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Biosketch
Dr. Rajendra S. Apte is the Paul A. Cibis Distinguished Professor at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri, where he serves as the Director of Education in the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, and the Department of Developmental Biology. Dr. Apte joined Washington University School of Medicine after obtaining a Ph.D. in Immunology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas, and post completion of a fellowship in Medical Retina and Vitreo-retinal Surgery at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland.
Dr. Apte has won numerous awards, honors, and educational scholarships, recent highlights of which include the Carl Camras Translational Award 2013/2014, the Macula Society Young Investigator Award in 2013, the Macula Society Retina Research Foundation Cox Research Award in 2010, the American Retina Foundation Research Award in 2008, the Washington University Nominee for the Ellison Foundation New Scholars Award in Aging in 2005, and the Research to Prevent Blindness Career Development Award in 2004. These awards accompany his 70+ peer-reviewed publications.
Additionally, Dr. Apte has professional associations with the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the Association for Research in Visual Ophthalmology, the American Society of Retina Specialists, the Retina Society, the Macula Society, and Club Jules Gonin.
Affiliation
- Paul A. Cibis Distinguished Professor
Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Science
Professor, Department of Developmental Biology
Director of Education
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, MO
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