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Stanford's Kuldev Singh, MD Elected To Chair The Glaucoma Research Foundation

Kuldev Singh, MD, MPH, Professor of Ophthalmology and Director of the Glaucoma Service at the Stanford University School of Medicine, was elected to Chair the Board of the Glaucoma Research Foundation at the Board of Directors Annual Meeting held April 29. The Glaucoma Research Foundation (GRF) is America"s oldest national institution dedicated solely to preventing vision loss from glaucoma. Dr. Singh received his MD and MPH degrees from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He has received Senior Achievement and Secretariat awards from the American Academy of Ophthalmology and the Franklin G. Ebaugh Award from Stanford University where he has served on the faculty since 1992. Dr. Singh also currently serves on the Board of Directors for the American Glaucoma Society and is Executive Vice President of the World Glaucoma Association. Dr. Singh joined the GRF Board of Directors in April 2007. He is Chairman of the Patient Education Committee and the GRF Council, a national leadership group of glaucoma specialists. Effective July 1, 2009, Dr. Singh will succeed Ms. Deirdre Porter of the San Francisco firm Wentworth, Hauser, and Violich, Inc. who has served the past three years as Board Chair for the Foundation. "Kuldev has already brought many inventive ideas to GRF during his time serving on the Board of Directors, and we look forward to the leadership that his broad knowledge and experience in the field of glaucoma will bring to the Foundation," said Thomas M. Brunner, GRF President and CEO. The Glaucoma Research Foundation


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