Ophthalmology
Meet the Team

Meet our Experts

Director

Leah A. Owen, MD, PhD

Associate Professor, UC Department of Ophthalmology
Research Interests
Genetic and genomic basis for blinding eye disease in children and adults; in-utero determinants of postnatal eye disease, chiefly retinopathy of...

Faculty

Sandra Brook, OD

Instructor, UC Department of Ophthalmology

Laura Coyne, MD

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Ophthalmology

Kara A. Dolezal, MD

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Ophthalmology
Research Interests
Pediatric glaucoma; retinopathy of prematurity

Diego Fernandez, PhD

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Ophthalmology
Research Interests
Neuroscience sensory and circadian biology; environmentally-induced disorders

Richard A. Lang, PhD

Professor, UC Department of Ophthalmology
Research Interests
The OPN3, OPN4 and OPN5 light sensing pathways in development, homeostasis and disease

Virginia A. Miraldi Utz, MD

Professor, UC Department of Ophthalmology
Research Interests
Rheumatology; pediatric ophthalmology; strabismus; improving quality of life in children with JIA-associate d uveitis; biomarkers for predicting the...

Melissa L. Rice, OD, FAAO

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Ophthalmology
Research Interests
Amblyopia; strabismus; cerebral/cortical visual impairment; myopia.

Veeral Shah, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Ophthalmology
Research Interests
Clinical and basic research interests include molecular genetics of optic nerve protection/development and neuro-oncology