Richard K. Lee, MD, PhD receives James W. Clower, Jr., MD, Community Service Award

 
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - June 30, 2015 - PRLog -- The Florida Society of Ophthalmology (FSO), the preeminent professional association for medical and osteopathic physicians who specialize in vision care, is pleased to announce that Richard K. Lee, MD, PhD received the James W. Clower, Jr., MD, Community Service Award at its Annual Meeting, Masters in Ophthalmology 2015, June 26-28 in Palm Beach, Fla.

Established in honor of James W. Clower, Jr., MD, this annual award recognizes a Florida-based ophthalmologist who has made the greatest contribution of time and service to his or her community.

Dr. Lee has been an active member of the Florida Society of Ophthalmology since 1999, as well as national and local associations, such as the American Academy of Ophthalmology, where he served on the Task Force on Haiti Recovery, the American Glaucoma Society, and the Miami Ophthalmologic Society.

Dr. Lee is an Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute at the University of Miami School of Medicine and has secondary appointments with the Department of Cell Biology and the Neuroscience Graduate Program.

Dr. Lee received a Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry-Biology from Pomona College in Claremont, California. He received his PhD in Microbiology and Immunology, along with his MD, from the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine through the Physician Scientist Program. Also at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, he served his internal medicine internship at the Jackson Memorial Hospital, completed a fellowship in viral oncology at the Sylvester Cancer Center, completed his residency in ophthalmology at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, and completed fellowships in clinical glaucoma and glaucoma research at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute prior to joining the faculty.

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