{{Short description|American ophthalmologist}} {{Use American English|date=December 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2025}} {{Infobox academic | name =Neil M. Bressler | image = | image_size = 230px | caption = | birth_date = | birth_place =New Jersey, US | death_date = | education =BS, 1978, University of Michigan <br> MD, 1982, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine | thesis_title = | thesis_year = | spouse ={{married|Susan Bloom|1979}} | children = | awards = | workplaces =Johns Hopkins School of Medicine <br> Harvard Medical School }} '''Neil M. Bressler''' is an American ophthalmologist. He is the James P. Gills Professor of Ophthalmology and chief of the Retina Division at the Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and editor-in-chief of ''JAMA Ophthalmology.''
==Early life and education== Bressler was born in New Jersey<ref name="CV">{{cite web |title=NEIL M. BRESSLER, M.D. CV |url=https://www.fda.gov/media/140684/download |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803093953/https://www.fda.gov/media/140684/download |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 3, 2020 |publisher=Food and Drug Administration |access-date=June 30, 2021}}</ref> to father Sidney Bressler, and raised in Tenafly, New Jersey.<ref name="Tenafly">{{cite news |title=TENAFLY |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/80582169/tenafly/ |access-date=June 30, 2021 |publisher=The Record |date=August 23, 1968|via=newspapers.com}}</ref> Growing up, he played the clarinet<ref name="questions">{{cite web |title=5 Questions with Neil M. Bressler, MD |url=https://retinatoday.com/articles/2008-july/0708_21-php |publisher=Retina Today |access-date=June 30, 2021 |date=July 2008}}</ref> and won the Senate Award while attending the Interlochen National Music Camp.<ref>{{cite news |title=Camp high notes |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/80582203/camp-high-notes/ |access-date=June 30, 2021 |publisher=The Record |date=August 30, 1972|via=newspapers.com}}</ref> After attending Tenafly High School as part of the class of 1974,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kuhn |first1=John H. |title=Mod classes relax atmosphere |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/80582633/mod-classes-relax-atmosphere/ |access-date=June 30, 2021 |publisher=The Record |date=October 5, 1973|via=newspapers.com}}</ref> Bressler enrolled at the University of Michigan for his Bachelor of Science degree.<ref name="CV"/> Upon receiving his degree, Bressler married his wife Susan (''née'' Bloom) in a Jewish ceremony on July 8, 1979.<ref name="NYT">{{cite news |title=Susan Bloom Sets Nuptials for July 8 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/01/21/archives/susan-bloom-sets-nuptials-for-july-8.html |access-date=June 30, 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=January 21, 1979 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210701032627/https://www.nytimes.com/1979/01/21/archives/susan-bloom-sets-nuptials-for-july-8.html |archive-date=July 1, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Mazel Tov |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/80582740/mazel-tov/ |access-date=June 30, 2021 |publisher=Canarsie Courier |date=July 19, 1979|via=newspapers.com}}</ref> Together, they earned their medical degrees at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in 1982<ref>{{cite news |title=On Campus |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/80582899/on-campus/ |access-date=June 30, 2021 |publisher=The Record |date=June 8, 1982|via=newspapers.com}}</ref> and completed their internships and three-year residency in ophthalmology together.<ref>{{cite news |title=Neighbors |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/80582956/neighboors/ |access-date=June 30, 2021 |publisher=The Record |date=July 27, 1982|via=newspapers.com}}</ref>
==Career== Following his internship and residency, Bressler joined the faculty at Harvard Medical School as an instructor of ophthalmology and the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary.<ref name="CV"/> He then joined the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and the Johns Hopkins Hospital's Wilmer Eye Institute in 1988.<ref name="JAMA">{{cite web |title=Neil M. Bressler, M.D., Named Editor of JAMA Ophthalmology | url=https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/neil_m_bressler_md_named_editor_of_jama_ophthalmology |publisher=Johns Hopkins University |access-date=July 7, 2021 |date=July 12, 2013}}</ref> As an associate professor of ophthalmology in 1995, Bressler received an Olga Keith Wiess Scholar Award from the Research to Prevent Blindness organization to support research into age-related macular degeneration.<ref>{{cite web |title=Honors, awards and appointments |url=https://pages.jh.edu/gazette/julsep95/aug2195/21cheers.html |publisher=Johns Hopkins University |access-date=July 19, 2021 |date=1995}}</ref> A few years later, Bressler was the recipient of the Macula Society's Young Investigator Award as an "individual under 50 years of age whose work gives high promise of a notable advance in the clinical treatment of disorders of the eye."<ref name="maculasociety">{{cite web |title=Awards & Lectures |url=http://www.maculasociety.org/awardslectures |publisher=Maculas Society |access-date=July 19, 2021}}</ref> In 1999, Bressler was the recipient of the Heed-Gutman Award for displaying evidence of major contributions to ophthalmology, outstanding original discoveries or investigation, and long-term evidence of extraordinary and distinguished leadership service on behalf of ophthalmology.<ref>{{cite web |title=Heed-Gutman Award |url=https://www.heed.org/society/award/ |publisher=Society of Heed Fellows |access-date=July 19, 2021}}</ref> As a result of his academic accomplishments, Bressler was the inaugural recipient of the James P. Gills Professor of Ophthalmology at Johns Hopkins in 2000.<ref name="CV"/>
Alongside his wife, Bressler was the co-recipient of the 2008 Gertrude D. Pyron Award from the American Society of Retina Specialists for "outstanding vision scientists whose work contributes to knowledge about vitreoretinal disease."<ref>{{cite web |title=ASRS bestows honors on Alexander J. Brucker and Neil and Susan Bressler |url=https://www.healio.com/news/ophthalmology/20120331/asrs-bestows-honors-on-alexander-j-brucker-and-neil-and-susan-bressler |publisher=Healio |access-date=July 19, 2021 |date=October 13, 2008}}</ref> In 2013, Bressler was appointed editor-in-chief of ''JAMA Ophthalmology'' after having served on the journal's editorial board.<ref>{{cite web |title=Neil M. Bressler, M.D., Named Editor of JAMA Ophthalmology |url=https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/neil_m_bressler_md_named_editor_of_jama_ophthalmology |publisher=Johns Hopkins University |access-date=May 31, 2022 |date=July 12, 2013}}</ref>
In 2017, Bressler co-published a study that demonstrated the ability of a form of AI known as deep learning to accurately detect age-related macular degeneration. Following the study, Bressler and his team evaluated algorithms and comparing methods before ultimately determining that low-shot deep learning does have the potential to overcome limitations imposed by a low number of training images in retinal diagnostics.<ref name="Entwisle">{{cite web |last1=Entwisle |first1=Amy |title=New AI Approach in Retinal Diagnostics Targets Inclusivity for Patients with Sight-Stealing Diseases |url=https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/articles/ai-approach-retinal-diagnostics |publisher=Johns Hopkins University |access-date=July 19, 2021 |date=September 28, 2020}}</ref> He was also again named to the Ophthalmologist's Power List for 2020.<ref>{{cite web |title=Academic Kudos Archive |url=https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/som/kudos/academic-kudos-archive.html |access-date=July 19, 2021 |date=2020}}</ref>
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