Vahid Ownagh, MD, research scholar, was awarded the VitreoRetinal Surgery Foundation (VRSF) Research Fellowship, a prestigious award that includes a $10,000 grant in support of his research with Lejla Vajzovic, MD, FASRS on “Optimizing vitrectomy technique and parameters for subretinal gene therapy: An intraoperative OCT based volumetric study.” Ownagh is the first Duke trainee to receive this award.
The VRSF Awards fund early-stage investigators who are conducting relevant research projects in macular and retinal disease, and to encourage a career devoted to retinal disease and research.