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WHO WE ARE
Perry Rosenthal, M.D., Founder and President
Born
in Canada, Dr. Perry Rosenthal received his undergraduate and medical
degrees from McGill University. During his postgraduate training in ophthalmology
at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary and Harvard Medical School,
Dr. Rosenthal founded its first contact lens clinic. This experience introduced
him to the unique but unmet potential of rigid contact lenses to restore
the sight of people who had become blind from corneal diseases. In his
search for ways to overcome the obstacles to their use, Dr. Rosenthal
led the breakthrough development of a new generation of oxygen-porous
plastics known as The Boston Lens® that overcame the leading cause
of contact lens wearing failure, corneal asphyxiation. The acquisition
of his company by Bausch & Lomb in 1983 provided the means by which
Dr. Rosenthal was able to pursue the development of his vision-restoring
lenses and the founding of the nonprofit Boston Foundation for Sight.
Dr. Rosenthal is assistant clinical professor of ophthalmology at Harvard
Medical School and a recognized authority in the therapeutic and vision-rehabilitative
use of contact lenses. He is a frequent guest lecturer at national and
international professional meetings and the author of many scientific
papers on this subject.
Deborah S. Jacobs, M.D., Medical Director
Dr. Deborah Jacobs, an ophthalmologist who specializes in cornea and
external eye disease and cataract, has joined the Foundation as Medical
Director.
Dr. Jacobs earned her undergraduate A.B. degree from Harvard and Radcliffe
Colleges in 1981, majoring in biology and graduating summa cum laude.
Winning a Rhodes scholarship, she earned her Masters of Science degree
in physiological sciences from Oxford University in England and then returned
to complete her medical degree at the Harvard Medical School.
Dr. Jacobs’ three-year residency in Ophthalmology was spent at the
Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary in Boston where she also completed
a fellowship in cornea and external disease, supported by a Heed Ophthalmic
Foundation Fellowship. Since 1992 she has been Director of the Cornea
Service at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, and has been
on staff at Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary. She is currently an
assistant professor of ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School.
Lynette Johns, O.D., Clinical Associate
Dr. Johns received her doctorate in optometry and completed
a residency in cornea and contact lenses at the New England College of
Optometry. She won the Dr. Sheldon Weschler contact lens residency award
in 2005.
She joined the clinical staff in 2005
Karen G. Carrasquillo, O.D., Ph.D.
Karen received her Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry in 2001 from the University of Puerto Rico. The following year she completed a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Ophthalmology at the Harvard Medical School/ Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary. She continued her education at the New England College of Optometry where she received her Doctor of Optometry, followed by a Residency specializing in Cornea and Contact Lens at the New England College of Optometry. During her Residency, Karen rotated through the Boston Foundation for Sight where we had the pleasure to really get to know her.
Karen is the recipient of many Academic Awards and has authored numerous
publications in her field of specialization. She is a welcome addition
to the BFS family and we are very fortunate to have her on our team.
Chandrashekkar Chawan PhD, Director of Clinical Operations - India
Dr. Chawan has degrees in Physics, Optometry and a Ph.D. in Optometric Sciences. He has studied in Switzerland, the USA and Moorfields Eye Hospital in London. Dr. Chawan has been Chief Optometrist and instructor of Ophthalmology residents at a leading hospital in Bombay and has lectured world-wide at professional meetings. Chawan was the first graduate of the Johnson & Johnson Gift of Sight International Fellowship program at the Boston Foundation for Sight. He heads the Bombay branch of BFS India.
Mark Cohen, Executive Director
Mark oversees all of the operations of the foundation, clinic and lab. He also investigates potential new clinics, makes sure that our limited budget is spent wisely and that all of our patients are made to feel at home with the same high degree of wonderful service.
Sara Yost, Business Manager
Sara received her BS from the University of New Hampshire in Health
Management and Policy in 2002, and joined the Foundation staff shortly
thereafter. She works with all patients regarding the financial aspects
of their care. She also oversees all business aspects of the Foundation,
including financial reporting and insurance reimbursement.
Bill Rosenthal, Director Patient Affairs
Bill’s primary function at the Foundation is to communicate with and organize all new patient and physician inquiries. Each patient is individually evaluated. A determination is then made if they are an appropriate candidate. Bill helps to organize many of the logistics that are essential for patients to even consider traveling here. Bill also brings knowledge and resources to our IT infrastructure and has spent many a long night to insure that our information highway is up and running.
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