Investigator, Full Prof, Ex Fd Center for Genomic Medicine, Mass General Research Institute

Clinical Affiliate Ophthalmology-N/A, Massachusetts General Hospital

Charles Edward Whitten Professor of Ophthalmology Harvard Medical School

MD University of Miami 1999

MPH 2008

chorioretinitis; choroid diseases; geographic atrophy; macular degeneration; retinal diseases; retinal necrosis syndrome, acute; retinal neoplasms; scleritis; uveitis; uveitis, posterior; vitrectomy; vitreous body Dr. Sobrin has a clinical focus on retinal diseases and posterior uveitis and a research focus on identifying genes associated with polygenic ophthalmic diseases, particularly diabetic retinopathy..She led a candidate gene association study of diabetic retinopathy within the Candidate gene Association Resource (CARe), which included patients from several large population-based cohorts as well as an admixture genetic association study for diabetic retinopathy in African Americans. Currently, she is the principal investigator a multi-ethnic genome-wide association study of diabetic retinopathy.  She is also has an interest in ocular disease pharmacogenetics and is chair of the Genetics Committee for the DRCR.net.