Inside Duke Medicine
Etter wins magazine’s resident writing award
posted November 13th, 2008
Jonathan Etter, M.D., of the Duke Eye Center, won first-place honors in the sixth-annual Ophthalmology Times Resident Writer’s Award program. Etter received the award Nov. 9 at a dinner presentation at the Westin Peachtree Plaza in Atlanta, Ga.
The program was sponsored through an unrestricted educational grant from Advanced Medical Optics (AMO).
Etter placed first among 14 entries received from participants representing ophthalmic teaching institutions from across the country and, for the first time, a Canadian institution, the University of Toronto. His presentation was titled “Fungal keratitis: enhancing antifungal delivery with femtosecond laser-assisted keratectomy.”
Etter’s mentor was Alan N. Carlson, M.D.; 2008 marked the second consecutive year that one of Carlson’s residents earned the top spot in the competition.
The Resident Writer’s Awards program is designed to encourage excellence in writing and presentation skills among residents.