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Dr. Liggett is the only physician in Connecticut to be invited
to be a member of the Retina Society, The Macula Society and
the Jules Gonin Society ( the international society for retinal
diseases). He has received numerous grants and awards and
has written more than 50 articles and chapters in peer-reviewed
literature. He is on the invited faculty of Harvard University's
Lancaster Course in Ophthalmology, offered each summer to
ophthalmology residents worldwide. He is also an invited associate
examiner for the American Board of Ophthalmology.
Dr. Liggett was a principal investigator in the National
Eye Institute's National Collaborative Ocular Melanoma Study
and the Silicone Oil Study for Complicated Retinal Detachments.
Dr. Liggett is listed in "Best Doctors in America,"
a peer-compiled book, and Los Angeles Magazine named him one
of the best doctors in Los Angeles in 1991.
In 1998' Dr. Liggett created the New England Retina Research
and Education Foundation, a not-for-profit organization to
encourage and support research for the development of new
treatments for retinal disease and to promote a multi-disciplinary
approach to eye care.
Board certified in internal medicine and ophthalmology
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