R. Townley Paton Award
Alan Sugar, MD
Dr. Sugar has served on various EBAA boards and committees, including the Medical Advisory Board, the Accreditation Board and the Scientific Programs and Paton Committees. He is a former chair of the Research Committee. Dr. Sugar is currently chair of the Policy, Position & Research Sub-committee.
He is Professor and Associate Chair of the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at the Kellogg Eye Center of the University of Michigan Medical School, where he directs the corneal fellowship program. Dr. Sugar graduated from the University of Michigan Medical School in 1969, then went on to complete his residency in Ophthalmology at Washington University in St. Louis in 1974. He completed his fellowship in Cornea and External Diseases at the University of Florida in 1975.
Dr. Sugar is Medical Director for Michigan Eye-Bank, based in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
About the Paton Award
2011 Paton Lecture
Past Paton Awardees
Jonathan Lass, MD to be the 2012 Paton Awardee
