The University of Utah has honored 约翰一. 莫兰眼科中心 CEO and Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences Professor and Chair 兰德尔·J·奥尔森，医学博士，秩为 特聘教授.
The distinction is reserved for faculty whose achievements exemplify the highest goals of scholarship as demonstrated by recognition accorded to them from peers with 国家al and inter国家al stature, and whose record includes evidence of a high dedication to teaching as demonstrated by recognition accorded to them by students and/or colleagues.
超过40年的领导经验
Olson joined the University’s School of Medicine in 1979 as a one-person Di愿景 of Ophthalmology. 四十多年来, he grew the program into one of the world’s top 愿景 institutes, conducting cutting-edge 研究 and providing comprehensive care in all ophthalmic subspecialties. Today the 莫兰眼科中心 counts more than 140,000 patient visits annually and is ranked by U.S. 新闻 & 世界报道 as one of the 国家’s Best Hospitals for Ophthalmology.
具有里程碑意义的研究
Olson is recognized as an inter国家al expert in cataract surgery and the synthetic intraocular lenses (IOLs) used to replace the eye’s natural lens during cataract and other surgeries. 他创立了 the Intermountain Ocular 研究 Center to fund studies on IOL design, materials, and complications in 1982. The center was far ahead of its time as outcomes using the new lens technology were unacceptably poor. Both academia and the National Institutes of Health had declined to fund IOL 研究. The result has been a peerless body of work with over 200 peer-reviewed publications that guide companies and physicians worldwide in 审查新的人工晶体技术 and potential complications through the center.
In his most recent landmark 研究 contribution, Olson pioneered using porcine lens tissue for 研究 evaluating various phacoemulsification techniques for cataract removal. His leading 研究 in this area includes working with residents and mentees, with frequent presentations to the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery. 在总, Olson has authored or co-authored 288 peer-reviewed articles in addition to 72 book chapters and 55 other articles. He has also invented surgical instruments and a hypodermic needle system and method to reduce surgical infection.
Innovative Approaches to Developing New Therapies
Committed to advancing personalized medicine approaches that hold promise for treating devastating inherited eye diseases, Olson established the Center for Translational Medicine at the 莫兰眼科中心. 今天, Sharon Eccles Steele Center for Translational Medicine stands as a synergistic model for funding 研究 through partnerships between university departments, inter国家al academic collaborators, 私营企业. This allows multiple phases of the drug discovery process to run simultaneously, moving discoveries more quickly and efficiently into clinical trials.
Ending Curable Blindness Worldwide
Beyond his efforts to create excellent clinical care and translational 研究, Olson has supported his faculty members in their pursuit to end preventable and curable blindness in Utah and around the world with 莫兰的全球外联部. Moran was the first ophthalmic academic medical center in the country to establish a 全球外展奖学金. Every Moran resident is guaranteed an opportunity to train in an underserved region of the world as part of Olson’s commitment to developing empathy and compassion in Moran’s trainees.
辉煌的职业生涯
2019年，犹他州州长布朗. 加里·R. 赫伯特授予奥尔森a Governor’s Medal for Science and Technology in the Academic/研究 category to recognize his contributions to the state. A past president of the association of University Professors of Ophthalmology, Olson has also received many of the most prestigious recognitions in ophthalmology:
- 2012 American Society of Refractive Surgery Binkhorst Medal
- 2014年犹他大学 罗森布拉特优秀奖
- 2014 American Association of Ophthalmology (AAO) Kelman Award
- 2015 AAO Lifetime Achievement Award
- 2016 Intra-Ocular Implant Club Jan Worst Medal
- 1992 to Present: Listed in Castle Connolly Top Doctors
“Dr. Olson is truly an extraordinary physician, 研究员, 老师, 导师, and leader known throughout our state, 国家, and world for his many contributions to visual science,写道:“ 凯萨琳B. 马里兰州Digre在她对奥尔森的提名中. “His remarkable achievements and their impact on the University of Utah, 犹他州, and the field of ophthalmology are cause for recognition and celebration.”