The American Academy of Ophthalmology has chosen UCLA eye surgeon Dr. Anne Coleman to present the Jackson Memorial Lecture at the opening session of its annual meeting on Nov. 14. Coleman is only the third woman to deliver the lecture, which was established in 1944 and is considered one of the highest honors in ophthalmology.
Her lecture will explore the use of big data to uncover new findings about cataract surgery and the dramatic improvements in visual outcomes following surgery. She will also present an advance look at her upcoming paper in the American Journal of Ophthalmology about the nation’s first electronic registry of eye diseases and conditions, which can be referenced for benchmarks to validate quality of care.
Coleman is the Fran and Ray Stark Foundation Professor of Ophthalmology at the Stein Eye Institute in the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, as well as a professor of epidemiology at UCLA’s Fielding School of Public Health. She is also vice-chair of academic affairs for ophthalmology and director of the Center for Community Outreach and Policy, overseeing UCLA’s Mobile Eye Clinic and Center for Eye Epidemiology.
Coleman has served as executive editor for glaucoma for the American Journal of Ophthalmology since 2003. Her research studies the relationship between ophthalmology and public health, with an emphasis on comparative effectiveness research, vision quality and the social impacts of eye disease.
The Jackson Memorial Lecture honors the legacy of Dr. Edward Jackson (1856–1942), a prominent ophthalmologist who helped create the American Board of Ophthalmology.