Neil M. Bressler is an American ophthalmologist. He is the James P. Gills Professor of Ophthalmology and chief of the Retina Division at the Wilmer Eye Institute at

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and

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of ''

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Early life and education

Bressler was born in

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to father Sidney Bressler. Growing up, he played the clarinet and won the Senate Award while attending the Interlochen National Music Camp. After attending

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, Bressler enrolled at the

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for his

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degree. Upon receiving his degree, Bressler married his wife Susan (''née'' Bloom) in a Jewish ceremony on July 8, 1979. Together, they earned their

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s at

in 1982 and completed their internships and three-year

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in ophthalmology together.

Career

Following his internship and residency, Bressler joined the faculty at

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as an instructor of ophthalmology and the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary. He then joined the

and the Johns Hopkins Hospital's Wilmer Eye Institute in 1988. As an

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of ophthalmology in 1995, Bressler received an Olga Keith Wiess Scholar Award from the Research to Prevent Blindness organization to support research into age-related macular degeneration. A few years later, Bressler was the recipient of the Macula Society's Young Investigator Award as an "individual under 50 years of age whose work gives high promise of a notable advance in the clinical treatment of disorders of the eye." In 1999, Bressler was the recipient of the Heed-Gutman Award for displaying evidence of major contributions to ophthalmology, outstanding original discoveries or investigation, and long-term evidence of extraordinary and distinguished leadership service on behalf of ophthalmology. As a result of his academic accomplishments, Bressler was the inaugural recipient of the James P. Gills Professor of Ophthalmology at Johns Hopkins in 2000. Alongside his wife, Bressler was the co-recipient of the 2008 Gertrude D. Pyron Award from the American Society of Retina Specialists for "outstanding vision scientists whose work contributes to knowledge about vitreoretinal disease." In 2013, Bressler was appointed

of ''JAMA Ophthalmology'' after having served on the journal's editorial board. In 2017, Bressler co-published a study that demonstrated the ability of a form of AI known as deep learning to accurately detect age-related macular degeneration. Following the study, Bressler and his team evaluated algorithms and comparing methods before ultimately determining that low-shot deep learning does have the potential to overcome limitations imposed by a low number of training images in retinal diagnostics. He was also again named to the Ophthalmologist's Power List for 2020.

References

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