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Lotfi B Merabet

Lotfi B Merabet, OD, PhD, MPH

Optometry

Highlights

Languages

  • English

Gender

Male

About Lotfi B Merabet

Dr. Merabet is an optometrist-scientist and is active in clinical research relating to individuals' adaptations to blindness. He also serves on the Board of Directors and Trustees of the Carroll Center for the Blind and the National Braille Press.

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As director of the Laboratory for Visual Neuroplasticity, Dr. Merabet's main research interests include the development of assistive technology for the blind and understanding how the brain adapts to the loss of sight (both from ocular and brain-related causes). Much of this work is done in local collaboration with the Carroll Center and Perkins School for the Blind, Boston Children's Hospital, as well as internationally with the University of Chile and the University of Milan.

Locations

  1. Mass Eye and Ear

Expertise

Education

  • Graduate School: Harvard School of Public Health, MPH
  • Fellowship: Boston University and MGH-Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Neuroimaging
  • Graduate School: University of Montreal, PhD, Neuroscience
  • Graduate School: A.T. Still University, MSc, Physiology
  • Fellowship: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Noninvasive Brain Stimulation
  • Medical School: New England College of Optometry, 2001

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