Dr. Abrams will also receive the society's Senior Honor Award, given to individuals for longtime service to the organization. He joined the society within two years of its formation, and has given several lectures, sponsored many resident and fellow presentations, and organized a symposium at the American Academy of Ophthalmology Annual Meeting for the ASRS, he said. He has published more than 200 articles and book chapters in the field of vitreoretinal surgery and has served on numerous National Institutes of Health review panels and on the Data and Safety Monitoring Committees of the Central Retinal Vein Occlusion Study, the Submacular Surgery Trials and the Diabetic Retinopathy Clinical Research Network. He has held a number of leadership positions, including chair of the WSU Department of Ophthalmology. He continues to teach, manage complicated retinal diseases and pursue research activities, and has trained more than 60 vitreoretinal disease and surgery fellows to date.