DemetriosVavvasMDPh.D.(He/Him)

Retinal Disease

Solman and Libe Friedman Professor of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School Co-Director Ocular Regenerative Medical Institute Associate Director Retina Service MEEI Principal Investigator Angiogenesis Laboratory Mass. Eye and Ear Infirmary and Mass General Hospital

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Office
243 Charles St
Boston, MA 02114
Phone+1 617-573-5589

Education & Training

Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary/Harvard Medical SchoolChief Residency, Ophthalmology, 2003 - 2004
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary/Harvard Medical SchoolResidency, Ophthalmology, 2000 - 2004
Boston University Medical CenterInternship, Internal Medicine, 1999 - 2000
Boston University School of MedicineClass of 1999
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary/Harvard Medical SchoolFellowship, Surgical Retina and Vitreous
McGill UniversityB.Sc., Biology/ Neuroscience, First Class Honors

Certifications & Licensure

MA State Medical License 2003 - 2026
American Board of Ophthalmology Ophthalmology

Clinical Trials

Therapeutic Contact Lens Drug Delivery System (TCL-DDS) in Patients With Recurrent Cystoid Macular Edema Start of enrollment: 2021 Mar 15
Recruiting
Phase 1, Phase 2

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

ASSESSING THE REPEATABILITY OF INNER CHOROID FLOW DEFICIT PERCENTAGE IN INTERMEDIATE AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION AND CONTROLS: A Comparative Study Between Differe...
Francesco Romano, Xinyi Ding, Mauricio Garcia, Yan Zhao, Filippos Vingopoulos
Retina. 2025-03-01
1 citations
Associations Between Contrast Sensitivity, Optical Coherence Tomography Features and Progression From Intermediate to Late Age-related Macular Degeneration.
Cade Bennett, Francesco Romano, Filippos Vingopoulos, Mauricio Garcia, Xinyi Ding
American Journal of Ophthalmology. 2025-03-01
Divergence in photoreceptor cell death and neuroinflammation in transvitreal and transscleral subretinal delivery in mice.
Daniel E Maidana, Sara Pastor Puente, Catherine Wang, Shivam Chandra, Lucia Gonzalez-Buendia
Journal of Inflammation. 2025-02-07

Journal Articles

Permanent Neuroglial Remodeling of the Retina Following Infiltration of CSF1R Inhibition-Resistant Peripheral Monocytes
Claes H Dohlman, James Chodosh, Demetrios G Vavvas, Reza Dana, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Press Mentions

Apellis’ Syfovre Approved as First Treatment for Geographic Atrophy Despite Uncertain Clinical BenefitMarch 7th, 2023
Apellis Wins FDA Approval of First Drug for Type of Vision LossFebruary 17th, 2023
RETINA CONVERSATIONS: A Conversation with Evangelos S. Gragoudas, MDMarch 1st, 2019
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