Sanjay Asrani, MD, in the Glaucoma Service, has been promoted to associate professor of ophthalmology. Asrani arrived at the Eye Center in July 1997 as a resident. Following his residency, he completed a glaucoma fellowship at the Eye Center, and then was appointed to the faculty in 2001. He has taken the lead role in developing the Cary office into a-freestanding satellite office.

An outstanding clinician scientist, Asrani recently received a Career Development Award from Research to Prevent Blindness. He will use the four-year $200,000 grant to develop new instruments for home eye pressure checks and for imaging the internal eye drain system.