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Larry A Donoso, MD, PhD, JD, MBA, Endowed Chair
Director of the Henry and Corrine Bower Memorial Laboratories for Translational Medicine
Vickie and Jack Farber Vision Research Center at Wills Eye
Professor, Department of Ophthalmology
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
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Biography
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Awards & Honors
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Research Interests
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Publications
Dr. Pulido is a board certified ophthalmologist with an extensive research portfolio that has focused on vitreoretinal infectious and inflammatory diseases, retinal degeneration, stem cells, checkpoint inhibitors, and immunotherapies. He has published close to 350 peer-reviewed ophthalmic papers, and numerous books, book chapters, and editorials. Dr. Pulido assumes his new role at Wills Eye Hospital as the Director of the Henry and Corrine Bower Memorial Laboratories for Translational Medicine in the Vickie and Jack Farber Vision Research Center at Wills Eye after fifteen years as Professor of Ophthalmology at Mayo Clinic.
Dr. Pulido earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in chemistry at the University of Chicago and a degree in medicine from Tulane University School of Medicine. He completed his ophthalmology residency and served as Chief Resident at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Following residency, he completed a vitreoretinal surgery and retina research fellowship at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute at the University of Miami School of Medicine. Before joining the Mayo Clinic, Dr. Pulido earned his MBA at the University of Iowa, completed an ocular oncology fellowship at Wills Eye Hospital and earned an MPH at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Dr. Pulido has held Visiting Professorships and has presented named lectures throughout the world. He holds more than a dozen patents, and has won many awards and high honors in the field of ophthalmology.
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
- Larry A Donoso, MD, PhD, JD, MBA, Endowed Chair, Wills Eye Hospital
- Director of the Henry and Corrine Bower Memorial Laboratories for Translational Medicine, Vickie and Jack Farber Vision Research Center at Wills Eye
- Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION
- Fellowship: Wills Eye Hospital (Ocular Oncology)
- Residency: University of Illinois at Chicago
- Medical School: Tulane University
- MBA: University of Iowa
- MPH: University of Illinois at Chicago
- MS: University of Chicago (Chemistry)
Dr. Pulido has held Visiting Professorships and has presented named lectures throughout the world. He holds more than a dozen patents, and has won many awards and high honors in the field of ophthalmology.
Dr. Pulido’s research interests focus on translating basic science to the clinical arena and much of his work has centered on vitreoretinal infectious and inflammatory diseases. In more recent work, Dr. Pulido has combined his interests in inflammatory diseases and oncology and developed a phase 1 trial using a VSV based vaccine for the treatment of metastatic uveal melanoma. At Wills Eye Hospital, Dr. Pulido will continue to pursue his passion for translational research of inflammatory diseases and immunotherapies to develop innovative clinical therapies for ocular diseases.
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Minocycline-induced retinal pigment epithelium hyperpigmentation masquerading as age-related macular degeneration: Case presentation and proposed mechanism
Published on 2024-09-12 By Michael D Yu
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Fluorescein Angiography of Dark without Pressure
Published on 2024-06-15 By Michael D Yu
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Optical coherence tomography features in vitreoretinal lymphoma compared with non-infectious uveitis
Published on 2024-06-13 By Lulwa El Zein
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Exploring the Associated Genetic Causes of Diabetic Retinopathy as a Model of Inflammation in Retinal Diseases
Published on 2024-05-25 By Francesco Cappellani
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Retinal Dystrophies Associated With Peripherin-2: Genetic Spectrum and Novel Clinical Observations in 241 Patients
Published on 2024-05-14 By Rachael C Heath Jeffery
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Histological Findings in the Eyes of Abcc6 Knockout Rat Model of Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum
Published on 2024-04-24 By Anahita Sehgal
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Pseudoxanthoma elasticum-associated angioid streaks near a scleral buckle
Published on 2024-03-22 By Karen E Lee
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New forays into measurement of ocular biomechanics
Published on 2024-03-14 By Emma Hammelef
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Genetic analysis of ocular tumour-associated genes using large genomic datasets: insights into selection constraints and variant representation in the population
Published on 2024-02-22 By Alexander Tanner
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Detection of TTR Amyloid in the Conjunctiva Using a Novel Fluorescent Ocular Tracer
Published on 2024-02-15 By Julie Pilotte
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Reliability and accuracy of artificial intelligence ChatGPT in providing information on ophthalmic diseases and management to patients
Published on 2024-01-20 By Francesco Cappellani
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Random Allelic Expression in Inherited Retinal Disease Genes
Published on 2023-12-22 By Collin J Richards
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Association of Circulating Antiretinal Antibodies With Clinical Outcomes in Retinitis Pigmentosa
Published on 2023-12-13 By Lorenzo Bianco
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Instances of ocular findings in transgender patients undergoing hormonal therapy
Published on 2023-12-11 By Christian Nieves-Ríos
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Hypomorphic variants in inherited retinal and ocular diseases: A review of the literature with clinical cases
Published on 2023-11-30 By Tobin B T Thuma