The Dr. Roger Vogel Award for Pharmaceutical Research recognized an ARVO member who has made significant contributions to the discovery or development of pharmaceutical products to treat eye diseases. The $10,000 award recognized the contributions of Roger Vogel, MD to the pharmaceutical business. Over his career of almost 30 years, Dr. Vogel's work led to the development of many of the medicines now used by ophthalmologists.
The award was created through a generous contribution from Point Guard Partners, where Dr. Vogel was a partner at the time of his death in 2015. "It made [Dr. Vogel] very proud to have the award named for him and to have his life's work recognized in this way,” said Barry Butler, Dr. Vogel’s partner at Point Guard.
The first award was presented in 2014 and continued for five years. The last award was given in 2018.
Recipients of the Dr. Roger Vogel Award for Pharmaceutical Research included:
2014
Naj Sharif, BSc, PhD
2015
Claudio Bucolo, PhD, FARVO
2016
P. Vasantha Rao, PhD
2017
Ashim K. Mitra, PhD
2018
Gary D. Novack, PhD