Pedram Hamrah
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Pedram Hamrah | |
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 Pedram Hamrah in 2015 | |
| Alma mater | University of Cologne |
| Board member of | American Board of Ophthalmology |
| Spouse | Satgin Hamrah |
| Medical career | |
| Field | Ophthalmology, Genetics, Molecular and Cellular Biology Immunology Neuroscience Cell, Molecular and Developmental Biology |
| Institutions | Tufts Medical Center - Tufts University Harvard Medical School-Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary |
Pedram Hamrah is a German-American ophthalmologist and immunologist. He obtained his M.D. from the University of Cologne, Germany.[1]
In 2002, together with Reza Dana and Ying Liu, he was the first to discover the presence of and characterize resident antigen-presenting cells in the central cornea.[2][3][4][5] Hamrah is currently Professor and Vice Chair of Research and Academic Programs, co-director of Cornea Service, Director of the Center for Translational Ocular Immunology, Tufts Medical Center, Departments of Ophthalmology, Tufts University.[1] He was a faculty member in the laboratory of Ulrich von Andrian at Harvard's Immune Disease Institute from 2008 to 2012.[6]
Currently, Hamrah serves as the Section Editor for Clinical Science and Clinical Practice of the journal The Ocular Surface, Cornea Section Editor of the journal Eye, Assistant Editor of the journal Ocular Immunology and Inflammation, and Ophthalmology Associate Editor for BMC Ophthalmology. He serves on numerous additional editorial boards and is a peer reviewer for over 45 ophthalmology, immunology, and transplantation journals. He is an instructor at the American Academy of Ophthalmology and recently served as Chair of the ARVO Members-in-Training Committee.
