Brigham and Women's Develops Clinical Affiliation with Mass. Eye and Ear
A new clinical affiliation with Mass. Eye and Ear to provide general ophthalmology and subspecialty ophthalmology consultation services for BWH inpatients, trauma patients and patients in the Emergency Department begins July 1.
The medical director for the ophthalmologist service is Lloyd Paul Aiello, MD, PhD, head of the Section on Eye Research at the Joslin Diabetes Center, director of the Joslin Clinic's Beetham Eye Institute and associate professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School. Aiello received his MD and his PhD in biochemistry from Boston University School of Medicine and was a resident in ophthalmology at the Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute at Johns Hopkins University and Hospital before coming to the Joslin Diabetes Center, where he completed a clinical vitreoretinal and a research fellowship. The author of 77 original papers and 133 publications, Aiello is also the recipient of more than 20 national and international awards. He joined the Joslin staff in 1994.
Ankoor Shah, MD, PhD, director of Mass. Eye and Ear's Trauma Service leads the eye trauma response team that includes several Mass. Eye and Ear surgeons. Shah completed his residency training in the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary/Harvard combined program and is the chief resident in Ophthalmology at Mass. Eye and Ear.
Inpatient call coverage is provided by two attending ophthalmologists, Sheila Borboli-Gerogiannis, MD, and Kenneth Chang, MD. Don C. Bienfang, MD, chief of Neuro-ophthalmology at BWH, continues to be part of the inpatient consult service. Mass. Eye and Ear residents, fellows and Joslin fellows contribute to team coverage.
Chang trained at the Loma Linda University School of Medicine and completed a Neuro-ophthalmology fellowship in the Massachusetts Eye and Ear/Harvard combined program. Borboli-Gerogiannis completed her residency at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear/Harvard combined program and completed a Cornea and External Disease fellowship at the LSU Eye Center. Borboli-Gerogiannis and Chang also provide general ophthalmology and sub-specialty care, at the new Mass. Eye and Ear clinical space conveniently located at One Joslin Place.
Mass. Eye and Ear physicians will be on the LMR, benefiting both BWH clinicians and patients by enabling enhanced electronic access and communication between referring doctors and ophthalmologists.
After July 1, to ensure continuity of care, patients discharged from the BWH ED, the trauma or an inpatient unit who require follow-up ophthalmology services will be treated by Mass. Eye and Ear physicians at their new clinic location, One Joslin Place, Boston, 02215. The clinic telephone number is (617) 573-4180.
To request an ophthalmology consult, please page #2-OPHT (#2-6748). The backup page is to call the Mass. Eye and Ear operator at 617-523-7900, and then dial "0" to go directly to a live operator 24/7.