Iritis Doctors and Specialists

The following is a list of United States doctors from uveitis.org that have expressed a special interest in uveitis. To view international doctors click here.

UNITED STATES

Alabama

Russell Read, MD Background Publications
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology and Pathology
Director, Uveitis/Ocular Inflammatory Diseases Service
Director, Ophthalmic Pathology Laboratory
University of Alabama at Birmingham Website
700 South 18^th Street, Suite 601
Birmingham, AL 35233
Tel: (205)325-8620 Fax: (205)325-8654

Arizona

California

Ocular Inflammatory Disease Center
Jules Stein Eye Institute website
100 Stein Plaza, ULCA
Box 957000
Los Angeles, CA 90095-7000
Tel: (310)206-7202 Fax: (310)794-7905
Uveitis Specialists:
Gary N. Holland, MD Background Publications
Ralph D. Levinson, MD Background Publications
Susan S. Ransome, MD Background Publications

Devron Char, MD Background Publications
California Pacific Medical Center
Davis Campus
45 Castro Street
Suite 309
San Francisco, CA 94114
Tel: (415)522-0700 Fax: (415)522-0723
E-mail: devron@tumori.org

Todd P. Margolis, MD, PhD Background Publications Research
Director, Francis I. Proctor Foundation
Professor of Ophthalmology
University of California San Francisco Website
95 Kirkham St.
San Francisco, CA 94143-0944
Tel: (415)476-4419 Fax: (415)476-0527
E-mail:todd.margolis@ucsf.edu

Narsing A. Rao, MD background Publications
Professor of Ophthalmology
Director, Uveitis Service
Doheny Eye Institute website
Keck School of Medicine
University of Southern California
1450 San Pablo Street, DVR-211
Los Angeles, CA 90033
Tel: (323)442-6645 Fax: (323)442-6634
E-mail: nrao@hsc.usc.edu

Ivan R. Schwab, MD Background Publications
4860 Y St., Suite 2400
Sacramento, CA 95817
Tel: (916)734-6070 Fax: (916)734-6992
E-mail: irschwab@ucdavis.edu

Kayur H. Shah, M.D. website
11211 Sepulveda Blvd.
Mission Hills, CA 91345
Tel: (818) 837-5760 Fax: (818) 837-5761

Mark D. Sherman, MD Publications Website
Asst. Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology
Loma Linda University School of Medicine
1275 N. Rose Drive, Suite 120
Placentia, CA 92870
Tel: (714)572-4067 Appt:(714)572-4067
Fax:(714)974-5092
E-mail: OCSherman@hotmail.com

Ronald E. Smith, MD Background Publications
Doheny Eye Institute website
1450 San Pablo Street, #5706
Los Angeles, CA 90033-4682
Tel: (323)442-6424 Fax: (323)442-6402
E-mail: resmith@hsc.usc.edu

Ira Wong, MD, M.S. Background Publications
Director, Uveitis and Ocular Immunology Dept.
Francis I. Proctor Foundation Website
95 Kirkham St.
San Francisco, CA 94143-0944
Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology, Cheif of Uveitis Service
Stanford University Medical School, Stanford, California

Tel: (415)731-1075 Fax: (415)502-2521
E-mail: wongig@yahoo.com

Colorado

Brian C. Joondeph, MD Background Publications
Colorado Retina Associates, PC
8101 E Lowry Blvd, Suite 210
Denver, Colorado 80230-7193
Tel: 303-261-1600 Fax: 303-261-1601

Richard Wetzig, MD Background Publications
616 South Tejon Street
Colorado Springs, CO 80903
Tel: (719) 632-3547

Connecticut

Paul A. Gaudio, MD Background Publications
Asst. Professor, Yale University
Eye Disease Consultants, LLC
85 Seymour ST
Hartford, Ct 06106
Tel: 860-549-2020 Fax: 860-549-2025
Email: pgaudio@cttel.net

Peter E. Liggett, MD Background Publications
Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology
New York Hospital – Cornell Medical Center
New England Retina Associates Website
162 King’s Highway North
Westport, CT 06880
Tel: (203)222-7474 Fax: (203)288-2470

James M. Weisz, MD Background Publications
4920 Main St. #309
Bridgeport, CT 06606
Tel: (203)365-6565 Fax: (203)365-6567

46 Prince St. #402A
New Haven, CT 06519
Tel: (203)787-6161 Fax: (203)776-0300
E-mail: jweisz@ctretina.com

District of Columbia

Stephanie Harper, MD Publications
Howard University Hospital
Dept. of Ophthalmology
2041 Georgia Ave. NW Suite 2100
Washington, DC 20024
Tel: (202) 865-1257 Fax: (202) 865-4259

Alla Y. Hynes, MD, Assistant Professor
George Washington University
MFA / George Washington University
2150 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Suite 2A
Washington, DC 20037
TeL (202) 741-2800
Fax (202) 741-2805

Alan G. Palestine, MD Background Publications
1145 19^th Street NW, #500
Washington, DC 20036
Tel: (202)833-1668

Florida

Thomas Albini, MD Background Publications
University of Miami School of Medicine
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute Website
900 NW 17^th St.
Miami, FL 33136
Tel: (305)243-2020 (appointments)
(305)326-6377 (office)

Janet Davis, MD Background Publications
Professor of Ophthalmology
University of Miami School of Medicine
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute Website
900 NW 17^th St.
Miami, FL 33136
Tel: (305)243-2020 (appointments)
(305)326-6377 (office)

Mark E. Hammer, MD Background Publications
2522 W. Jetton Ave.
Tampa, FL 33629
Tel: (813)875-6373 Fax: (813)876-0960

Jonathan A. Mines, MD Background Publicayions
505 Druid Road East
Suite E
Clearwater, FL 33756
Tel: (727)447-8008 Fax: (727)442-3467

Georgia

Illinois

Norbert M. Becker, MD Background Publications
Geneva Eye Clinic, Ltd.
302 Randall Road
Suite 106
Geneva, IL 60134
Tel: (630)232-1282 Fax: (630)232-7011

Debra A. Goldstein, MD, FRCSC Background Publications Research
University of Illinois at Chicago Eye Center Website
1905 W. Taylor St.
Chicago, IL 60612
Tel: (312)996-6660 Fax: (312)996-7773
E-mail: debrgold@uic.edu

Jose S. Pulido, MD Background Publications Research
University of Illinois at Chicago Eye Center Website
1855 W. Taylor St., #250 MC 648
Chicago, IL 60612
Tel: (312)996-6590 Fax: (312)996-7770
E-mail: josepuli@uic.edu

Byron Tabbut, MD Background Publications
Wheaton Eye Clinic
2015 N. Main St.
Wheaton, Il. 60187
Tel: (630)-668-8250

Howard H. Tessler, MD Background Publications
University of Illinois at Chicago Eye Center Website
48 W. Greenleaf Avenue
Gurnee, IL 60031
Tel: (847)662-4016 Fax: (847)662-6982
E-mail: howatess@uic.edu

Indiana

Daniel H. Spitzburg, MD, FACS Background Publications
200 West 103rd Street
Suite 2200
Indianapolis, IN 46290
Tel: (317)274-4416 or 877-224-8393

Kansas

Gurinder Singh, MD Background Publications
155 S. 18^th Street, Suite 220
Kansas City, KS 66102
Tel: 913-321-7327

Kentucky

Henry J. Kaplan, MD Background Publications Research
Evans Professor of Ophthalmology
Chairman, Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
Director, Kentucky Lions Eye Center
University of Louisville website
301 E. Muhammad Ali Blvd.
Louisville, KY 40202
Tel: (502)852-3716 Fax: (502)852-4595
E-mail: hank.Kaplan@louisville.edu

Louisiana

Rudolph M. Franklin, MD Background Publications
Retinal Diseases and Uveitis
3535 Bienville Ave., Suite W380
New Orleans, LA 70119
Tel: (504)486-5353 Fax: (504)486-5351

Maryland

Esen K. Akpek, MD Background Publications
Wilmer Eye Institute Website
Johns Hopkins Hospital
600 N. Wolfe St.
Maumenne Building #327
Baltimore, MD 21205
Tel: (410)955-5490 Fax: (410)614-2816
E-mail: esakpek@jhmi.edu

John C. Baer, MD Background Publications
928 Rolandvue Road
Baltimore, MD 21204
Tel: (410)339-7571 Fax: (410)281-9388

Chi-Chao Chan, MD Background Publications
National Eye Institute, NIH Website
Bldg. 10, Rm. 10N103
10 Center Drive, MSC 1858
Bethesda, MD 20892-1857
Tel: (301)496-0417 Fax: (301)402-8664

James P. Dunn, MD Background Publications
Ocular Immunology Service
The Wilmer Eye Institute Website
The Johns Hopkins Institute
550 N. Broadway, #700
Baltimore, MD 21205
Tel: (410)955-1966 Fax: (410)955-0629

Ramzi K. Hemady, MD Background Publications
Professor of Ophthalmology
University of Maryland School of Medicine Website
419 W. Redwood St, Suite 420
Baltimore, MD 21201
Tel: (410)328-5933 Fax: (410)328-6346
E-mail: rhemady@aol.com

David L. Knox, MD Background Publications
The Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute Website
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, MD 21287-9013
Tel: (410)955-5750 Fax: (410)614-9240

Douglas A. Jabs, MD Background Publications
Division of Ocular Immunology
The Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute Website
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Maumenee Building, Room 119
600 North Wolfe St.
Baltimore, MD 21287
Tel: (410)955-2966 Fax: (410)955-2924

Quan D. Nguyen, MD Background Publications Research
The Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute Website
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Maumenee 708
600 North Wolfe Street
Baltimore, MD 21287
Tel: (410)955-2160 (410)614-6995
E-mail: qnguyen4@jhmi.edu

Robert Nussenblatt, MD Background Publications Research Textbooks
Scientific Director
National Eye Institute, NIH Website
Bldg. 10, Room 10N202
10 Center Drive
Bethesda, MD 20892
Tel: (301)496-3123 Fax: (301)402-0485
E-mail: DrBob@nei.nih.gov

Alan G. Palestine, MD Background Publications
6410 Rockledge Drive
Bethesda, MD 20817
Tel: (301)530-5200

Janine A. Smith, MD Background Publications
Deputy Clinical Director, NEI
National Eye Institute, NIH Website
Bldg. 10, Rm. 10N227
10 Center Drive, MSC 1863
Bethesda, MD 20892-1863
Tel: (301)496-9058 Fax: (301)496-7295
E-mail: smithj@nei.nih.gov

Massachusetts

M. Reza Dana, MD, MPH Background Publications
Cornea Service, Mass. Eye & Ear Infirmary
Harvard Medical School, Associate Professor
243 Charles Street
Boston MA 02114
TEL: 617-573-3938 (appts)
617-573-6345 (surgery)
617-573-4300 (fax)
Email: dana@vision.eri.harvard.edu

C. Stephen Foster, MD, FACS Background Publications Research Clinical Trials
Founder and President, Massachusetts Eye Research and Surgery Institute (MERSI)
Founder and CEO, Immunology and Uveitis Foundation
Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School
5 Cambridge Center, 8th floor
Canbridge, MA 02142
Tel: (617)621-6377 Fax:(617)494-1430
E-mail: fosters@uveitis.org Website Support Group

Michael Raizman, MD Background Publications
Ophthalmic Consultants of Boston
50 Staniford St., 7^th floor
Boston, MA 02114
Tel: (617)314-2605 E-mail: mbraizman@eyeboston.com

Sarkis Soukiasian, MD Background Publications
Lahey Clinic Website
41 Mall Road
Peabody, MA 01803-4136

Eye Institute
1 Essex Center Drive
Burlington, MA 01803 Peabody, MA 01960
Lahey Clinic North
Tel: (978)538-4430 Fax: (978)583-4724
E-mail: s.soukiasian@lahey.org

Helen K. Wu, MD Background Publications
Tufts University
New England Medical Center
750 Washington Street, Box 450
Boston, MA 02111
Tel: (617)636-5784 Fax: (617)636-4866

Michigan

Mark W. Johnson, MD Background Publications
University of Michigan
WK Kellogg Eye Center Website
1000 Wall Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Tel: (313)936-7760 Fax: (313)936-2340
E-mail: markwj@umich.edu

Patrick L. Murphy, MD Background Publications
28800 Ryan Road
Suite 100
Warren, MI 48092
Tel: (810)573-0248 Fax: (810)573-0979

Minnesota

Albert O. Edwards, MD, PhD Background Publications
Macular DiseasesRetina and Vitreous Surgery
Department of Ophthalmology, Mayo Clinic
200 First Street, SW
Rochester, MN 55905
Admin phone: (507) 284-2787 Admin fax: (507) 284-4612
Appointment phone: (507) 284-3497 website

Richard L. Manka, MD Background Publications
Hennepin County Medical Center
Ophthalmology 824B
701 Park Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55415
Tel: (612)347-6085 Fax: (612)904-4278

Missouri

Levent Akduman, MD Background Publications
The Retina Center
11710 Old Ballas Road
Suite 102
St. Louis, MO 6314
Tel: (314) 577-8262 Fax: (314) 771-0596

Gregory M. Fox, MD Background Publications
4321 Washington St., Suite 6000
Kansas City, MO 64111
Tel: (816)931-4733 Fax: (816)931-9498

William A. Godfrey, MD Background Publications
4321 Washington St., Suite 6000
Kansas City, MO 64111
Tel: (816)931-4733 Fax: (816)931-9498

Joseph Tauber, MD Background Publications
4400 Broadway, Suite 202
Kansas City, MO 64111
Tel: (816)531-9100 Fax: (816)531-9105
E-mail: jt@taubereye.com

Nebraska

New Jersey

David S. Chu, MD
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
90 Bergin St. Suite 6100
Newark NJ 07103-2499
Tel: (973)972-2065 E-mail: chuda@umdnj.edu

New York

Alan H. Friedman, MD Background Publication
Mt. Sinai Medical Center
Department of Ophthalmology, Box 1183
One Gustave L. Levy Place
New York, NY 11029-6574
Tel: (212)794-2277 Fax: (212)289-5954
E-mail: alan.friedman@mssm.edu

Ronald Gentile, MD Background Publications
The New York Eye and Ear Infirmary
310 East 14^th Street
New York, NY 10003
Tel: (212)979-4120 Fax: (212)979-4268
E-mail: rgentile@nyee.edu

C. Michael Samson, MD Background Publications
Co-Director, Uveitis Service
The New York Eye and Ear Infirmary
310 East 14^th Street
New York, NY 10003
Tel: (212) 979-4515 Fax: (212) 979-4512

Jeffery L. Willig, MD Background Publications
4 Burke Lane
Syosset, NY 11791
Tel: (516)921-1155 Fax: (516)921-1389

Jean Yang, MD Background Publications
220 Mineola Blvd.
Mineola, NY 11501
Tel: (516)873-0200

North Carolina

Glenn Jaffe, MD Background Publications
Duke University Eye Center
Box 3802
Durham, NC 27710
Tel: (919)684-4458 Fax: (919)681-6474

Kashyap Kansupada, MD Background Publications
Charlotte Eye, Ear, Nose & Throat Association
209 Park Street, Suite 600
Belmont, NC 28012
Tel: (704)825-3388 Fax: (704)825-3550

Ohio

Adam H. Kaufman, MD Background Publications
University of Cincinnati
University Medical Building
222 Piedmont Ave., Suite 1700
Cincinnati, OH 45219
Tel: (513)475-7295 Fax: (513)475-7369

Dino Klisovic, MD Background Publications
Midwest Retina
500 East Main St.
Columbus, OH 43215
tel. (614)233-9500 fax. (614)233-9501

Careen Y. Lowder, MD, PhD Background Publications
Cole Eye Institute Website
The Cleveland Clinic
9500 Euclid Avenue, A31
Cleveland, OH 44195-5024
Tel: (216)444-3642 Fax: (216)445-3598

E. Mitchel Opremcak, MD Background Publications Textbook
The Retina Group
340 East Towne Street, Suite 7-150
Columbus, OH 43215
Tel: (614)464-3937

Lawrence J. Singerman, MD Background Publications
3401 Enterprise Parkway, Suite 300
Beachwood, OH 44122
Tel: (216)831-5700 Fax: (216)831-1959

Oregon

Eric B. Suhler, MD, MPH
Chief of Ophthalmology, Portland VA Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology and Co-Director, Uveitis Clinic
Casey Eye Institute
Oregon Health & Science University
3375 SW Terwilliger Blvd.
Portland, Oregon 97239
Web: www.ohsucasey.com/provider/name.asp Email
Tel: 503 494 5023 fax: 503 494 6875

Justine R. Smith, MBBS, PhD
Associate Professor of Ophthalmolog
Casey Eye Institute
Oregon Health & Science University
3375 SW Terwilliger Blvd.
Portland, Oregon 97239
Tel: 503 494 5023 fax: 503 494 6875

James T. Rosenbaum, MD
Professor of Ophthalmology and Medicine
Casey Eye Institute
Oregon Health & Science University
3375 SW Terwilliger Blvd.
Portland, Oregon 97239
Tel: 503 494 5023 fax: 503 494 6875

Pennsylvania

Alexander J. Brucker, MD Background Publications
Scheie Eye Institute
51 North 39^th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Tel: (215)662-8675 Fax: (215)662-0133

David H. Fisher, MD Background Publications
Lankenau Medical Building East
100 Lancaster AvenueSuite 256
Wynnewood, PA 19106
Tel: (610)649-1970 Fax: (610)649-8624

John H. Kempen, MD, PhD Publications
Director, Ophthalmic Epidemiology,Center for Preventive Ophthalmology and Biostatistics
Director, Ocular Inflammation Service
Department of Ophthalmology/Scheie Eye Institute
School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania

Clinic office:
51 North 39th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
(215) 662 8100 (appointments)
(215) 662 8155 (other clinical correspondence)
(215) 243 4696 (fax)
email

South Carolina

V. Al Pakalnis, MD Background Publications
University of South Carolina School of Medicine
Department of Ophthalmology
4 Richland Medical Park, #300
Columbia, SC 29203
Tel: (803)434-7064 Fax: (803)434-2387

Tennessee

R. Christopher Walton, MD Background Publications
Department of Ophthalmology
University of Tennessee College of Medicine
956 Court Ave., Room D228
Memphis, TN 38163
Tel: (901)448-5883 Fax: (901)448-1299

Texas

David Callanan, MD Background Publications
Texas Retina Associates
1001 N. Waldrop Dr., #512
Arlington, TX 76012
Tel: (817)261-9625

James G. Kalpaxis, MD Background Publications
4005 Spicewood Springs Road
Suite C600
Austin, TX 78759
Tel: (512)346-6421 Fax: (512)346-6423

Richard Alan Lewis, MD, MS Background Publications
Professor, Dept of Ophthalmology, Medicine, Pediatrics, Molecular and Human Genetics
Cullen Eye Institute Website, Baylor College of Medicine
One Baylor Place, NC-206
Houston, TX 77030
Tel: (713)798-3030 Fax: (713)798-3042
Medical Retina – interests in Posterior Retinal and Uveal Diseases and Genetic and Hereditary Eye Disorders

Sunil S. Patel, MD, PhD Background Publications
950 N. 19^th, Suite 200
Abilene, TX 79602
Tel: (915)673-9806 Fax: (915)673-9809
E-mail: sunilpatel@hotmail.com
1-800-810-7411

Utah

Albert T. Vitale, MD Background Publications Textbook
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
Chief, Uveitis Service
John A. Moran Eye Center
University of Utah Health Sciences Center
50 N. Medical Drive
Salt Lake City, UT 84132
Tel: (801)581-6586 Fax: (801)581-3357

Virginia

David J. Forster, MD Background Publications
Northern Virginia Ophthalmology Associates
6231 Leesburg Pike, #608
Falls Church, VA 22044
Tel: (703)534-3900

John D. Sheppard, Jr, MD Background Publications
Eastern Virginia Medical School
700 W. Olney Road
Norfolk, VA 23507
Tel: (757)622-2200

Washington

Roger K. George, MD Background Publications
Director, Uveitis Service
Department of Ophthalmology
Madigan Army Medical Center
Tacoma, WA 98431
Tel: (253)968-1760
Only patients eligible for care at a military facility may be seen.

Walter M. Rotkis, MD Background Publications
Diseases of the Cornea and External Eye
Arnold Medical Pavilion
1221 Madison South
Suite 1420 Building !-224
Seattle, WA 98104
Tel: (206)386-2516 Fax: (206)386-2515

Allenmore Medical Center
19th and Unions Streets
Tacoma, WA 98411
Tel: (253) 596-5157 | (800) 424-6210

Wisconsin

Neal P. Barney, MD Background Publications
University of Wisconsin
Department of Ophthalmology
600 Highland Avenue
Madison, WI 53792
Tel: (608)263-7681 Fax: (608)263-7694
E-mail: npbarney@facstaff.wisc.edu