Retina Hall of Fame Young Superstar – 2025

The first Young Superstar award was presented at the Vit-Buckle Society’s 13th Annual meeting.
Congratulations to Dr. Aleksandra Rachitskaya and her many accomplishments in both retina and leadership.

Aleksandra Rachitskaya, MD, FASRS
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
Cleveland Clinic – Cole Eye Institute

Stanley Chang, MD

2024 Retina Hall of Fame Lifetime Achievement Award

Former Edward S. Harkness Professor & Chairman of the Department of Ophthalmology at Columbia University Medical Center . He is a specialist in vitreoretinal disorders and surgery and pioneered many of the surgical techniques currently used in this field.

K.K. Tse and Ku Teh Ying Professor of Ophthalmology

Specialist in vitreoretinal disorders and surgery and pioneered many of the surgical techniques currently used in this field

New York, NY

Steve Charles, MD

2023 Retina Hall of Fame Lifetime Achievement Award

Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology at the Hamilton Eye Institute at the University of Tennessee

Innovator in internal fluid/gas exchange, bipolar manual diathermy, endophotocoagulation, retinotomy and retinectomy, subretinal surgery and scissors segmentation and delamination of epiretinal fibrovascular membranes

Memphis, TN

Kirk H. Packo, MD

In Memoriam

2021/2022 Retina Hall of Fame Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient

Revolutionary in vitreoretinal surgery, surgical instrument design and development, surgical visualization, public/educational speaking and father of the modern version of ASRS

Illinois Retina Associates/Professor & Chairman Emeritus Rush university Medical Center Department of Ophthalmology

Chicago, IL

Michael T. Trese, MD

In Memoriam

2021/2022 Retina Hall of Fame Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient

Father of pediatric vitreoretinal diseases and surgery; medical and surgical including ROP, RD, vitreolysis and regenerative medicine

Associated Retina Consultants/William Beaumont Hospital

Royal Oak, MI

Jerry A. Shields, MD

2020 Retina Hall of Fame Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient

The Board of Directors of the Retina Hall of Fame is very pleased to announce that they have chosen to honor Jerry A. Shields, MD, for his extraordinary contributions to the field of retina. Jerry was presented in absentia with the 2020/2021 Retina Hall of Fame Lifetime Achievement Award during the 2021 ASRS meeting which was recently held in San Antonio, TX, by RHOF President Tarek Hassan.

World-renowed Ophthalmogist & Director Emeritus – Ocular Oncology Service

Wills Eye Hospital

Philadelphia, PA

Alice R. McPherson, MD

In Memoriam

First Retina Hall of Fame Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient

The directors of the Retina Hall of Fame are proud to honor Alice R. McPherson for her extraordinary contributions to the field of retinal disease with presentation of the First Retina Hall of Fame Lifetime Achievement Award. It is fitting that Dr.

McPherson received the award this year on what is the 50th anniversary of the creation of The Retina Research Foundation.

Accomplished physician, teacher, scholar, leader, and pioneer dedicated to the study and treatment of retinal diseases. Founder of two leading research institutions – the Retina Research Foundation (RRF) in Houston, Texas, and the McPherson Eye Research Institute at UW-Madison

Baylor College of Medicine

Houston, TX