Helen Danesh-Meyer
Sir William and Lady Stevenson Professor of Ophthalmology Chair at the New Zealand National Eye Centre, University of Auckland, New Zealand
In the words of one of her nominators:
“Helen has managed to ‘break the glass ceiling’ for women in surgery. She has achieved numerous ‘firsts’ for New Zealand ophthalmologists: first New Zealand member of the Glaucoma Research Society, first Australian/New Zealander to be appointed to the AAO Basic Clinical Science Course, first female Chair of the RANZCO Scientific Programme Committee, and first ophthalmologist from New Zealand to serve on the Editorial Board of AJO and previously, Ophthalmology.”
