Pedram Hamrah Explained

Field:Ophthalmology,
Genetics, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Immunology
Neuroscience
Cell, Molecular and Developmental Biology
Work Institution:Tufts Medical Center - Tufts University
Harvard Medical School-Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
Alma Mater:University of Cologne
Spouse:Satgin Hamrah
Boards:American Board of Ophthalmology

Pedram Hamrah is a German-American ophthalmologist and immunologist. He obtained his M.D. from the University of Cologne, Germany.[1]

Career

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. 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.

Award and recognition

Selected works

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dr. Pedram Hamrah, MD, Bio Page. 2008-11-30.
  2. Hamrah P, Zhang Q, Liu Y, Dana MR. Novel characterization of MHC class II-negative population of resident corneal Langerhans cell-type dendritic cells. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci.. 43. 3. 639–46. March 2002. 11867578.
  3. Hamrah P, Liu Y, Zhang Q, Dana MR. The corneal stroma is endowed with a significant number of resident dendritic cells. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci.. 44. 2. 581–9. February 2003. 12556386. 10.1167/iovs.02-0838.
  4. Streilein JW. Ocular immune privilege: therapeutic opportunities from an experiment of nature.. Nat. Immunol.. 3. 11. 879–89. November 2003. 14668804. 10.1038/nri1224. 12244231 .
  5. 10.1016/j.it.2003.09.009. Novak N, Siepmann K, Zierhut M, Bieber T. The good, the bad and the ugly--APCs of the eye.. Trends Immunol.. 24. 11. 570–74. November 2003. 14596877.
  6. Web site: von Andrian Lab Members. https://web.archive.org/web/20081120164426/http://www.cbrinstitute.org/labs/vonandrian/Pages/LabContacts-A_new.html. 2008-11-20. dead. 2008-11-30.
  7. Web site: Eye Witness - Harvard Ophthalmologist .
  8. Web site: Pedram Hamrah, MD, FACS NeuropathyCommons . 2023-07-27 . neuropathycommons.org.
  9. Web site: WebmedCentral.com :: WMC Plus Specialty Editor . 2023-07-27 . www.webmedcentral.com.
  10. Web site: OKYO Pharma Announces Collaboration with Prof. Pedram Hamrah to Evaluate Proprietary Lead Compounds as Non-Opioid Analgesics Targeting G-Protein Coupled Receptors . 2023-07-27 . BioSpace . en-US.