Eliot L. Berson, MD

Director, Electroretinography Service
Harvard Medical School, William F. Chatlos Professor of Ophthalmology

Specialty Area

Ophthalmology - Hereditary retinal degenerations

Address

Berman-Gund Laboratory, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary

MEEI

Patient Appointments: 617-573-3621
Fax: 617-573-3661
Office Hours: weekdays (appointments involve a full day of testing)

Clinical Background

Medical School

Harvard Medical School, 1962

Residency

Barnes and McMillan Hospital, 1966 Ophthalmology

Fellowships

National Institutes of Health, 1968

Board Certification

Ophthalmology, 1968

Professional Affiliations

American Medical Association, Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, International Society for Clinical Electrophysiology and Vision, American Academy of Ophthalmology, New England Ophthalmological Society, International Society for Genetic Eye Diseases, Retina Society, American Society of Human Genetics, American Ophthalmological Society

Clinical Interests

Hereditary retinal degenerations including retinitis pigmentosa.

Research Interests

Hereditary retinal degenerations

Selected Publications

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What would you like your patients to know about you?

Evaluates in consultation patients age 6 and over with hereditary retinal disease or suspected retinal disease on referral from the patient’s physician. Evaluation requires an entire day in the ERG (Electroretinography) Service.

Publications

A complete list of research publications can be seen at www.pubmed.gov. Type the physician's name at the top, where it says 'for' and the physician's research publications will appear.