In recognition of Mark Daily’s 35 years of outstanding teaching at Loyola/Hines and his years of exceptional educational programs of consistently superior quality, it gives me great pleasure to announce the creation of the Mark J. Daily Lectureship in Retinal Disease. 

This endowed lectureship was created primarily through the generous support of grateful Loyola Alumni who recognize Dr. Daily for his mentorship, dedication, and Socratic teaching methods that have remained with each of them for many years.

Dr.  Daily received both his undergraduate and medical degrees from the University of Illinois.  He completed his internship at the University of Florida followed by residency and retina fellowship at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute in Miami, Florida. 

Dr. Daily, who is credited with recognizing and naming torpedo maculopathy, a torpedo-shaped lesion of the temporal macula served as Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology and taught residents at Loyola from 1979 to 2013. 

"I will always remember the fluorescein angiography fundamentals Dr. Daily taught us.  And if for any reason we as residents could not figure it out, we could always rely on finding a matching description and illustration in Dr. Gass's textbooks which Dr. Daily seemed to have memorized.  Even after a busy day in clinic, I always looked forward to these evening lectures and discussions."

The first Daily Lectureship took place during Loyola Resident Alumni Day in 2015.

Date	Name, Title & Affiliation	Presentation(s)
June 11, 2022	Harry W. Flynn, Jr., MD Professor of Ophthalmology University of Miami	"Endophthalmitis"
June 12, 2021	Edwin M. Stone, MD, PhD Professor, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine	"Curing Inherited Blindness"
June 12, 2020	Edwin M. Stone, MD, PhD Baylor College of Medicine	“Electronic Teaching of Inherited Retinal Disease”
June 14, 2019	Bernard H. Doft, MD Univ. of Pittsburgh School of Medicine	"Dreaded Endophthalmitis: How to Prevent it and How to Treat it"
June 8, 2018	David Sarraf, MD Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology Retinal Disorders and Ophthalmic Genetics Division Stein Eye Institute UCLA	"Is the Deep Retinal Capillary Plexus Specialized for Venous Outflow?" "The Importance of the Muller Cell in Macular Disease"
June 9, 2017	Jose S. Pulido, MD Professor of Ophthalmology and Molecular Medicine Mayo Clinic Associate in Neuro-Oncology Mayo Clinic Cancer Center	"Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Derived Retinal Cells and Their Uses: A Guide for Clinicians – Part I & Part II"
June 10, 2016	Anita Agarwal, MD Professor of Ophthalmology Retina, Vitreous and Uveitis Vanderbilt Eye Institute Vanderbilt Univeristy School of Medicine	"Imaging Macular Dystrophies" "Masquerades"
June 12, 2015	Mark W. Johnson, MD Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences Chief of Retina Services University of Michigan Medical School	"Posterior Vitreous Detachment: Evolution, Complications, and Treatment of its Early Stages"