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Pathology

Houston, Texas

Department of Pathology
Pathology
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Faculty

Ramon L. Font, M.D. Sarah Campbell Blaffer Chair, Professor Pathology and Ophthalmology at Baylor College of Medicine, Cullen Eye Institute, Houston

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Education

  • M.D. University of Havana, Cuba

Residency

  • Anatomic and Clinical Pathology-University of Havana and Presbyterian University Hospital Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Specialty

  • Ophthalmic Pathology

Board Certification

  • Anatomic Pathology and Dermatopathology

Area of Interest

  • Neoplastic and infectious diseases of the eye and ocular adnexa

Current Position

  • Professor of Pathology and Ophthalmology at the Cullen Eye Institute, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas

Professional Positions Held

  • AFIP Assistant Chairman Department of Ophthalmic Pathology 1969-1974

  • AFIP Acting Chairman 1974-1979

  • Sarah Campbell Blaffer Chair, Professor of Pathology and Ophthalmology at BCM, Cullen Eye Institute 1980-Present

  • Chairman of Committees of Anatomy and Pathology for the Association of Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) and for the American Academy of Ophthalmology

  • President of the Pan-American Association of Ophthalmic Pathologists (Zimmerman Society) since 1986

Honors and Awards

  • Sam and Berta Brochstein Award (1979)

  • Majorie W. Margolin Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Retina Research (1984 & 2002)

  • Escola Paulista of Medicine Medal, Sao Paulo, Brazil (1988)

  • Creation of the “Ramon L. Font, M.D.” Lecture by the members of the Pan-American Association of Ophthalmic Pathologists, Caracas (1993)

  • Selected as one of the best Ophthalmologist in America, Chicago (1996)

  • Merrill Reeh Award from the American Society of Oculoplastic and Reconstructive surgery (1998)

  • Harlan Spjut Award of the Houston Society of Clinical Pathologists (1999)

  • Hugh Gradle Medal for Teaching by the Pan-American Association of Ophthalmology (1999)

  • Dan B. Jones teaching Award Department of Ophthalmology, Cullen Eye Institute (2001)

  • Senior Scientific Award for Research to prevent blindness (2001)

  • “Emilio Diaz-Canejas” Award from the University of Valladolid, Spain (2005)

Representative Publications

  1. Co-author of Ophthalmic Pathology, an Atlas and Textbook by Spencer et al
  2. Senior author of the AFIP Fascicle on “Tumors of the Eye and Ocular Adnexa” published in (2006)
  3. Over 300 Publications
  4. 26 Book Chapters
  5. 128 Research abstracts (mostly ARVO meetings)