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Th e Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins
A Critical
Mass of Minds
Wilmer’s newly opened Robert H. and
Clarice Smith Building off ers researchers
exciting new opportunities for collaboration.
Special Building Dedication Brochure Inside

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Dear Wilmer Friends
and Family:
With its sun-fi lled atrium
and expansive, open architecture,
our new Robert H.
and Clarice Smith Building
is a wonderful place for collaboration.
As our faculty
move through the “research
neighborhoods” that unfold across the building’s top fi ve fl oors,
they encounter colleagues they might never have regularly encountered
before, when Wilmer’s research enterprise was spread
out in a disjointed patchwork of labs and offi ces in six diff erent
buildings.
By bringing our scientists together, in an open environment
with few walls and doors, we’ve unleashed the potential for
synergy and collaboration. As you’ll see in “A Critical Mass of
Minds” (p. 6), our researchers couldn’t be more excited about
what this means for approaching old problems in new ways, and
ultimately speeding the process of discovery. Th e new building
also off ers much needed new research space—60 percent more
than before—which will allow us, at last, to add new faculty
who are standouts in emerging fi elds of science such as nanotechnology
and tissue engineering.
Of course, the opening of the Smith Building has also
dramatically improved Wilmer’s clinical setting, allowing us to
off er a more pleasant, patient-centered surgical experience. We
now have dedicated parking for patients (just steps away from
the entrance), a separate pediatric waiting room, and “stretcher
chairs” that ease transition to and from surgery. With added
space and a more effi cient fl oor plan, we’ll be able to perform
50 percent more operations annually in the Maurice Bendann
Surgical Pavilion.
Read more about our impressive new building (and the eight
decades of achievement in ophthalmology that brought us to
where are are today) in the building dedication program we’ve
bound into this issue of Sightline.
My sincere best wishes,
Peter J. McDonnell, M.D.
William Holland Wilmer Professor and Director
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INSIGHT
Taking the Measure
of Residency Training
Through her research in residency
training, Saras Ramanathan is pushing
to improve the way Wilmer trains the
eye surgeons of tomorrow.
SPOTLIGHT
Integrating Eye
Surgeons and Engineers
By pooling their expertise, Wilmer
researchers and biomedical engineers
at Hopkins’ Homewood campus
are fi nding answers to previously
unsolvable problems.
EYE TO EYE
A Venture Capitalist for
Glaucoma
Investing in the glaucoma research of
Wilmer’s Harry Quigley, Thomas Forrester
“picked a really smart guy and
said, ‘Do your best.’”
ON THE COVER
A Critical Mass of Minds
The communal aspect of the Robert
H. and Clarice Smith Building’s new
“research neighborhoods” has opened
the door to greater collaboration.
SPECIAL
Dedication to a Cure
Celebrating the dedication of the
Robert H. and Clarice Smith Building
and Maurice Bendann Surgical Pavilion
in words and pictures.
EVENTS
Feting the Residents Class of 2009,
the opening of Wilmer’s new building,
and more.
ANNUAL REVIEW
Visionaries
The FY09 donors, faculty, and residents
who continue to make Wilmer one of
the world’s pre-eminent eye institutions.
ON THE COVER: Wilmer scientists
(L to R) Jerry Lutty, Shannath Merbs,
Elia Duh, Valeria Canto-Soler in the new
Robert H. and Clarice Smith Building.
COVER PHOTO BY KEITH WELLER

Taking the Measure of
Residency Training
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Every patient is an opportunity to teach; every patient
is an opportunity to learn,” Saras Ramanathan tells the
residents who rotate through her operating room during
their time at the Wilmer Eye Institute, home to one of the
premiere ophthalmology training programs in the nation.
Like all Wilmer faculty members, Ramanathan knows
the importance of teaching, training, and mentoring the 21
residents who come through the Wilmer Ophthalmology
Residency Program annually. A member of the program’s
core faculty since 2003 and a two-time winner of the L.
Harrell Pierce Resident Teaching Award, the assistant
professor works with residents during all three years of their
Wilmer training. “I tell them, ‘You are never going to get
rid of me,’” she jokes. But Ramanathan’s commitment to
resident training doesn’t stop there. She has also dedicated
herself to researching how to improve the way the specialty
trains the eye surgeons of tomorrow, by objectively quantifying
and measuring the eff ectiveness of residency training
at Wilmer.
Consider Ramanathan’s recent study in which she
compared complication rates in cataract surgeries performed
by second- and third-year Wilmer residents. Conventional
thought is that the more times a training surgeon performs
a procedure, the more skilled he or she becomes and fewer
complications are likely to occur. However, residency programs
must balance training with quality of care and patient
safety and as a result surgical rotations at Wilmer don’t occur
until after year two, after residents have gained suffi cient
experience. But her study confi rmed that Wilmer’s residents
are well prepared to learn surgery even after only one year of
training. When she examined medical records of 691 cases
performed by residents under her supervision, she found
little diff erence in complication rates in phacoemulsifi cation
surgeries done by residents with one year of training vs. two.
Her conclusion: Surgical training in residents could start
even earlier with appropriate pre-operative study, patient
PHOTO BY ELIZABETH BOWER
Ramanathan with resident
Christina Moon.
selection, and eff ective guidance in the OR.
“Th e learning tends to be exponential,” says Ramanathan,
who for the fi rst time in July brought a fi rst-year
resident into the OR with her to complete a particular step
during cataract surgery under her tutelage. Th e more cases
residents perform, she notes, the more highly skilled they
are when they fi nish training. “We want them to leave here
being excellent surgeons.”
Recognizing the importance of providing residents with
the tools they need to be successful, Ramanathan has collaborated
with a team in Alison Okamura’s Haptics Lab in
the Johns Hopkins mechanical engineering department to
develop a virtual reality simulator that’s aimed at allowing
residents to practice the hand movements used in cataract
surgery. Because the simulator provides tactile feedback,
surgeons-in-training can learn not just how the procedure
looks, but how it feels. “Th e traditional method of teaching
is to have students work on animal eyes, but those tissues
often don’t mimic the human tissue very well,” she explains.
What’s more, the simulator allows residents to practice their
skills many times before fi rst performing the procedure on
an actual patient. “Th is can make a huge impact in patient
safety because it allows us to help measure competency of
our residents,” she says.
So far Ramanathan has developed a rudimentary simulator
that mimics the most diffi cult step in cataract surgery, but
she needs additional funding to do more. “To really make
this work we need to hire a computer scientist to develop the
necessary programs to stimulate the entire surgery ,” she says.
In the meantime, she remains committed to training future
generations of ophthalmologists and helping them learn
the best way to provide quality care to patients. “Th ere’s
amazing growth and development that occurs over the three
years our residents are here,” Ramanathan says. “It’s such a
pleasure to know that I had even the smallest role in that
development.” ■ —Maria Blackburn
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Integrating
Bioengineer Jennifer Elisseeff is working with
Ophthalmologist Oliver Schein to regenerate
damaged corneal tissue.
Eye Surgeons and Engineers
These days, it’s not uncommon
to fi nd engineers in
the operating rooms at
the Wilmer Eye Institute
and eye surgeons in the
engineering labs on the Hopkins
Homewood campus. Collaboration
between Wilmer and the Johns Hopkins
University School of Engineering
makes perfect sense to vitreoretinal
surgeon Peter Gehlbach.
Th e way he sees it, clinicians encounter
seemingly unsolvable problems
each day. Engineers have technology
that could hold the answers.
By pooling their collective expertise,
Wilmer researchers and Hopkins’ biomedical
engineers are already pushing
the boundaries of what’s possible.
Collaborating to Create
an Artifi cial Cornea
Several years ago, Wilmer ophthalmologist
Oliver Schein became interested
in the concept of rebuilding corneas
damaged by disease or injury. While
corneal transplants have proven successful
for many people (more than
40,000 are performed annually in the
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United States), there are limitations
to current techniques—particularly
for people with chronic infl ammatory
conditions, and those in developing
nations where access to donor tissue is
extremely limited.
Could an answer lie in developing
an artifi cial cornea, Schein wondered?
At the time, there wasn’t anyone at
Wilmer doing that kind of work.
“One day I searched in a Hopkins
database for key terms to fi nd collaborators,”
says Schein. “Cornea” plus
“reconstruction” didn’t get any hits,
so he expanded his search to “collagen.”
He got one result: a page about
biomedical engineer Jennifer Elisseeff
at the Tissue Engineering Laboratory
at Hopkins’ Homewood campus. Elisseeff
was working on artifi cial collagen
for reconstruction of knee cartilage.
“Forty-eight hours later I was sitting
in her offi ce trying to convince her
why the eye was more interesting and
important than the knee,” says Schein
with a laugh.
Elisseeff agreed to take on the
project, despite a hefty learning curve.
“Some aspects are similar between
eye and knee tissue, so we could easily
transition some of our cell-based
materials to the corneal cells,” she says,
“but getting the expertise and working
in this new area took a little time.”
Collaborating closely with Schein and
his colleagues at Wilmer was key. “In
any of our projects, we have to work
with the end-user,” says Elisseeff . “So
the project really started with Oliver
and that clinical input … having that
physician support is invaluable.”
Th eir research focuses on two areas:
an adhesive to close wounds in lieu of
surgery, and collagen-based synthetic
materials that could create an artifi cial
substitute for the cornea. “One of our
main themes is biomaterials-directed
regeneration,” explains Elisseeff . “We
use the biomaterials to enhance and
improve the natural repair capacity.”
Schein and Elisseeff began with
small amounts of funding for their
research. Sources included an Alcon
award, a Maryland Technology
Development Corporation (TEDCO)
grant, and patient donations. Th en
Schein discovered a military program
that supports research advances related
to treatment of battlefi eld injuries,
including those of the eye. “Since
ocular injuries are unfortunately very
common in military settings, there was

PHOTO BY KEITH WELLER
an appealing link between the things
we’re doing and what the military
wanted,” he says.
In their proposal to the Department
of Defense, they outlined their objective
to create materials for two diff erent
applications. Th e fi rst is an ocular bandage
for use on the battlefi eld. Dust,
explosions, and shrapnel commonly
cause severe injury to soldiers’ eyes,
taking them out of action and causing
severe pain and abrasions. Treatment
is necessary to avoid infection, but
soldiers in the fi eld often do not have
access to good medical care. Schein
and Elisseeff are working to develop
a disposable foil pack that contains a
membrane, possibly self-dissolving, that
is easy to apply by a medic.
“It’s like a large contact lens that
is placed over the cornea and contains
some combination of antibiotic
and anti-infl ammatory medication–
something that could stabilize the eye
and prevent secondary infection and
make it heal better until a soldier can
get to a hospital,” explains Schein.
Th e proposal also addresses the development
of synthetic tissues to treat
more serious wounds like penetration
of the eye. Attached with stitches or
adhesive, the biomaterial would eventually
become part of the host tissue.
Th eir proposal was accepted (less
than 3 percent of applicants received
funding), and the team (which includes
colleagues from Wilmer and biomedical
engineering, as well as researchers
from Hopkins’ Applied Physics Laboratory)
has already begun work. Schein is
optimistic about what lies ahead: “By
joining new technologies and materials
through this multidisciplinary
approach,” he says, “we may create an
artifi cial cornea that could one day
alter the course of treatment for corneal
blindness around the world.”
Clinical Needs,
Technological Solutions
“When you can communicate across
two campuses, there’s a great deal of
potential for the right answer and the
right question to get paired,” says Peter
Gehlbach.
PHOTO BY ELIZABETH BOWER
He has teamed up with a diverse
group from Wilmer and Hopkins’
Center for Computer-Integrated
Surgical Systems and Technology
(CCISST), including Wilmer’s James
Handa and center director Russ
Taylor, as well as lead engineers Greg
Hager and Jin Kang. Th e team is collaborating
on a joint proposal funded
by the National Institutes of Health
that seeks to integrate and translate new
and emerging robotic, imaging, and
computer-assistance technologies into
the broad discipline of microsurgery.
Th e proposal focuses on vitreoretinal
surgery as the model system.
Because surgeries of the retina and
vitreous are incredibly delicate, all the
techniques are microsurgical and occur
under high-powered microscopes,
explains Gehlbach. Th e hope is that
technology can improve the current
limits and risks of surgical procedures.
Th e fi rst stage is improving the
light source and ergonomic problems
associated with the microscope, says
Handa. “Th e No. 1 injury for vitreoretinal
surgeons is back problems.
We’re looking at projecting images
on a high-defi nition plasma monitor
instead of looking through an operating
microscope.”
In addition to imaging technology,
the researchers aim to develop
“smart instruments”—tools that use
“force sensing” to keep surgeons from
cutting too deeply and can measure
oxygen levels in the eye and the
depth of tissue down to micro levels.
Another component of the program
is surgeon-initiated robotic assistance
that eliminates unintended movement
and reduces injury.
It’s inevitable that their research
will have applications to other microsurgical
disciplines, says Gehlbach.
“Th at’s why this project is a launching
pad for what really is an emerging
fi eld of development—computerassisted
surgery, advanced imaging
incorporated into actual surgical
approaches, as well as robotic
technologies.”
“Th ese really are quantum leaps
forward,” he says. “We’re using socalled
‘disruptive technology’ that
really changes the way we do things.”
Meeting weekly with such a
talented group of people is energizing
and exciting, say Gehlbach and
Handa. “Th is is a case where 1+1 =
10, in my opinion,” says Handa. “It’s
been a wonderful collaboration.” Th ey
are already seeing the potential for big
steps forward. In fact, the end product
is not so far from fi nding its way
into the operating room. “Within fi ve
years we plan to have a system that
will make the average surgeon excellent
and the excellent surgeon unbelievable,”
says Handa. “Th ere’s a lot of
hard work ahead, but there’s also a big
group of motivated people.” ■
—By Abigail Green
James Handa, Russ Taylor, Peter Gehlbach and Balazs Vagvolgyi (seated) testing
new microsurgical tools.
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A Venture Capitalist
for Glaucoma
Th is gift provides a safety net for some of our
brightest young investigators and allows them
to take bigger risks. —Dr. Harry Quigley
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PHOTO BY KEITH WELLER
From the very beginning, Harry
Quigley impressed William
Th omas Forrester. Th e two met
about 15 years ago when Forrester,
then in his mid-40s, needed
trabeculectomy surgery to treat the pigmentary
glaucoma he had been diagnosed
with at age 26. Th e eye drops and laser
surgery treatments he had used for 20
years were no longer eff ective at lowering
his eye pressure, which eventually would
damage his left eye’s optic nerve. When
he needed to prevent damage to the optic
nerve in his left eye, he asked 10 specialists
at top hospitals across the country
who they would go to for the surgery.
Quigley’s name came up again and again.
Forrester’s surgery, which Quigley
performed in 1994, stabilized deterioration
in his eye due to glaucoma. But the
physician’s surgical skill wasn’t the only
thing about him that made an impact on
the now retired fi nancial executive. During
his twice yearly visits to the Wilmer
Eye Institute from his home in Sarasota,
FL, Forrester saw how generous with his
time Quigley was with patients and how
rigorous he was in his training of young
physicians. “He’s a brilliant guy with a
great bedside manner,” says Forrester, 60.
“Th at’s rare.” But what impressed him
the most was how Quigley responded
when Forrester asked him about the latest
developments in glaucoma research. “Dr.
Quigley’s face would just light up when
he’d talk about glaucoma treatments that
were on the horizon,” he says. “I thought,
‘this is a guy with a passion for what he
does.’”
So Forrester decided to help support
Quigley’s passion for research. “It was
an easy choice to me to give the money

to Dr. Quigley,” explains Forrester,
who goes by Tom. “He is an unusual
combination of a great physician and
a great scientist who can employ these
funds in ways that we’d have the best
chance of having a good outcome. I
picked a really smart guy and said,
‘Do your best.’”
Forrester’s generous gift couldn’t
have come at a more perfect time,
Quigley says. Th e gift allowed glaucoma
researchers to do initial legwork
on new projects to see if they could be
submitted for grant funding. “When
you want something to be funded
by the National Institutes of Health,
you almost have to prove you can do
it before they’ll actually give you the
money to do it,” explains the researcher,
who has made many major contributions
to the diagnosis and treatment
of glaucoma during his 32 years at
Wilmer. “Tom’s money allowed us to
take a number of new ideas that either
had not been funded or that we would
have loved to submit for grant consideration—but
we didn’t have time to
write grants for—and provide support
for the pilot work on four studies.”
Two of these projects were successful
enough to land federal grants and
prompt further investigation, Quigley
says.
In the fi rst project, Michael V.
Boland is exploring how electronic patient
records could improve a doctor’s
thinking and decision making regarding
patient’s glaucoma diagnosis. In
making such a diagnosis, an ophthalmologist
must look at a complex set
of information and make decisions on
a patient’s risks of going blind. Just
like programs such as
TurboTax can prompt
users to do their taxes
correctly, an electronic
patient record could
better inform a physician
about a patient’s
possible outcomes by
providing the collected
wisdom from the nation’s
top glaucoma specialists at
his or her fi ngertips. “Everybody
thinks it’s a great idea to have
computerized patient records,
but nobody is actually doing the
hard work to produce one that
helps the doctor do a quality
job better,” Quigley says. “Th at’s
what Dr. Boland is doing, thanks
to Tom’s gift.”
In the second project,
Quigley and his team are using a
complex analysis of genomics data to
determine what genes in the eye make
one susceptible to injuries caused by
glaucoma. “Using induced glaucoma
in a mouse model, we believe we are
going to fi nd that one or more of the
genes that make people less susceptible
to injury will be genes in the
connective tissue of the sclera, the
white part of your eye,” he says. In
response, therapies could be developed
to strengthen this tissue in those more
susceptible. “My hope is that within
fi ve years we could have a therapy for
glaucoma that doesn’t rely on lowering
eye pressure,” he says.
Forrester’s gift will continue
to provide similar support to new
research projects over the next three
years, Quigley says, and this support is
It was an easy choice to
me to give the money to
Dr. Quigley. I picked a
really smart guy and said,
‘Do your best.’
–Tom Forrester
critical. “We’re as successful at getting
grants as any eye institute in the
world, but we have tons of investigators
getting those grants and every one
of them can have a dry spot. Th is gift,
and others like it, provides a safety
net for some of our brightest young
investigators and allows them to take
bigger risks.”
Forrester couldn’t be happier.
“I think it’s just fabulous that Dr.
Quigley decided to use my gift as seed
money for new research,” he says.
“Th at’s like being a venture capitalist
for glaucoma.” In this case, however,
the reward is somewhat diff erent, he
adds. “Unlike a conventional investment,
the payoff is the hope that you
can in some way improve the lives of
others.”■
—Maria Blackburn
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A Critical
Mass of
Minds
With 60 percent more research space, and a spacious
communal layout for labs, Wilmer’s newly opened
Robert H. and Clarice Smith Building off ers researchers
exciting new opportunities for collaboration.
Photos by Keith Weller
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Months before the October
16 dedication of
the new Robert H. and
Clarice Smith Building,
stacks of lab equipment,
computers, and fi le boxes started
appearing from across the Johns
Hopkins medical campus. Th e date
for relocating to bigger, better surroundings
had been set—and Wilmer
researchers were ready to move.
For Shannath Merbs, packing up
her lab was fairly simple since she’d
been without her own research space
for the last four years. “Th ere was no
other place for me at Wilmer, so my
technician and I had to work out of
Dr. Donald Zack’s lab,” she explains,
illustrating the critical need for the
new building and the resulting 60
percent increase in Wilmer’s dedicated
research space.
Merbs and her one technician
shared a lab bench and close quarters
in Zack’s lab, often moving to
the hallway to talk so they wouldn’t
disrupt other researchers. She had
grant funding to expand her research
of epigenetic gene regulation in the
retina, but there was no room to
grow—until now. Merbs plans to hire
two additional lab technicians before
year’s end. And she’s eager to collaborate
and share “eureka moments”
with the other six research teams on
the third fl oor. “Almost everybody on
our fl oor is looking at either retinal
development, retinal disease, or
glaucoma,” she says, “from strategies
to screen thousands of potentially
therapeutic molecules to very basic
research about genes, all of which
might be very important to people
with retinal disease, such as macular
degeneration, or glaucoma.”
Like Merbs, Jerry Lutty doesn’t
miss his previous lab address in the
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The new building’s fi ve
research fl oors are
open, expansive, and
intentionally fl exible,
to accommodate
growing research
teams and diverse
projects.
Woods Research Building, which
dates to the 1960s. Th e cramped
quarters and cinderblock walls
did little to spark collaboration or
inspiration. “When we were separated
in diff erent buildings, we often
didn’t know what our colleagues were
doing,” he says. “Th is communal
existence will create a more collaborative
environment. Now that we’re all
together and seeing each other every
day, we end up working as a group—
and that makes us all more productive.”
With progress comes adjustment,
Lutty points out. “Th e challenge, of
course, is that we had been existing in
our own little cubicles, and now we’re
in this generic lab with fi ve or more
investigators in one giant space.”
“At fi rst glance, it is a bit daunting,”
Merbs admits. “If you stand at
one end of the lab and look through
a set of shelves to the other end, you
get this sense of infi nity.” In a space
so large and open, you have to be
talking to colleagues, she says—and
that’s a good thing. “Th ere isn’t one
person who’s informed on every
single technology, but someone who
has an expertise in one area can apply
that to many problems,” Merbs explains.
“It’s also helpful to be around
a lot of smart people, to get a fresh
perspective on your research.”
Located on the third fl oor with
Merbs is Elia Duh, whose research
targets the molecular mechanisms
underlying diabetic retinopathy and
age-related macular degeneration.
After working in CRB II, one of the
campus’ Cancer Research Buildings,
where he had limited contact with
other ophthalmology researchers,
he welcomes a team-focused environment
to move research forward,
faster. “As you get to know each other’s
research better and better, that’s
when ideas emerge,” he says. “Having
a critical mass of minds depends on
everyone being close together.”
Th e “critical mass of minds” in the
new building is an incentive for scientists
considering a move to Wilmer.
Th e new building’s fi ve research fl oors
are intentionally fl exible in design to
accommodate more or less staff and
diverse projects. Valeria Canto-Soler
is recruiting for at least two additional
positions in her third-fl oor lab, where
she focuses on the study of retinal development
and degeneration. “It’s not
only the room but the environment
you can off er,” she explains. “Interacting
with other investigators, having access
to equipment and techniques…the
environment I can off er has changed
dramatically,” she says. “Something you
had to encourage before now happens
naturally. Answers will come faster.
Our chances of success, of solving the
problems, are much higher.”
For Canto-Soler, packing up her
old lab was a bittersweet exercise in
looking forward—and back. She came
to Wilmer in 2002 to join the research
team of Ruben Adler, a renowned
retinal scientist and beloved faculty
member who died unexpectedly fi ve
years later. Canto-Soler was asked to
head Adler’s lab and still considers it
a privilege to carry on his work. “I
think the most impressive thing for
me during the packing process was
to see passing through my eyes and
hands Dr. Adler’s work of more than
25 years,” she refl ects. “I wanted to
absorb all that wisdom and knowledge
that seemed to be ‘fl oating’ everywhere
I looked. It made me also think of the
importance of the science being done
at Wilmer, and how honored I am to
be part of this.” ■
—By Marlene England

Dedication to a Cure
On October 16, the 80th anniversary of the dedication of the original Wilmer Building, more than
400 donors, faculty, staff and friends joined together to celebrate the opening of the new
Robert H. and Clarice Smith Building and Maurice Bendann Surgical Pavilion. Please see insert
for more details on this historic day for Wilmer.
T. Boone Pickens and the nursing staff
Anne and Lance Bendann Clarice Smith, Stacy Liss, Robert H.
Smith, Michael Liss, Michelle Smith
Martha Head, Walter Stark, M.D., John Feagin, M.D.
on a tour of the surgical facilities.
PHOTOS BY
BOB STOCKFIELD
Bud Meyerhoff , Phyllis Meyerhoff ,
Walter Stark, M.D.
Adam Gross, Alfred Sommer, M.D., M.H.S.,
Sally MacConnell, Robert H. Smith
William Holland Wilmer II, Lucy Parrish
Wilmer, William Holland Wilmer III,
Marina Utgoff Braswell, Phil Braswell
Stephen Raab, Mariellen Raab, Robert H.
Smith
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Walter Stark, M.D., Edward Miller, M.D., Clarice Smith, Morton Goldberg, M.D., Robert H. Smith, Sandy Forsythe, Richard
Forsythe, Joanne Rosen, T. Boone Pickens, Ronald Peterson, Peter McDonnell, M.D., Lloyd Minor, M.D.
Alan Potter, Louise Potter, Bill Tiefel, Norma Tiefel, Lloyd Minor, M.D.,
Bud Brylawski, John Safer
Sandy Forsythe, Rick Forsythe, Joanne Rosen
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Kathryn Scott, John Safer, Joy Safer
Elena Bueno Lopez, M.D., David Pyott,
Karen Westermoe, M.D., William May, M.D.

David Guyton, M.D., Maureen Feduniak,
Robert Feduniak
Lloyd Minor, M.D., Arlene Kogod, Robert
Kogod, Morton Goldberg, M.D.
Robert Welch, M.D., Betty Welch, Claire
Jensen, Allan Jensen, M.D.
Chris Muller, David Pyott, Peter
McDonnell, M.D.
Mary Rhoad, Julia Heatherly, Louise
Williams, Kathy Shelton, Anna Heatherly
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Kim Alkire, Alan Guerrieri, Patti Guerrieri, Marlee Ort
Dedication fi nale illuminated by Arnall Patz, M.D.’s original argon laser
To end the evening, a surprise check was presented
to Morton Goldberg, M.D., in recognition of capping
off the $3 million Director’s Discovery Fund campaign.
The check was presented by long time supporter,
Howard Brownstein.
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events
Construction Completion Party
Residents Celebration
The Wilmer Residents Celebration on June 10 honored the graduating
residents of the Class of 2009. About 100 people were in attendance
in the Robert H. and Clarice Smith Building, T. Boone Pickens Atrium.
Dr. Morton Goldberg addressed the crowd and gave advice to the
graduating residents. All of the residents were given a certifi cate and a
memento with which to remember Wilmer.
Houman Heminati M.D., Myrna Goldberg, Morton Goldberg M.D.
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PHOTO BY RYAN BOWER
PHOTO BY BOB STOCKFIELD
On Wednesday, June 10, in the T.
Boone Pickens Atrium of the Robert
H. and Clarice Smith Building, donors
(Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Smith, Mr.
and Mrs. Willard Hackerman, and Mr.
and Mrs. Rick Forsythe) gathered with
members of the architectural, design,
and construction team to celebrate
the end of construction on time (24
months) and on budget ($105 million).
PHOTO BY RYAN BOWER

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Stephen J. Ryan, m.d.
Assistant Chief of Service
Endowment
Celebration
On Friday, May 1, the Wilmer Eye
Institute celebrated the Stephen J. Ryan, M.D.
Assistant Chief of Service Endowment. This
fund supports the research and educational
endeavors of the ACS, who plays a key role
in training residents.
Peter J. McDonnell, M.D. and
Stephen J. Ryan, M.D.
Above: Morton F. Goldberg, M.D., Stephen J. Ryan, M.D.,
Alice Wilkinson, Charles P. Wilkinson, M.D.
Below: Cristina Quigley, Harry Quigley, Norma Trefel.
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Faculty Feats
A sampling of FY09 honors for Wilmer physicians.
Valeria Canto-Soler, ph.d.
■ Promoted to Assistant Professor of
Ophthalmology
■ Named to “Who’s Who in America,”
2010 Edition
■ Keynote Speaker for the Mid Atlantic
Convention of the American Council
for the Blind and the Foundation Fighting Blindness
Baltimore Chapter: “Stem Cells and the treatment of
Retinal Degeneration”
Elliott H. Myrowitz, o.d., m.p.h.
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■ Appointed to the Optometry Times
Editorial Advisory Board
■ Created the Wilmer-Maryland
Optometric Association meeting
“Evidence Based Eye Care”
Josephine O. Owoeye, o.d., m.p.h.
■ Received Master of Public
Health degree from the Johns
Hopkins Bloomberg School of
Public Health
David Guyton, m.d.
Th e Zanvyl Krieger Professor
■ Presented Th e Gissur Petursson, m.d.,
Lecture, University of Arkansas –
“Strabismus Complications from Local
Anesthetics”
■ Presented Th e Doheny Memorial Lecture,
Doheny Eye Institute, University of Southern
California - “Changes in Strabismus over Time”
Jennifer E. Th orne, m.d., ph.d.
■ Selected into “Top Doctors in America
2009”
■ Received American Academy of
Ophthalmology’s Achievement Award
Stan Vinores, ph.d.
■ Keynote Speaker at the Argentine
Chapter of the Association for
Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
(Investigación en Visión y
Oftalmologia), Cordoba, Argentina.
Bob Massof, ph.d.
■ Received Alcon Research Institute
Award
■ Received 2009 Lighthouse
International Pisart Vision Award
Susan Bressler, m.d.
Th e Julia G. Levy, Ph.D. Professor
■ Received Gertrude D. Pyron Award for
Lifetime Achievement of Outstanding
Research, American Society of Retina
Specialists (ASRS)
■ Received Goodwin M. Breinin, MD
Visiting Professorship, New York University Medical
Center, New York, NY
■ Received Senior Honor Award, Th e American Society
of Retina Specialists
Michael Grant, m.d., ph.d.
■ Elected to the American Academy of
Ophthalmology Council, representing
the American Society of Ocular Trauma
■ Course Director, AO Fundamentals of
Orbital Reconstruction
■ International Coordinator, Oculoplastics Section,
2009 APAO/AAO Joint Meeting, Indonesia
■ Appointed to Editorial Board, Aesthetic Surgery Journal
Charles Eberhart, m.d., ph.d.
■ Invited Speaker, 2009 ARVO Ocular
Oncology Course, Ft. Lauderdale, FL

Walter J. Stark, m.d.
Th e Boone Pickens Professor
■ Received Lifetime Achievement
Award from the American Academy
of Ophthalmology
■ Guest of honor at the Th orny Issues
in Ophthalmology Conference, in
Portland, OR
Jerry Lutty, ph.d.
James Handa, m.d.
Th e G. Edward and G. Britton Durell Professor
■ Received a Research to Prevent Blindness
Senior Scientifi c Investigator Award
■ Named inaugural ARVO Fellow, Silver
medal, 2009
Th e Robert Bond Welch M.D. Professor
■ Named inaugural ARVO Fellow, silver
medal, 2009
■ Received American Academy of Ophthalmology
Achievement award, 2009
■ Named to “Best Doctors in America 2009”
■ Keynote speaker at Alumni Day Grand Rounds, Duke
University Eye Center, Durham, NC: “An Integrated Microsurgical
Platform for Enhanced Surgical Performance”
■ Editorial Board member, Investigative Ophthalmology
Visual Science
Albert Jun, m.d., ph.d.
■ Received Dolly Green Special
Scholar Award 2009 from Research
to Prevent Blindness
Emily Gower, ph.d.
■ Received Wilmer Professors
Research Grant
Pradeep Ramulu, m.d., ph.d.
■ Received 2009 Dennis W. Jahnigen
Career Development Award
Neil Bressler, m.d.
Th e James P. Gills Professor
■ Re-elected to Chair NIH-sponsored
Diabetic Retinopathy Clinical Research
Network from 2009-2013
■ Cited by U.S. House of Representatives
Resolution 366 and U.S. Senate
Resolution 209 in recognition of the 40th
Anniversary of the National Eye Institute of the
National Institutes of Health
■ Appointed Chair of the Offi ce of Funded Programs
Advisory Board by the School of Medicine’s Offi ce
of Continuing Medical Education
■ Appointed Chair of the FDA’s Ophthalmic
Devices Panel
■ Re-appointed Chair of the National Eye Institute’s Data
and Safety Monitoring Committee for oversight of
ophthalmic clinical trials undertaken by the intramural
program of the National Eye Institute at its Bethesda,
MD campus
■ Appointed as Councillor representative and
Executive Committee member of the Macula Society
to the American Academy of Ophthalmology’s Council
■ Awarded 2008 Secretariat Award from the American
Academy of Ophthalmology
■ Received Gertrude D. Pyron Award for Lifetime
Achievement of Outstanding Research, American
Society of Retina Specialists (ASRS)
Peter J. McDonnell, m.d.
Director and Th e William Holland
Wilmer Professor
■ Presented the Van Buskirk Lecture,
Legacy Health System and Hospitals,
Portland, Oregon
■ Presented the Kayes Lecture in
Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Washington
University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
■ Presented the Harvey Th orpe Lecture, University of
Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
■ Presented the Sigmund Schutz Lecture, New York
University, New York, NY
■ Keynote Speaker, Pan-American Research Day, Fort
Lauderdale, FL
■ Received Societa Oftalmologica Meridionale
Academic Award, Reggio, Calabria, Italy
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Michael Boland, m.d.
■ Received ARVO/Alcon Early Career
Clinician-Scientist Research Award
Neil Miller, m.d.
Th e Frank B. Walsh Professor
■ Received Lifetime Achievement Award
from the American Academy of Ophthalmology
■ Presented the 39th Jules Stein Lecture at
UCLA Medical Center
■ Presented the 2009 Sri. V. Venugopal Endowment Lecture
at Sankara Nethralaya Institute in Chennai, India
■ Presented the 2009 Francis Heed Adler Lecture at the
Scheie Eye Institute in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
■ Presented the 2009 Lois A. Young, M.D. Memorial
Lecture at Howard University School of Medicine in
Washington, D.C.
James P. Dunn, m.d.
Th e Eugene de Juan, M.D. Professor
■ Co-editor with Dr. Paul Langer of
Basic Techniques in Ophthalmic Surgery,
published by the American Academy of
Ophthalmology
Michael X. Repka, m.d.
■ Appointed Member, Dermatologic and
Ophthalmic Drugs Advisory Committee,
Food and Drug Administration
■ Joined National Eye Health Education
Program Committee, National Eye
Institute
■ Associate Editor, Journal of the American Association
of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus
■ Secretary for Federal Aff airs, American Academy of
Ophthalmology
■ Vice-President, Maryland Society for Eye Physicians
and Surgeons
■ Presented the Queen’s Ophthalmology Lecture, Queen’s
University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
■ Presented the Robert Letson Lectureship, University
of Minnesota; Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Harry Quigley, m.d.
Th e A. Edward Maumenee Professor
■ Presented the Leydecker–Harms lecture
in Wurzburg, Germany
■ Presented the Saul Sugar Lecture in
Detroit
Sheila West, ph.d., pharm.d.
Th e Akef EL-Maghraby Professor
■ Appointed to the Technical Expert
Committee of the International
Trachoma Initiative
■ Chaired the National Eye Institute
Strategic Planning Panel for
Ophthalmic Epidemiology
■ Inducted into the ARVO Fellows
■ Recipient of a Research to Prevent Blindness award to
fund sabbatical to the London School of Hygiene and
Tropical Medicine
Morton Goldberg, m.d.
Th e Joseph E. Green Professor
■ Presented the Cunha-Vaz Lectureship,
Portugal
■ Co-authored (with Homayoun Tabandeh,
m.d.,) Ophthalmoscopy in Systemic Disease,
Th ieme Publishing Company, 2009
Barbara S. Hawkins, ph.d.
■ Appointed Deputy Editor, Clinical
Trials: Th e Journal of the Society for
Clinical Trials
Rahul Khurana, m.d.
■ Received the Ronald G. Michaels
Fellowship Award: Top Surgical
Vitreoretinal Fellow
■ Retina Society AAO Advocacy Ambassador
Prem Subramanian, m.d., ph.d.
■ Awarded grant from North American
Neuro-Ophthalmology Society to study
double vision and how it aff ects quality
of life in adult patients
■ Invited as Royal College of Surgeons
Lecturer, London, Ontario

Henry Jampel, m.d., m.h.s.
Th e Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Professor
■ Visiting Professor of Ophthalmology,
Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia
Elia Duh, m.d.
■ Editor of book titled Diabetic
Retinopathy, in the Contemporary
Diabetes Book Series, published by
Humana Press/Springer Science +
Business Media
Diana V. Do, m.d.
■ Received 2009 American Academy of
Ophthalmology Achievement Award
■ Scientifi c Program Director of the 2009
Meeting of the Maryland Society of Eye
Physicians and Surgeons
■ Guest of Honor at the 2009 Florida
Retina Symposium, Sarasota
■ Invited Faculty at the 2009 French American
Ophthalmology Otolaryngology Symposium
Quan Dong Nguyen, m.d., m.sc.
■ Received Physician Scientist Award
from the Research to Prevent Blindness
Foundation
■ Received Coulter Foundation Award for
Innovative Research
■ Visiting Professor and Guest of Honor, Th e 10th
Annual Research Day, Federal University of São Paulo,
Department of Ophthalmology, Vision Institute
■ Visiting Professor and Guest of Honor, George
Washington University Department of Ophthalmology
Alumni Day
■ Program Director of the 2009 French American
Ophthalmology Otolaryngology Symposium
Irene C. Kuo, m.d.
■ Selected into America’s “Top
Ophthalmologists”
■ Received 2008 Patients’ Choice Award
■ Invited speaker at Women in
Ophthalmology Annual Meeting
Ashley Behrens, m.d.
■ Director: Young Ophthalmologists
Committee Course, Pan American
Association of Ophthalmology/
American Academy of Ophthalmology
Joint Meeting, San Francisco.
■ Cataract, Cornea, and Refractive
Surgery Chair. Curso Andino
De Ciencias, Oftalmologicas; Medellin, Colombia
■ International Guest Speaker: National Meeting of the
Ophthalmic Society of Honduras; Tela, Honduras
■ Editorial Board Member Cornea and Cataract Surgery
Ophthalmology Times
■ Associate Editor, ROV
David S. Friedman, m.d., m.h.s., ph.d.
■ Invited Faculty at the World Glaucoma
Congress
■ Invited Lecturer at the Southeast Asian
Glaucoma Interest Group Meeting in
Seoul, Korea
■ Selected as one of the Best Talks at the American
Glaucoma Society
■ Invited Faculty at the Royal Australian New Zealand College
of Ophthalmology annual meeting, Melbourne, Australia
■ Appointed the American Glaucoma Society
representative to the American Academy of
Ophthalmology Preferred Practice Pattern Committee
■ Elected member of the Glaucoma Research Society
■ Appointed to the Singapore Eye Research Institute
International Advisory Council
■ Appointed Co-Chair of the Scholarly Concentration
Community Health and Public Policy Program at Johns
Hopkins Medical School
■ Re-appointed as Senior Ophthalmologist to Helen
Keller International
WR Green House Staff Teaching Award
Fasika A. Woreta, m.d.
Neil R. Miller Faculty Teaching Award
Albert S. Jun, m.d., ph.d.
Allan D. Jensen Part-Time Faculty Teaching Award
David B. Glasser, m.d.
Teaching Awards Chosen by the Medical Students
Faculty Resident Teaching Award: Alex Christoff , b.s., c.o., c.o.t.
Faculty Resident Advocate: Neil Miller, m.d.
Faculty Resident Surgical Teaching Award: Saras Ramanathan, m.d.
Fellow Teaching Award: Akrit Sodhi, m.d.
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Our Work to Cure Blindness: Our Donors
Th e scientists and staff of the Wilmer
Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins
gratefully acknowledge our partners in
philanthropy listed here. Th e generosity
of these friends supports a tradition
of collaboration and far-reaching
investigation as, together, we pursue
the complex challenges of eye diseases.
While our space here is limited, our
thankfulness is not. Although gifts of
any amount are gratefully received, only
gifts and pledge payments totaling more
than $100 in the fi scal year ending June
30, 2009, could be listed in this report.
If any donor was accidently missed,
please contact the development offi ce at
410-955-2020.
ABB Foundation, Inc.
Abbott Medical Optics Inc.
Lisa S. Abrams, M.D.
Dr. Jan P. Acton
Ms. Madeline Orndorff
Alcon Laboratories, Inc.
Miss Fatima Al-Dhahiri
Alimera Sciences
Th e Allergan Foundation
Mr. John R. Almerino
Altsheler-Durell Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Allan B. Anderson
Mr. Robert C. Anderson
Anonymous (13)
Dr. & Mrs. Nakorn Apakupakul
Ms. Lillian Arbogast
Arbus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Alan Astrove
Mrs. Virginia C. Atkinson
Mr. Kenneth E. Baggett
Mr. and Mrs. William F. Baker, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard P. Baks
Edmund F. and Virginia B. Ball
Foundation
Mrs. Ellen C. Bancroft
Mr. and Mrs. Edward K. Banker
Mr. Th omas W. Barham
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Mr. Robert E. Barker
Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Barmat
Mrs. Priscilla F. Barrett
Mr. Richard J. Bartels
Th eodore H. Barth Foundation,
Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Bartizek
Alycia J. Bartley-Heinsen, M.D.
Mr. and Mrs. R. Bruce Bass
Charles T. Bauer Foundation
Mr. Charles Bechhoefer
Maurice Bendann Trust
Mrs. Felicia F. Bennett
Colonel and Mrs. George H. C.
Berger
Mrs. Earline Berry
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bireley
Dr. William Robert Bitman
Dr. and Mrs. Hugh E. Black
Ms. Mary E. Blackman
Mr. William F. Blue
Boonsboro Lions Club Foundation
Anna Borun & Harry Borun
Foundation
Dr. Paul Botelho
Mr. and Mrs. Don C. Boulton
Ms. Nancy L. Boyce
Ms. Anne M. Bradley
Mr. J. Brooks Bradley
Neil M. Bressler, M.D. and Susan
B. Bressler M.D.
Mrs. Barbara A. Brooks
Ms. Paula J. Brooks
Mr. Fred Brown
Mr. and Mrs. Howard N.
Brownstein
William E. Bruner II, M.D.
Dr. Reva R. Bryant
Buckingham School of Frederick
County
Ms. Elaine Buczynski
Mr. Robert A. and Dr. Maria K.
Burka
Burlingame Foundation
Mrs. Mildred A. Burns
Mr. and Mrs. Colin R. Buzzard
Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Th omas J.
Camp, Jr.
Mrs. Florence H. Campi
Ms. Roberta G. Carlisle
Mr. Marion D. Carmack, Jr.
Mr. Randall A. Carper
Mr. Paul M. Carroll
Ms. Joanne Cato
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick J. Cavanaugh
Ms. Ann E. Chaitovitz
Mrs. Charlotte C. Chamberlain
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Chan
Ms. Jo Ann H. Chasen
Mr. and Mrs. Clement Chen III
T. H. Chestermere, Ltd.
Th e Francis & Miranda Childress
Foundation
Judge E. Mackall Childs
Timothy Y. Chou, M.D.
Mrs. Rose Cipriano
Mr. Dale Claman and Mr. Peter
Claman
Mr. and Mrs. Francis O. Clark
Clark Charitable Foundation
Mr. Harold E. Clendenin
Mr. Carl C. Coe, Jr.
Mr. Leonard K. Cohen*
Mr. William K. Colbath
Ms. Gloria G. Cole
Mr. Richard Cole
Mr. Michael Comenetz
Mrs. Leslie W. Consroe
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Conte
Ms. Margaret Cooper
Cooper Robertson & Partners LLP
Ms. Catharine A. Corbett*
Mr. and Mrs. John Craig
Ms. Matilda A. Cronin
Ms. Kingsley R. Croul
Dr. and Mrs. Arthur C. Crovatto
Nathan Cummings Foundation
Mrs. Susan A. Cupp
Mr. Salvatore A. D’Anna
Mr. Fred J. D’Ascoli
Mrs. Betty Davidov*
Mr. Paul M. Davis
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Davis
Dealy Foundation, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Th eodore DeBois
Dr. Robert Decker
Ms. Elizabeth P. Dees
Mr. John G. Dendrinos
Mr. and Mrs. Donald D. Desmond
Ms. Laura C. Desmond
Mr. and Mrs. John Detweiler
Mr. Wilson B. Dill*
Ms. Frances DiTucci
Diana Van Do, M.D. and Quan
Dong Nguyen, M.D.
Mr. and Mrs. Steven Dola
Ms. Dorothy V. Donaho
Ms. Barbara L. Donley
Mr. William A. Donlon
Mr. William J. Dorman, Jr.
Mrs. S. Elaine Dorsey
George and Grace Dragas
Foundation
Mr. Charles S. Dresher
Mr. and Mrs.* Th omas O. Duff , Jr.
Charitable Fund
Stuart M. Dunn, M.D.
Francis C. Dunn, Jr., M.D.
Mrs. Jean H. Durfee
Mr. John O. Eakle
Ms. Marilyn Eason
Robert & Gail Edelstein
Foundation
Ms. Betty Jean Edwards
Ehlers Family Foundation, Inc.
John E. Eisenlohr, M.D.
El Sawy Family Foundation
Mr. William L. Ellsworth
Michael J. Elman, M.D.
Mr. and Mrs. David Esses
Sonia Estruch, M.D.
Th e Eye Research Fund
Faller Family, LLC
Ms. Jean G. Fass
Richard D. Featherston, D.V.M.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Feduniak
Mr. Joseph B. Feldman
Mr. and Mrs. David E. Feldman
Ms. Patricia Fenton
Mr. William A. Ferguson

Mr. James M. Ferrari
Mrs. Beverly B. Fiege
Mrs. Karen W. Fields
Mrs. Kay L. Filler
Mr. William Finglass
Mrs. Betty C. Fink
Daniel Finkelstein, M.D.
Mr. John S. Finlayson
Mr. and Mrs. James J. Fiore
Mrs. Linda L. Fisher
Mr. and Mrs. Morton P. Fisher, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. David T. FitzGerald
Mr. George R. Floyd
Mrs. Lois A. Flynn
Mrs. Kathleen B. Flynn
Mr. William T. Forrester
Forsythe Family Foundation
Gen. and Mrs. Frederick M. Franks,
Jr., Ret.
Mr. Angelo H. Frasca
Mr. Ernest Freudman
Th e Funger Foundation, Inc.
Ms. Madeline J. Furrer
Ms. Teresa J. Gaitan
Mr. John H. Gates
Ms. Anna M. Geary
Mr. Nahum and Dr. Sheila Gelber
Genentech, Inc.
Mrs. Esther A. Gerber
Mrs. Gloria Germano
Lina Gerson Trust
Mrs. Laura S. Gibian
C. Mitchell Gilbert III, M.D.
Th e Honorable and Mrs. Joseph B.
Gildenhorn
Ms. Beth Glassman
Sanjay D. Goel, M.D.
Mr. and Mrs. Burton Gold
Dr. and Mrs. Morton F. Goldberg
Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Gomprecht
Mr. C. Michael Gooden
Mr. Robert W. Goodwin
Mrs. Masako Goodwine
Ms. Kathleen J. Gordon
Gordon Foundation
Ms. Shirley K. Gouaux*
Ms. Jeanne R. Gourley
Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Tillman
Drs. James H. and Carol L. Gray
Mr. and Mrs. Milton D.
Greenbaum
Monica and Hermen Greenberg
Foundation
Mrs. Arabella L. S. Griswold
Emanuel Gruss & Riane Gruss
Charitable Foundation
Mr. Harry R. Gudenberg
Guerrieri Family Foundation, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel M.
Guggenheim
Mr. George F. Gunning
Mrs. Mary L. Gutman*
Mr. Willard Hackerman
Ms. Amira Hafez
Mr. Jacques G. Hager
Julia A. Haller, M.D.
Mr. and Mrs. John L.
Hammersmith
Dr. Amin M. Hanafy, D.Sc.
Ms. Laurette L. Hankins
Dr. and Mrs. Th omas S. Harbin, Jr.
Mr. Daniel P. Haser
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew R. Haynes
Howard & Martha Head Fund, Inc.
Healthnetwork Foundation
Mr. George R.D. Hedrick
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Hennage
Mr. Samuel D. Herman
Warren C. Herrold, M.D.
Hess Foundation, Inc.
Mrs. Joan M. Hewitt
Ms. Dolores T. Higginbotham
Mr. and Mrs. David P. Hill
Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Himelfarb
Mr. Alfred R. Himmelrich II
Mr. and Mrs. Kevin V. Fitzpatrick
Ms. Ellen T. Hisamoto
Hobbs Family Charitable Trust
Emmert Hobbs Foundation, Inc.
Mr. William H. Hoff man
Mr. F. William Hoff man
Ms. Audrey L. Hogge
Ms. Dorothy W. Holler*
Mr. David L. Holman, C.P.A.
Mrs. Kathleen L. Honaker
David P. Honey, M.D.*
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence A. Horn
Ms. Ruth S. Hott
Mr. and Mrs. James A. Hourihan
Mr. and Mrs. William R. Howard, Jr.
Mr. Steve Hronec
Th e Hultquist Foundation
Mrs. Mary S. Humelsine
Mr. Richard Hunsicker
Mr. Craig B. Huston*
Mr. Earl M. Hyde, Jr.
Mr. Christopher Ihde
Dr. and Mrs. W. Jackson Iliff , M.D.
Iraqi Medical Sciences Association
Mr. and Mrs. Roger Irvine
Mrs. Joan C. Jackson
Mr. David A. James
Ms. Nancee James
Henry D. Jampel, M.D.
Jampel Family Foundation
Mr. A. Richard Janiak
Mr. Joseph F. Jansen, Sr.
William H. Jarrett II, M.D.
Mrs Beverly B. Jennings
Mr. Joseph Kenneth Jewell
Mr. James H. Gipson
Ms. Nancy Johns
Mrs. Clarene G. Jones
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond R. Jones, Jr.
Mr. Th omas O. Jones*
Joseph E. and Marjorie B. Jones
Foundation
Ms. Virginia M. Jordan
Col. and Mrs. Duncan D. Joy
Mrs. Sharon E. Judd
Mr. Gerald Judd
Drs. Albert S. Jun and Susie N.
Chung
Mr. and Mrs. Jau-Shi Jun
Mr. and Mrs. Wolf Kahn
Kalkin Family Foundation, Inc.
Kane Lodge Foundation, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Dmitry Kanevsky
Mr. and Mrs. Marshall V. Kaplan
Mr. John A. Karr
Mr. Kevin J. Karton
Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Katz
Mr. Jack Kay
Mr. and Mrs. Allen Kayne
Jane Barrett Kelly, M.D.
Richard and Mary Kelly Family
Fund
Ltc. and Mrs. Robert D. Kennedy
(Ret.)
Mr. John B. Kentch
Dr. Alisa Kim and Mr. Woo Lee
Jeong H. Kim, Ph.D.
Mr. David Kimmelman
Clarence & Ida Klassen Foundation
Mrs. Marlene L. Klein
Mrs. Marlene Koeppel
Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Kogod
Richard J. Kolker, M.D.
Ms. Jean Kralka
Abraham Krasne Foundation
Mr. Charles A. Krasne
Ms. Sharon A. Kress
Mr. Frederick Krimgold
Ms. Deborah Jamieson Krohn
Mr. and Mrs. Rhys N. Kuklewicz
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond P. L. Kwok
Ms. Mary E. Lacy
Dr. John Ladas
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Lake
Ms. Janet W. Larsen
Laurel Lions Club Foundation, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Lavery
Mrs. Cari Lawless
Alan B. Leahey, M.D.
Mr. and Mrs. Jung Lee
Mr. and Mrs. William E. Leffi ngwell
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel H. Levin
Charles & Margaret Levin Family
Foundation
Nora Jean Levin Trust
Mr. and Mrs. L. Douglas Lee
Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Levy
Mr. and Mrs. Th omas H. Li
Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Lindgren
Lions Club of Upper Marlboro
Lions Vision Research Foundation
Wiley K. Livingston, Sr., M.D.
Norman Locksley, Ph.D.
Ms. Lakey S. Logan and Ms. Vanyla
S. Tierney
Mr. and Mrs. George B. Lott, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Loughlin
Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Lowder
Mr. Robert G. Luedke
Mr. Th eodore C. Lutz
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Lyon
Dr. and Mrs. Sidney Lyons
Mathew W. MacCumber, M.D., Ph.D.
Mr. Christopher A. Mackey
Mr. and Mrs. Preston Madden
Mr. and Mrs. John S. Magney
Mr. Th omas J. Maholchic
Mr. Fred W. Maier
Mr. and Mrs. Th omas Mammarella
Mrs. Aliki D. Perroti
Mr. and Mrs. Bennett R. Marshall
Mr. and Mrs. M. Lee Marston
Mr. and Mrs. L. Stanley Mauger
Mr. and Mrs. George R. May, Jr.
William May, M.D.
Mr. and Mrs. John S. McCleary
Mr. Hugh P. McCormick, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. James P. McDonagh
Capt. and Mrs. William M.
McDonald, USN, Ret
Drs. Peter J. and Jan M. McDonnell
Ms. Helen McGarry
Mr. William McGranahan
Mr. William D. McInturff
Mr. and Mrs. F. Wayne McLeskey, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. John K. McNulty, Sr.
Mr. John K. McNulty Jr.
Ms. Barbara S. Meller
Mr. and Mrs. David D. Meltzer
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Merlau
Mr. Edward A. Merlis
Mr. Ellsworth Messersmith
Ms. Gayle Metcalf-Stephenson
Ms. Helen M. Meyer
Mrs. Maria D. Meyers and Ms.
Rebecca Meyers
Ms. Sylvia Michelson
Microsoft Corporation
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Miller
Ms. Ernestine P. Miller
Mrs. Anne W. Miller
Mrs. Nancy L. Millstein
Mr. and Mrs. Rodney E. Milnes
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Miriam Lodge K.S.B., Inc.
Mrs. Rebecca P. Moon
Mr. Donald T. Moore
Mrs. L. Franklin Moore, Jr.
Ms. Roseann K. Morgan
Richard J. Moriarty Charitable
Fund
Mr. Alan M. Morrison
Mrs. Kimberle Morton
Mr. Ray Moseley
Mrs. Elizabeth K. Moser
Samuel & Margaret Mosher
Foundation
Mr. Conway C. Moy
Mrs. Nancy S. Coates
National Institute for
Occupational Safety & Health
Mrs. Helen C. Neff
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Neisser
Neurometrix Incorporated
Dr. and Mrs. W. J. Nicholson
Ms. Paula K. Wagner and Mr. Rick
Nicita
Honorable and Mrs. Arthur L.
Nims III
Mr. William G. Niner
Mr. Alexander M. Nitkiewicz and
Ms. Celia I. Merzbacher
Mrs. Agnes E. Nixon
John R. Nordlund, M.D.
Mr. and Mrs. Larry E. Noss
Michael A. Novak, M.D.
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence C.
Nussdorf
Esther B. O’Keeff e Foundation
Oak Crest Village Lions Club
Mr. Ralph S. O’Connor
Ms. Margaret L. O’Dell
Mr. Dale G. Odenwelder
Mr. and Mrs. Morton H. Offi t
Mr. Th omas B. O’Leary
Dorothea McAnulty Olsen
Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Leo J. O’Rourke
Ms. Margaret L. Marlee Ort
Mr. and Mrs. Carl A. Ousley
William & Ella Owens Medical
Research Foundation
Ms. Rose Parapiglia
Mr. Charles R. Parmele III
Cameron F. Parsa, M.D.
Dr. and Mrs. Carl S. Partain
Saurabh N. Patel, M.D., M.SC.
David Paton, M.D.
Major General and Mrs. John S.
Patton
Mr. Lew E. Paul, Jr.
Paul S. Bomberger, Jr.
Foundation, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Steven Eric Peas
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert L. Peck and
Mr. Michael L. Peck
Jay S. Pepose, M.D., Ph.D. and
Mrs. Susan K. Feigenbaum
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Mrs. Ruthann T. Perrone
Dr. and Mrs. George L. Perry
Dr. and Mrs. Dante J. Pieramici
Mrs. Maria G. Pisa-Shafer
Mr. William M. Pitcher
Mr. Rubin Plushner
Irvin P. Pollack, M.D.
Ms. Kelly L. Pratt
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Price
Mr. and Mrs. William C. Prinn
Mr. and Mrs. Marc S. Pritchard
David & Julianna Pyott Foundation
QLT Inc.
Mr. Stephen B. Qually
Dr. and Mrs. Harry A. Quigley
Mr. Harrison P. Quirk
Norman Raab Foundation
Pradeep Y. Ramulu, M.D.
Ms. Jamesen A. Randall
Mr. and Mrs. M. Robert Rappaport
Ms. Joanne A. Rathman
Mrs. Lynn Homeier Rauch
Dr. Charles W. Rector
Mr. and Mrs. Don Redell
Mr. Rod R. Reed
Mr. William J. Reed
Ms. Beverly Reynolds
Ribakoff Family Foundation
Ms. Belle K. Ribicoff
Mr. George S. Rich
Mrs. Brenda J. Richardson
Mr. Norman C. Richter
Ms. Nancy S. Ridenour
Mr. Paul W. Ridenour
Ms. June Rinehart
Ms. Vivian Rismondo-Stankovich
Miss Tamara Ritsema
Mr. Carol M. Roberts
Mr. Carl Roberts
Mr. Harrison M. Robertson, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Brooks C. Robinson
Dr. and Mrs. Dean J. Rodman
David A. Rosen, M.D.
Frederick J. Rosenau Foundation
Henry & Ruth Blaustein Rosenberg
Foundation
Mr. William J. Rosenthal
Dr. and Mrs. Alan Ross
Dr. and Mrs. Jerome Ross
Mr. and Mrs. H. Daniel Roth
Th e Rothschild Charitable
Foundation
Mrs. Wanda S. Ruggiero
Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Runyan
Mr. and Mrs. Robert I. Rupp
Mr. and Mrs. Philip Edward Ruppe
Ms. Judith F. Russert
Marion L. Salvagno, Ph.D.
Mr. Samuel J. Mantel, Jr.
Sangamo Biosciences
R & Z Sass Family Foundation
Milton Schamach Foundation, Inc.
Mr. William F. Schanen III
Mrs. Carolyn S. Schlenger
Gabriel Schmergel Fund
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Schmit
Mr. Arnold R. Schunick
Mr. Bernard Schwab
Mr. George V.F. Schwab, Jr.
Mr. Alan Robert Schwartz and Mrs.
Debra D. Yogodzinski
Mr. Charles M. Scott
Security Development Corporation
Mr. Jack C. Seigle
Ms. Gloria Shaff er
Mrs. Judy B. Shahan
James Shapiro Foundation
Mr. Robert G. Sharp
Ms. Wanda M. Shattuck
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Shea
Ms. Harriet Sheridan
Ms. Sharon C. Shipley
Mr. Kimberly J. Shults
Rose L. Shure
Mrs. Betty Siegel
Mr. Randy Sigman
Ms. Zelida G. Slawson
Mr. and Mrs. Albert H. Small, Sr.
Charles E. Smith Family
Foundation
Capt. and Mrs. Frank L. Smith
USN Ret.
Mrs. Gayle G. Smith
Ms. Marilyn E. Smith
Jean G. Smith, Ph.D.
Ronald E. Smith, M.D.
Patricia W. Smith, M.D., P.A.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Smith
Russell T. Snip, M.D.*
Mr. Sidney Sober
Dr. Sharon Solomon
Ms. Patricia Spevak
Dr. and Mrs. Charles H. Spragg
Mrs. Madelyn S. Springer
Mr. Henry H. Stansbury
Dr. and Mrs. Walter J. Stark, Jr.
Paul Sternberg, Jr., M.D.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Stine
Mr. Martin E. Stone
Mr. Norman Strahl
Leon Strauss, M.D., Ph.D.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Stroman
Strouse Family Fund
Mr. Otto C. Stude*
Ms. Marie E. Svensson
Mrs. Doris V. Sweet*
Mr. Everett R. Terrell, Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. Richard J. Th omas
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew B. Th omas
Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Th omas
John T. Th ompson, M.D.
Mr. W. Reid Th ompson
Mr. Stephen M. Th orpe
Mr. and Mrs. William R. Tiefel
Mr. John M. Tiff ord
Mrs. R. Carmichael Tilghman
Mrs. Pauline G. Timmerman
Mr. Trygve H. Tonnessen
Ms. Irene P. Toth
Transmolecular, Inc.
Mrs. Bobbie K. Troutman
Dr. and Mrs. Mark O. M. Tso
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Tyson
Mrs. Bharati Umarji
United Way of Central Maryland
United Way of Greater Nashua, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Th omas E. Utz
Mrs. Maryanne T. Van Camp
Ms. Teresa C. Vergakis
Ms. Leona S. Vollintine*
Mrs. Diane D. Wagner
Mr. and Mrs. Stratford C. Wallace
Mr. and Mrs. David W. Wallace
Mr. and Mrs. James H. Wallwork
Mr. Carl L. Wannen, Jr.
Mr. Herbert R. Wannen
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel A. Ward
Mrs. Roslyn P. Warren
Mr. John W. Weaver
Mr. Harold L. Weinstein*
Mr. and Mrs. Edward H. Welbourn III
Dr. and Mrs. Robert B. Welch
Mr. and Mrs. John B. Wheeler
Mr. David Wheelwright, Jr.
Whirlpool Corporation
White Oak Elementary
Charles P. Wilkinson, M.D.
Dr. Marjorie J. Williams
Ms. Barbara J. Williams and Mr.
Cliff Madrack
Mrs. Marjorie Williams
Mrs. Gertrude J. Williams
Mrs. Carol R. Wills
Dr. and Mrs. Ezekiel Hunter
Wilson, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. David A. Wingate
Mr. R. Mark Winter
James B. Wise, M.D.
Mr. Joseph M. Witcher
Ms. Barbara Witt
Dr. and Mrs. Harold P. Wittman
Mr. Donald R. Wolfe
Ms. Marcella E. Woll*
Mr. and Mrs. James R. Wood
Mrs. Lynn R. Woodruff
Ms. Aleda C. Wright
Mr. Stewart D. Young
Ms. Lynne Young
Mr. A. Th omas Young
Donald J. Zack, M.D., Ph.D.
Zaha Foundation
David S. Zee, M.D.
Mr. Stephen Zilliacus
Mr. John F. Zugschwert
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph C. Zuray
(*deceased)

Philanthropy Summary
Commitments include cash received and pledges made, life income gifts,
grants, planned gifts, and bequests made during FY09.
Capital
Endowment
By Use
Current
Programs
$ (Millions) % of total
Total Commitments $17.0 100%
Current Programs $9.5 55.9%
Endowment $4.0 23.5%
Capital (Building) $3.5 20.6%
Gifts
New Grants
Pledges
By Transaction Type
Planned Gifts
$ (Millions) % of Total
Total Commitments $ 17.0 100%
Planned Gifts $6.3 55.5%
New Grants $5.2 24.6%
Gifts $3.0 12.5%
Pledges $5.5 7.4%
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