Dr. David R. Lally received a medical degree from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, PA. He completed his ophthalmology residency at the Wills Eye Hospital in Philadelphia, and then went on to a fellowship in Vitreoretinal Diseases and Surgery at Tufts/New England Eye Center and Ophthalmic Consultants of Boston. Dr. Lally is board certified and an active member of the American Society of Retinal Specialists (ASRS) with the Fellow of the American Society of Retinal Specialists (FASRS) award designation. He is also an active member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO). He is an attending surgeon at Baystate Medical Center and an Assistant Professor of the Department of Surgery at the University of Massachusetts Medical School-Baystate.

Dr. Lally is a leading retinal clinical researcher for new treatments in retinal diseases.  He has participated as an investigator in more than 40 clinical trials, and he serves on multiple steering committees and medical advisory boards.  He lectures nationally and has authored over 30 peer-reviewed articles, including in the New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA Ophthalmology, and Ophthalmology Retina.  He also acts as a manuscript reviewer for several academic journals including JAMA Ophthalmology, OSLI Retina, and Retinal Cases & Brief Reports.

Dr. Lally’s interests include geographic atrophy, macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, complex retinal detachment repair, macular hole and pucker repair,  and complications of cataract surgery.

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