He earned his medical degree from Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan, and completed his Ophthalmology Residency at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. Dr. Hannush has performed and taught corneal transplantation in Italy, Spain, Egypt and Kenya. In 1998 he received the American Academy of Ophthalmology’s Honor Award for distinguished service in education. At the 2008 American Academy of Ophthalmology Meeting he received the Senior Achievement Award.