Dr. Flavio Rezende, who won the Retina Foundation of Canada Clinical Research Grant in 2012, was part of the team to implant the first Argus II prothesis in Quebec.
We would like to congratulate Dr. Rezende on his accomplishment, and celebrate the gift of sight.
Dr. Rezende also received a Senior Research Grant in 2015 to study diabetic macular edema.
Read and watch more here in this Montreal Gazette article online.
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