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Ophthalmology Residency Program                                                       

                                                                                            Residency Program

Faculty

Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences Faculty, and their Clinical and Research Specialties

Comprehensive Ophthalmology and Cataract

Daniel M. Albert, MD, MS, F. A. Davis Professor and Chair Emeritus
Ocular oncology, comprehensive ophthalmology, ophthalmic pathology

Gregg A. Heatley, MD, Associate Professor
Glaucoma and comprehensive ophthalmology, clinical pharmacology of glaucoma, surgical management of advanced glaucoma, Vice Chair/Clinical Activities

Heather A.D. Potter, MD, Assistant Professor

Comprehensive ophthalmology, ophthalmic pathology, cataract

Patricia Sabb, MD, Assistant Clinical Professor
Comprehensive ophthalmology

Stephen Sauer, MD, Assistant Clinical Professor
Comprehensive ophthalmology, medical and surgical management of eye disease, with emphasis on cataract surgery

Gary Sterken, MD, Assistant Clinical Professor
Comprehensive ophthalmology, anterior segment and trauma surgery

John Temprano, MD, Assistant Clinical Professor
Comprehensive ophthalmology, anterior segment and tranuma surgery

Andrew Thliveris, MD, Associate Professor*
Comprehensive ophthalmology, anterior segment, surgical techniques

Norbert Toussaint, Jr, MD, Assistant Clinical Professor
Comprehensive ophthalmology, anterior segment and trauma surgery

Cornea, External Disease, Cataract, Refractive Surgery & Excimer Laser

Neal P. Barney, MD, Associate Professor
Cornea and external disease, ocular immunology, uveitis and immune-mediated diseases of the eye

Sarah M. Nehls, MD, Assistant Professor

Cornea and external disease, cornea and cataract surgery

Glaucoma

Gregg A. Heatley, MD, Associate Professor

Paul L. Kaufman, MD, Professor and Chair
Glaucoma, aqueous humor dynamics, anterior segment physiology and pharmacology, presbyopia

Barbara E. K. Klein, MD, MPH, Professor
Glaucoma, cataracts, diabetic retinopathy, epidemiology, biostatistics

Todd W. Perkins, MD, Professor
Glaucoma, trabecular meshwork physiology, wound healing

 

Neuro-ophthalmology

Richard E. Appen, MD, Professor and Vice-Chair/Educational Activities
Neuro-ophthalmology

Leonard A. Levin, MD, PhD, Associate Professor
Neuro-ophthalmology, optic nerve tumors, mast cells in nervous system

 

Oncology and Pathology

Daniel M. Albert, MD, MS

T. Michael Nork, MD, MS Associate Professor

Heather A.D. Potter, MD  

Pediatric Ophthalmology and Adult Strabimus

Yasmin S. Bradfield, MD, Assistant Professor
Pediatric ophthalmology, strabismus - pediatric and adult, surgical techniques

Thomas D. France, MD, Professor Emeritus
Pediatric ophthalmology, strabismus, amblyopia, visual function testing

David M. Gamm, MD, Assistant Professor
Pediatric ophthalmology and strabismus, cataract surgery and intraocular lens implantation, glaucoma, retinopathy of prematurity

Burton J. Kushner, MD, Professor
Pediatric ophthalmology, strabismus, amblyopia, surgical techniques

Michael Struck, MD, Assistant Professor
Pediatric ophthalmology, strabismus, retinopathy of prematurity, cataract surgery, intraocular lens implantation, and glaucoma

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Cat N. Burkat , MD, Assistant Professor
Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery, surgical techniques

Richard K. Dortzbach, MD, Professor
Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery, surgical techniques

Mark Lucarelli, MD, Associate Professor
Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery

Refractive Surgery

Sarah M. Nehls, MD

Patricia Sabb, MD

Retina, Vitreous and Macula

Michael Altaweel, MD, Associate Professor
Vitreoretinal diseases, diabetic retinopathy, macular diseases, ocular tumors, trauma

Barbara Blodi, MD, Associate Professor
Medical retinal disease

Suresh R. Chandra, MD, Professor
Vitreoretinal diseases, diabetic retinopathy, international ophthalmology, macular diseases, ocular tumors, trauma

Ronald P. Danis, MD, Professor
Vitreoretinal diseases, macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, retinal vascular disease, posterior ocular inflammatory disorder

Matthew D. Davis, MD, Emeritus Professor
Vitreoretinal disease, diabetic retinopathy, clinical trials

Guillermo de Venecia, MD, Emeritus Professor
Medical retinal disease, international ophthalmology

Justin Gottlieb, MD, Associate Professor
Vitreoretinal disease

Michael S. Ip, MD, Associate Professor
Vitreoretinal disease, macular disease, ocular melanoma

Ronald Klein, MD, MPH, Professor
Vitreoretinal disease, diabetic retinopathy, epidemiology, biostatistics

T. Michael Nork, MD, MS

Thomas S. Stevens, MD, Professor and Executive Chair Emeritus,
Vitreoretinal disease, macular disease, diabetic retinopathy

Uveitis

Neal P. Barney, MD

Sarah M. Nehls, MD

Research Faculty & Scientists

Curtis R. Brandt, PhD, Professor
Virology, cell and molecular biology, genetic mapping and recombinant techniques, Vice Chair/Research Activities

Nansi Jo Colley, PhD, Assistant Professor
Molecular/genetic studies of retinal degeneration in drosophila

Karen Cruickshanks, PhD, Professor
Epidemiology of age-related ocular disorders, hearing loss and diabetes

Ronald L. Engerman, PhD, Professor Emeritus
Diabetic retinopathy and microangiopathy, animal models, biology of microvasculature

Ronald E. Kalil, PhD, Professor, Director, Neurosciences Training Program
Neurophysiology, neuroanatomy, structural and functional development of visual system

Julie A. Mares, PhD, Professor
Epidemiology of eye disease, nutritional epidemiology

Robert Nickells, PhD, Associate Professor
Molecular biology of cell death in glaucoma and retinoblastoma

Arthur S. Polans, PhD, Professor
Retinoblastoma, cancer-associated retinopathy

Nader Sheibani, PhD, Assistant Professor
Angiogenesis, abnormal vessel formation in diabetes, retinopathy of prematurity, age-related macular degeneration, and other diseases
Stephen J. Sramek, MD, PhD, Assistant Clinical Professorr*
Retina

Ulker Tulunay-Keesey, PhD, Emeritus

James Ver Hoeve, PhD

* Part-time faculty

 

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