Co-Director, Retina Research, Wills Eye Retina Service
Professor of Ophthalmology
Sidney Kimmel Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University
As Co-Director of Retina Research at the Retina Service of Wills Eye Hospital and Professor of Ophthalmology at the Sidney Kimmel Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, Dr. Jason Hsu is actively involved in research studies aimed at advancing treatments for age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, retinal vascular diseases, and surgical diseases of the macula and retina. He has served as both Co-Investigator and site Principal Investigator for several pharmaceutical-sponsored, NIH-sponsored, and investigator-sponsored trials. Dr. Hsu has experience in designing and executing prospective clinical trials as well as multicenter retrospective database studies with particular interests in the effects of topical therapy on various retinal diseases, surgical outcomes and strategies for managing retinal detachment and proliferative vitreoretinopathy, impacts of loss to follow-up after intravitreal injections, and endophthalmitis mitigation.


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Awards & Honors
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Publications
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Editorial Positions
2024- Diagnostic Performance Feedback Workgroup, American Academy of Ophthalmology
2024- Chair, Research and Education Fund Committee, The Retina Society
2024- Organizing Committee, Vail Vitrectomy meeting
2024 JAMA Ophthalmology Top Reviewer
2023- Communications Advisory Committee, American Academy of Ophthalmology
2022- Ad hoc Committee Member, The Retina Society Underrepresented in Medicine (RESOURCE) Research Mentoring Program
2021-2024 Chair, Website & Communication Committee, The Retina Society
2021- Steering Committee Member, GATHER2 Program, IVERIC bio
2020-2023 Member, Research and Education Fund Committee, The Retina Society
2020- EyeWiki Retina Section Editor, American Academy of Ophthalmology
2015-2020 Retina/Vitreous Committee Member, American Academy of Ophthalmology Ophthalmic News and Education (ONE) Network
2017- Biostatistics Consulting Core Advisory Committee, Wills Eye Hospital
2017-2019 Member, Website & Communication Committee, The Retina Society
2022 American Academy of Ophthalmology Leadership Development Program
2021 American Society of Retina Specialists Presidential Honor Award
2020 American Academy of Ophthalmology Secretariat Award
2017 American Academy of Ophthalmology Achievement Award
2017 American Journal of Ophthalmology Top 10 Most Cited Article in 2016
2014 American Society of Retina Specialists Senior Honor Award
2012 American Society of Retina Specialists Honor Award
2003 National Eye Institute Travel Fellowship 2003
2001 Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society
1996 Newport-Klinger Research Award for Outstanding Senior Thesis
1996 Sigma Xi Research Honor Society
1993 Manfred Pyka Memorial Physics Prize
EDITORIAL POSITIONS:
2013-present Section Editor, Current Opinion in Ophthalmology
2016-present Section Editor, Block Time, American Society of Retina Specialists Retina Times
2017-present Associate Editor, Retinal Cases & Brief Reports
2019-present Editorial Board, Retina Specialist
2019-present Editorial Advisory Board, Retina Today
2024-present Chief Medical Editor, Retina Specialist
2024-present Editorial Board, Retina