Primary Job Title Co-Founder Primary Organization 
Visus Technology
Location United States, North America Gender Male
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Joseph Rizzo is a native of New Orleans, Louisiana and a graduate of Louisiana State University and Louisiana State University Medical School in New Orleans, where he received the "Dean's Award" in recognition of outstanding leadership and performance. He completed an internship in Adult Medicine at the University of California at
Los Angeles Medical Center, followed by a Neurology residency at Tufts University - New England Medical Center and then an Ophthalmology residency at Boston University. He then performed a clinical fellowship in Neuro-Ophthalmology under Dr. Simmons Lessell in the Harvard Medical School Department of Ophthalmology at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary.
Dr. Rizzo is Board-Certified both in Ophthalmology and Neurology. Following completion of clinical training Dr. Rizzo joined the full-time academic faculty at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary and received a five-year Physician Training Award from the National Institutes of Health. His basic laboratory training was under the supervision of his research mentor, Richard Masland, Ph.D.
Dr. Rizzo initiated the Retinal Implant Project in 1988 and since then he has divided his professional time equally between the evaluation of patients with Neuro-Ophthalmologic disease and the co-direction of the research endeavors of the Boston Retinal Implant Project.
Dr. Rizzo will serve as an ex-officio (non-voting) member of the Board of
