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Eyecelerator Innovation Award

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2025: Eyecelerator Innovation Award
2026: Eyecelerator Innovation Award

Congratulations to the 2026 Eyecelerator Innovation Award winners for their impact in innovation for patients worldwide throughout their careers.

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2025: Eyecelerator Innovation Award

          Emily Y. Chew, MD                            Rick Ferris, MD                     Maureen G. McGuire, PhD 

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"This year’s Eyecelerator Innovation Award honors Glaukos Corporation for its successful development and commercialization of first-of-kind innovations in Glaucoma and Cornea. The award celebrates the pioneering work of CEO Tom Burns and his visionary management team. 

 

They have brought forward groundbreaking innovative products through difficult FDA approvals to robust global commercialization, raising the standard of care in ophthalmology around the world. 

 

Glaukos is broadly admired around the world not only for its unique products, which garner clinical and financial success, but also for its very positive and high-integrity culture, which attracts and retains superlative employees.   

 

Eyecelerator salutes Glaukos as a meritorious example of a startup becoming a successful company by developing and delivering a portfolio of novel therapeutics for the global benefit of patients."

- Gil Kliman, MD

Eyecelerator Program Director

2024: Inaugural Eyecelerator Innovation Award

This year's Eyecelerator Innovation Award honors the remarkable physician-led, science-driven innovation that has significantly advanced the field of medicine.

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The award celebrates Drs. Schleifer and Yancopoulos for their visionary leadership, perseverance in the face of challenges, and commitment to teamwork. Their groundbreaking contributions to ophthalmology and medicine have not only pushed the boundaries of what is possible but have also earned the deep respect and admiration of their peers and innovators worldwide. Their work has made a profound and lasting impact on patient lives globally.

- Allen C. Ho, MD

Eyecelerator Retina Program Director

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