Jay S. Duker, MD

Jay S. Duker, MD, is Professor and Chairman, Department of Ophthalmology at Tufts Medical Center and Tufts University School of Medicine and the Director of the New England Eye Center in Boston, Massachusetts. The New England Eye Center is one of the largest and busiest academic practices in the country. Dr. Duker received his medical degree magna cum laude from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, PA. He completed an internal medicine internship at the Beth Israel Hospital in Boston, MA. Dr Duker then completed an ophthalmology residency, serving as Chief Resident, followed by a retina and vitreous surgery fellowship, at the Wills Eye Hospital in Philadelphia.

Dr. Duker’s major research interests include imaging of the posterior segment, retinal vascular disease, and drug delivery to the posterior segment. He has pursued those interests as a Co-Investigator or Principal Investigator of numerous studies funded by the National Institutes of Health/National Eye Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and industry, including studies of optical coherence tomography and several phase III trials. Specializing in medical and surgical diseases of the posterior segment, his surgical expertise includes macular diseases, retinal detachment, proliferative vitreoretinopathy, diabetic retinopathy and intraocular tumors. He has over 180 journal articles published, and he has authored 4 books and dozens of book chapters. In addition, Dr. Duker lectures extensively both nationally and internationally. He is an Associate Editor of Ophthalmic Surgery and Laser Therapy, and has served on the editorial boards of Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Review of Ophthalmology, Evidence-Based Eye Care, and Retina Today. He has been a reviewer for many journals including Ophthalmology, American Journal of Ophthalmology, Archives of Ophthalmology, Ophthalmic Surgery and Lasers, Retina, and The New England Journal of Medicine, among others. Dr. Duker is the recipient of the Honor Award and Senior Honor Award from the American Academy of Ophthalmology.