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The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine named a Sorbonne professor and an expert in retinal diseases as the chair of its Department of Ophthalmology.
Dr. José-Alain Sahel will join UPMC and the faculty at Pitt as director of the department as well as director of the UPMC Eye Center and the Eye and Ear Foundation Chair of Ophthalmology. He is one of the holders of 40 patents, including some tied to startup companies. He founded the Vision Institute in Paris and is Cumberlege Professor of…