We are pleased to announce that Vitreoretinal Fellow Ananth Sastry, MD was awarded the Robert Machemer Foundation Scholarship Award based on his research proposal "Comparison of Subretinal Bleb Volumes Created with Ab-externo and Ab-interno Approaches Using Microscope Intergrated Optical Coherence Tomography," under the mentorship of Lejla Vajzovic, MD.
This scholarship provides support for one year of research training at the institution for a clinical retina fellow to pursue scientific, medical and/or surgical research to improve knowledge of the causes and treatment of vitreoretinal diseases. Applications are reviewed by the Robert Machemer Foundation Scholarship Committee and ranked based on the potential of the trainee, quality and feasibility of research, and the mentoring plan. Scholarships are selected based first on the trainee’s clear commitment to applying research to the challenges of vitreoretinal diseases and surgery and a demonstration of potential to pursue a program of research training; and second on the mentor and institutional plan for quality research training that will improve the understanding of the causes and treatment of vitreoretinal diseases.