Thomas J. Cummings, MD, professor of Pathology and Ophthalmology and Residency Program director, lectured at the Eastern Ophthalmic Pathology Society (EOPS) annual meeting held at Mass Eye and Ear in Boston, Massachusetts, from Sept 24-26, 2026. Cummings spoke about diseases affecting the eye’s tear drainage system and served as moderator for one of the diagnostic slide sessions.
Since 2002, he has been a member of the EOPS, which comprises members from the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Asia, South America, and the Middle East. Cummings will host the EOPS meeting at Duke University School of Medicine in 2027, marking the third international Ophthalmic Pathology Society conference he will have hosted at Duke. In 2008, he hosted the Combined Ophthalmic Pathology Society Conference and in 2019, the Verhoeff-Zimmerman Ophthalmic Pathology Society Conference.
Mass Eye and Ear, a member of Mass General Brigham, is the oldest eye and ear, nose, and throat hospital in the country, and a teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School.