Richard K. Parrish, II, MD.
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MIAMI, Fla.—Richard K. Parrish, II, MD, has been named editor-in-chief of the American Journal of Ophthalmology (AJO), the nation’s oldest peer-reviewed scientific publication directed to ophthalmologists and visual science specialists.

A world renowned glaucoma specialist, dedicated scientist and educator, Parrish holds the Edward W.D. Norton Chair in Ophthalmology. He joined the faculty of Bascom Palmer Eye Institute in 1982, and has served the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine as professor, residency program director and the third chairman of the department of ophthalmology. He is currently the associate dean for medical education; chairman of the graduate medical education committee; and the accreditation council for graduate medical education’s designed institutional official for the Jackson Memorial Hospital/Jackson Health System.

Parrish succeeds Bascom Palmer alumnus, Thomas J. Liesegang, MD, (resident, chief resident 1976) as editor-in-chief of the AJO. Bascom Palmer’s Janet L. Davis, MD, and David S. Greenfield, MD, serve as executive editors of the AJO; Harry W. Flynn, Jr., MD, Byron Lam, MD, Sander Dubovy, MD, and David T. Tse, MD, are members of the editorial board.