First presented in 2011, the Ludwig von Sallmann Clinician-Scientist Award is supported by an anonymous donor through the ARVO Foundation. The annual recipient is selected from invited speakers to the ARVO Annual Meeting who hold an MD or MD/PhD (or equivalent) and who are age 45 or younger at the time of presentation. Award recipients will present a lecture at a scientific session, symposium or minisymposium at the ARVO Annual Meeting. Awardees will receive a $1,250 honorarium, an inscribed award and invitations to several special events at the ARVO Annual Meeting.
Ludwig von Sallmann Clinician-Scientist Awardees
2023
Patrick Yu-Wai-Man, MD, PhD
University of Cambridge
"Gene therapy for Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy"
2022
Robert P. Finger, MD, MIH, PhD
University of Bonn
"Spotlight on macular disease: Impact on everyday function and wellbeing"
2021
Sai H. Chavala, MD
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
"Retinal plasticity in disease and regeneration"
2020
Anat Galor, MD
University of Miami
"Artificial intelligence: The algorithmic solution to retinal healthcare"
2019
Pearse A. Keane, MD
Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
"An overview to ocular surface pain"