{"id":4752,"date":"2022-07-19T11:22:21","date_gmt":"2022-07-19T18:22:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/news\/celebrating-46-years-of-preserving-protecting-restoring-sight\/"},"modified":"2023-11-19T12:53:14","modified_gmt":"2023-11-19T20:53:14","slug":"celebrating-46-years-of-preserving-protecting-restoring-sight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/news\/celebrating-46-years-of-preserving-protecting-restoring-sight\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating 46 Years of Preserving, Protecting & Restoring Sight"},"content":{"rendered":"\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Celebrating 46 Years of Preserving, Protecting & Restoring Sight<\/h1>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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The USC Roski Eye Institute celebrates 46 years of excellence in ophthalmic care at USC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n

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Dr. Mark Humayun (center) receives the Narsing A. Rao, MD Endowed Lecture Award from Drs. J. Martin Heur (left) and Narsing Rao (right). (Photo\/Filgraphix)<\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n \n \n \n\n<\/div>\n \n\n <\/div><\/div>\n\r\n\r\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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On Saturday, June 25th, USC Roski Eye Institute faculty, alumni, and guests gathered at a symposium to celebrate 46 years of excellence in ophthalmic care at USC. The symposium provided attendees with updates on the latest aspects of ophthalmic best practices across the field, and research updates regarding recently approved therapies for ophthalmic diseases.<\/p>\n

After two years of remote symposiums due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the annual symposium returned to being held in person at the Health Science Campus\u2019 Aresty Conference Center. \u201cIt was great to see our friends and colleagues in-person during our annual symposium.\u00a0 We had a great group of speakers who did a fantastic job and made the meeting a success,\u201d said J. Martin Heur, MD, PhD<\/a>, Interim Chair of the Department of Ophthalmology.<\/p>\n

During the symposium, the USC Roski Eye Institute presented four awards:<\/p>\n