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Alumni of our Residency Program are making a difference in the lives of people with eye disease. Meet a few of the leaders who were residents in the U-M Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences.
Director, National Ophthalmic Disease Genotyping Network, NEI
Director, Ophthalmic Genetics Clinic, Children’s National Medical Center
Washington, D.C.
Completed residency in 2001, fellowship in 2002
One of only a handful of physicians in the country who is board-certified both by the American Board of Medical Genetics as well as the American Board of Ophthalmology, Dr. Brooks is leading the nationwide effort to create a repository of DNA samples from patients with inherited eye diseases, called the National Ophthalmic Disease Genotyping Network, or eyeGENE . “Our hope is that this network will empower patients and their physicians with molecular genetic knowledge,” he says.
Chair, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences,
University of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa
Completed residency in 1987
After serving as both medical director of clinical services and director of resident education at the University of Iowa, Dr. Carter was tapped last year to lead the department of more than 30 clinicians and scientists. “It is an honor to help direct this talented group of individuals,” says Dr. Carter, a specialist in oculoplastic surgery. His own research interests include Graves eye disease, inflammatory orbital disease, anophthalmic socket reconstruction, and predictive factors for eyelid reconstruction.
Private practice, Coeur D’Alene Eye Clinic
Coeur D’Alene, Idaho
Completed residency in 1984
The wide range of cases Dr. Parden saw as a resident at U-M prepared him for the variety of patients he has in Coeur D’Alene, a growing community in northern Idaho, and on surgical missions to Mexico, Guatemala, and China. “The most rewarding part of eye practice is the positive impact that we have on our patients’ quality of life,” he says. “We also have a tremendous opportunity to help abroad.”
Retired
San Diego, California
Completed residency in 1973
Instrumental in establishing the Ukrainian Eye Project after the fall of the Soviet Union, Dr. Selezinka says simply that he was “just doing what I like to do.” With Dr. Selezinka serving as the project’s medical director, the 15-year effort has resulted in 500 surgical procedures and has provided more than $2 million of donated ophthalmic surgical supplies, equipment, and medicines as well as invaluable training for Ukrainian physicians in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine. It serves as a model for other medical outreach programs.
Associate Professor, Department of Ophthalmology
Director, Glaucoma Service
Director, Ophthalmology Residency Program
University of Minnesota
Completed residency in 1988
Spending time as a volunteer in India and Nepal just after her residency gave Dr. Wright a perspective that continues to influence her. “It was a wonderful experience in which I learned more than I taught and received more than I gave,” she says. Today she especially enjoys establishing relationships with patients and training residents.
Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology and Pediatrics
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas
Completed residency in 1999
As a pediatric ophthalmologist, Dr. Yen participates in a number of NIH -funded clinical trials, including work on retinopathy, amblyopia, nasolacrimalduct obstruction, and congenital cataracts. Her responsibilities include educating residents, fellows, and medical students, helping others achieve their career goals just as faculty members at the Kellogg Eye Center assisted her. “My mentors helped me get where I am today,” she says.
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