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Donald Zack, M.D., Ph.D.
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Dr. Zack is currently the Guerrieri Professor of Genetic Engineering and Molecular Ophthalmology at the Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University. He is also a professor in the Departments of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Neuroscience, and the Institute of Genetic Medicine. Dr. Zack graduated from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in 1984, where as part of the NIH funded Medical Scientist Training Program he received both a medical degree and a Ph.D. in molecular immunology, under the mentorship of Dr. Matthew Scharff. After a year of internship Dr. Zack completed a three-year residency training program in ophthalmology at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard University. In 1988 he moved to Johns Hopkins where he pursued specialty training in glaucoma, under the direction of Dr. Harry Quigley, and molecular biology post-doctoral work, under the direction of Dr. Jeremy Nathans. Dr. Zack was appointed Assistant Professor at Hopkins in 1991, Associate Professor in 1997, and Professor in 2001. Dr. Zack’s research has implications for understanding the pathogenesis of diseases such as age-related macular degeneration, retinitis pigmentosa, and glaucoma. This increased understanding is forming the basis of efforts to develop new paradigms for the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of these blinding eye conditions |
