Reay H. Brown MD

Reay H. Brown, MD, a glaucoma specialist in Atlanta and the glaucoma editor for EyeWorld, has been awarded the Innovator Award by his peers in the American Glaucoma Society (AGS). This award recognizes Dr. Brown's many important contributions to the field of glaucoma. Since completing his glaucoma fellowship at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Dr. Brown has been awarded 20 patents for surgical eyecare applications.

Among these are several patents related to trabecular bypass instrumentation that are relevant to a number of devices in current clinical use and in late-stage clinical trials. He was also among the first to report the efficacy of vitrectomy to create a unicameral eye in the setting of aqueous misdirection glaucoma. Overall, he has published more than 70 papers, given many named lectures, and held leadership positions in the AGS and ASCRS.