'THE REAL VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY CONSISTS NOT IN SEEKING NEW LANDSCAPES BUT IN HAVING NEW EYES.' MARCEL PROUST

摘要

One of the most powerful ways of transforming a scientific discipline is through the introduction of new research tools or "new eyes." Consider DNA sequencing, the polymerase chain reaction, and RNA interferenceall discoveries that led to the Nobel Prize in Medicine— and tools that transformed biomedical research, hi retina, fluorescein angiography proved to be such a tool. Fluorescein angiography catalyzed a revolution in our understanding of retinal disease, and one of its undisputed master interpreters and teachers is Larry Yannuzzi. Through his discerning eyes and analytical skills, Larry has been able to observe things that were invisible to the rest of us, things that explained disease pathogenesis, and things that aided the day-to-day diagnosis and treatment of patients. A self-taught virtuoso, Larry showed us things we never knew about pseudophakic and aphakic cystoid macular edema, central serous choroidopathy, solar retinopathy, retinal angiomatous proliferation, vascularized pigment epithelial detachments, multifocal choroiditis, and idio-pathic polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy. That is, the short list.