Jason Comander MD PhD @JasonComander
Ophthalmologist & scientist, Director of the Inherited Retinal Disorders Service @MassEyeandEar @harvardmed masseyeandear.org/find-a-physici… Boston, MA Joined September 2012-
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Congratulations Kannan and team! I’m very proud of you and the data looks amazing. We discovered over 800 mutations in rhodopsin - triple the number in ClinVar from all prior submissions. Special thanks too to the @OctantBio team for advancing RHO research.
Congratulations Kannan and team! I’m very proud of you and the data looks amazing. We discovered over 800 mutations in rhodopsin - triple the number in ClinVar from all prior submissions. Special thanks too to the @OctantBio team for advancing RHO research.
The vision of 22-year-old Olivia Cook has improved, and so has her hope for the future thanks to an experimental gene-editing treatment called #CRISPR. Learn more about the groundbreaking study from lead investigator Eric Pierce, MD, PhD: spklr.io/6019U6AP via @CNN.
How to safely view an eclipse! The pinhole projector is more fun than the glasses! abcnews.go.com/US/video/safel…
Link to learn more and register: carroll.org/events/stargar…
Faculty member @JasonComander will be discussing the latest Stargardt’s research and the biological basis of the disease at the virtual Stargardt’s Summit next Wednesday, February 29.
Faculty member @JasonComander will be discussing the latest Stargardt’s research and the biological basis of the disease at the virtual Stargardt’s Summit next Wednesday, February 29.
Are you ready for our final Eye on the Cure episode of 2023? In this week's episode, host Ben Shaberman chats with Jason Comander, Md, PhD. Learn more about streaming at: FightingBlindness.org/news/eyecurepo…
VIDEO: Gene therapy for X-linked retinitis pigmentosa shows positive safety, efficacy data. healio.com/news/ophthalmo…
Usher syndrome is a hereditary condition responsible for nearly half of all deaf-blindness cases. Today, on #USHDAY, Mass Eye and Ear researchers Zheng-Yi Chen, DPhil, and Qin Liu, MD, PhD lend their expertise on the disease: fal.cn/3rYJ3
Today I saw a patient that is seeing the other Dr. Comander- that would be my amazing husband, retina specialist & physician scientist @JasonComander, in just a few weeks…… I think this is the first time we have shared a patient!
Who are some of the Harvard University professors condemning the school newspaper's endorsement of the #BDS movement? • @DrAmyComander • @AlanDersh • @jessefried • @rhmnookin • Elisa New | @PoetryInAmerica • @sapinker • And more ... jns.org/more-than-70-h…
Great chatting with this crew at #ARVO2022! (l to r) Jason McAnany, RPB Dolly Green Special Scholar Awardee, @UIllinoisMed; Jason Comander, RPB Career Development Awardee, @harvardmed; Robert Hyde @UIllinoisMed; and RPB President Brian Hofland
And it was a surprise where we found the breaks! (Eccentric macular holes). Thanks for the mention
And it was a surprise where we found the breaks! (Eccentric macular holes). Thanks for the mention
When I began my career in 2001: Leber congenital amaurosis was blinding. No treatments. Now: promising phase 1b/2 trial of intravitreal antisense oligonucleotide for LCA type 10. @uiowaeye @uzgent @ScheieEye @PennMedicine @ProQR @NatureMedicine paper: nature.com/articles/s4159…
Join us in congratulating PGY4 Priya Gupta, MD on receiving a @FightBlindness Clinical Research Fellowship Award to fund her research during the upcoming academic year at @MassEyeAndEar where she will complete an Inherited Retinal Dystrophy fellowship - bit.ly/3q4tI9c

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