Jayne S. Weiss, MD, professor and chair of ophthalmology at LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine and chief medical officer of LSU Healthcare Network, was selected as the recipient of the 2020 Castroviejo Award. The award is given annually by the Cornea Society to “the most outstanding individual in the field of cornea and anterior segment.” Since the award was first given in 1975, only two other women have received it; Dr. Weiss will be the third. The announcement was made at the American Academy of Ophthalmology Annual Meeting in San Francisco.
According to the Society, each year the Society names the recipient of the Castroviejo Medal who will deliver the Castroviejo Lecture at the Society’s scientific symposium at the American Academy of Ophthalmology annual meeting. This is the Society’s highest award and is given in recognition of exceptional contributions in support of the Society’s mission: to promote knowledge, research and understanding in cornea, external disease and refractive surgery. The award is named for Ramon Castroviejo, MD, the father of modern corneal transplant surgery and the inspiration for the founding of the Cornea Society.
Her honors include the Advisory Committee Service Award from the FDA; two Secretariat Awards from the American Academy of Ophthalmology; Knight of Sight from the Louisiana Lions Eye Foundation; Best Doctors in America; Best Doctors in New Orleans; and Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society. She is also a Fulbright Association Lifetime Member.