David Heiden, MD, will receive the American Academy of Ophthalmology’s 2018 Outstanding Humanitarian Service Award for his work bringing blindness prevention techniques to HIV/AIDS patients in politically unstable and poverty-stricken areas, according to a press release.
Heiden was nominated by the Pacific Vision Foundation and the Seva Foundation, where he serves as medical director of the AIDS Eye Initiative.
He pioneered training providers to use eye exams to diagnose and treat cytomegalovirus retinitis in AIDS patients, the release said. If left untreated, the disease can increase
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