Dean Eliott, MD
Enriched profileDirector, Emeritus, Retina Service, Massachusetts Eye and Ear; Stelios Evangelos Gragoudas Professor of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School · Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
Dean Eliott is Director, Emeritus, Retina Service, Massachusetts Eye and Ear; Stelios Evangelos Gragoudas Professor of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary. OpenAlex indexes 389 publications with 10,389 citations (h-index 47); ClinicalTrials.gov lists 3 registered studies with this person as an investigator. By OpenAlex citation count, this profile ranks in the top 10% of Ophthalmology profiles in the findmyKOL directory.
Data verified 17 Aug 2026
Overview
Updated 16 Oct 2026
Dean Eliott, MD, is Director, Emeritus, Retina Service, Massachusetts Eye and Ear at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary (Harvard Medical School). The public record shows 389 publications with 10,389 citations (h-index 47), centered on Retinal and Macular Surgery, Retinal Diseases and Treatments, Intraocular Surgery and Lenses. It also documents an investigator role on 3 registered clinical trials, industry payments reported by 18 companies.
- Top research focus: Retinal and Macular Surgery
- 3 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Open Payments reporting from 18 companies
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Indications focus
from trials led + research topicsResearch focus
OpenAlex concept fingerprintDrugs & molecules
across trials, industry payments and publicationsWorks with
trial sponsors and companies reporting paymentsScholarship
indexed output and impact (OpenAlex)Distinct works indexed by OpenAlex, matched via ORCID.
Total citations across indexed works.
Hirsch index (OpenAlex). i10-index 149.
Clinical & industry
trials, payments and federal fundingFederally funded research awards.
Contact
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Practice address
Telephone
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Updated 16 Oct 2026
Listed as an investigator on 3 registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:
- Phase 4 Study: Long-term Safety and Efficacy of NT-501 in MacTel Type 2, Including Sham Procedure Participants
Sponsor: Neurotech Pharmaceuticals
- A Randomized, Multi-center, Phase II Study of the Safety, Tolerability and Bioactivity of Repeated Intravitreal Injections of iCo-007 as Monotherapy or in Combination With Ranibizumab or Laser Photocoagulation in the Treatment of Diabetic Macular Edema (the iDEAL Study)
Sponsor: Johns Hopkins University
- Avastin for PDR (Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy)
Sponsor: University of Southern California
Industry payments
Updated 16 Oct 2026
18 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021–2025. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- Alcon Vision LLCProgram year202513 payments$25,197openpaymentsdata.cms.gov ↗
- Neurotech Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Program year20253 payments
- Ocular Therapeutix, Inc.Program year20251 payment
Medicare prescribing footprint (2024)
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Sensory organs
100%Corticosteroid100%Prednisolone Acetate100%Part D<11 patients
Drug classes come from the WHO ATC and U.S. National Library of Medicine (RxClass) classifications; prescribing counts come from the CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers file. Each drug is counted once, under its primary class. Medicare fee-for-service only, so no Medicare Advantage, commercial, or pediatric prescribing is included. CMS publishes this data about 17 months after the fact.
NIH funding
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Publications
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Most-cited works
by citation count (OpenAlex)- 01
- 02Interim Results from the International Trial of Second Sight's Visual ProsthesisArticle709 citations2012
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Network
Updated 16 Oct 2026
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Online presence
Updated 16 Oct 2026
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Owned accounts
public accounts run by this person- Doximity
doximity.com/pub/dean-eliott-md
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researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/Dean-Eliott-38204959
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Mentions by others
where others cite or feature them- LinkedIn
linkedin.com/posts/duke-eye-center_were-honored-to-have-dean-eliott-md-director-activity-7108208281864597504-wRYt
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Background & recognition
Updated 16 Oct 2026
Credentials, appointments and honors, newest first, each linked to the public source it came from.
Education
degrees and training on record- MD
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine (with honors)
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Duke University (with honors)
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Ophthalmology, Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins Hospital
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Vitreoretinal Surgery, Duke Eye Center, Duke University Medical Center
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Ophthalmology
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Editorial & leadership roles
journal and society appointments- Fellow
American Society of Retina Specialists (FASRS)
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Journal of VitreoRetinal Diseases (JVRD)
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American Society of Retina Specialists
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Awards & honors
honors on the public record- provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →eyetube.net ↗
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- Crystal Apple Teaching Award
Young Physicians Group, American Society of Retina Specialists
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Secondary affiliations
appointments beyond the home institution- Medical Advisory Board
Neurotech Pharmaceuticals
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Pykus Therapeutics
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Media & interviews
press, podcasts and appearances- Guest
"Episode 74: Intuition in Uncharted Waters: The Art of Retinal Surgery" - Talking EURETINA podcast, with Kourous Rezaei, Grazia Pertile, and José García-Arumí
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