Alfred Sommer, MD

Honorary Chairperson Himalayan Cataract Project

Dr. Al Sommer is the Dean of the School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University and former Director of the Dana Center for International Ophthalmology at Johns Hopkins. He is a recipient of the Lasker Prize – the second highest biologic honor after the Nobel. He won the award for his work on vitamin A deficiency and blindness in poor children around the world. Sommer is currently coordinating an international effort to eliminate blindness caused by vitamin A deficiency.