Demetrios Vavvas MD Ph.D. (He/Him)
Retinal Disease
Solman and Libe Friedman Professor of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School Co-Director Ocular Regenerative Medical Institute Associate Director Retina Service MEEI Principal Investigator Angiogenesis Laboratory Mass. Eye and Ear Infirmary and Mass General Hospital
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243 Charles StBoston, MA 02114
Phone+1 617-573-5589
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Education & Training
Mass General Brigham/Massachusetts Eye and Ear/Harvard Medical SchoolChief Residency, Ophthalmology, 2003 - 2004- Mass General Brigham/Massachusetts Eye and Ear/Harvard Medical SchoolResidency, Ophthalmology, 2000 - 2004
Boston University Medical CenterInternship, Internal Medicine, 1999 - 2000
Boston University School of MedicineClass of 1999- Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary/Harvard Medical SchoolFellowship, Surgical Retina and Vitreous
McGill UniversityB.Sc., Biology/ Neuroscience, First Class Honors
Certifications & Licensure
MA State Medical License 2003 - 2026
American Board of Ophthalmology Ophthalmology
Clinical Trials
- Therapeutic Contact Lens Drug Delivery System (TCL-DDS) in Patients With Recurrent Cystoid Macular Edema Start of enrollment: 2021 Mar 15
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Structure-Function Associations Between Quantitative Contrast Sensitivity Function And Peripapillary Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography in Diabetic Retinopathy.Sierra K Ha, Xinyi Ding, Francesco Romano, Katherine M Overbey, Filippos Vingopoulos
Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 2025-04-01 - Plasma and Urine Metabolites Associated with Microperimetric Retinal Sensitivity in Age-Related Macular Degeneration.Krupa Sourirajan, Kevin Mendez, Ines Lains, Gregory Tsougranis, Haemin Kang
Metabolites. 2025-03-28 - Association of plasma metabolites with treatment response after intravitreal anti-vascular endothelial growth factor injections in treatment-naïve neovascular age-rela...Hae Min Kang, Kevin M Mendez, Inês Laíns, Krupa Sourirajan, Roshni Bhat
BMJ Open Ophthalmology. 2025-03-15
Journal Articles
- Permanent Neuroglial Remodeling of the Retina Following Infiltration of CSF1R Inhibition-Resistant Peripheral MonocytesClaes H Dohlman, James Chodosh, Demetrios G Vavvas, Reza Dana, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Press Mentions
Apellis’ Syfovre Approved as First Treatment for Geographic Atrophy Despite Uncertain Clinical BenefitMarch 7th, 2023- Apellis Wins FDA Approval of First Drug for Type of Vision LossFebruary 17th, 2023
RETINA CONVERSATIONS: A Conversation with Evangelos S. Gragoudas, MDMarch 1st, 2019- Join now to see all
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