life Sciences Center
United States of America
Robert D’Amato received his B.A, M.D. and Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University. He completed his Ophthalmology residency at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary. After this training, he undertook a postdoctoral research fellowship in the Folkman laboratories. He has been an independent investigator at Children’s since 1994 and is a Professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School. He currently holds the Judah Folkman Chair in Surgery and leads the endowed Karp Laboratory for Macular Degeneration Research. Noteworthy past research includes the discovery that thalidomide and analogs are angiogenesis inhibitors, which are now FDA approved for cancer. Additional his lab discovered a major role of genetics in determining an individual’s angiogenic responsiveness.
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