Robert N. Weinreb, MD

Robert N. Weinreb, M.D. is the Chairman and Distinguished Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of California, San Diego as well as Director of the Shiley Eye Institute and the Director of the Hamilton Glaucoma Center. He also holds the Morris Gleich MD Chair of Glaucoma and is appointed as Distinguished Professor of Bioengineering. Dr. Weinreb graduated from Harvard Medical School and completed his residency and fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco.

Dr. Weinreb is a clinician, a surgeon and a scientist. He oversees all clinical activities at the Shiley Eye Institute and within the Department of Ophthalmology. As the Director of the Hamilton Glaucoma Center, Dr. Weinreb also oversees a world-renowned team of scientists and staff dedicated to glaucoma. Patients from throughout the world seek his medical and surgical expertise.

Dr. Weinreb’s clinical and research interests are diverse and range from the front of the eye to the back of the eye. They include glaucoma surgery, optic neuropathy and aging of the eye, imaging of the optic disc and retinal nerve fiber layer, mechanisms of optic nerve damage in glaucoma, neuroprotection of glaucoma, and cataract surgery.

Dr. Weinreb has delivered more than 140 named lectures and serves on numerous Editorial Boards, including Journal of Glaucoma (Co-Editor), International Glaucoma Review (Chief Editor) and Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science. He has trained more than 150 post-doctoral Fellows in Glaucoma, including 21 department Chairs and many others who hold distinguished academic positions in the United States and throughout the world.

His H-impact factor in July 2022 was 138, the highest in world Glaucoma. He also has been cited for several consecutive years by Expertscape as the #1 expert in world glaucoma. Dr. Weinreb has been cited in every edition of Woodward/White, The Best Doctors in America and is an elected member of the prestigious American Ophthalmological Society.

Andrew Camp, MD

Glaucoma training at UCSD introduced me to a broad array of surgical management options for glaucoma as well as continued to build on my foundation of standard glaucoma and cataract procedures. I was also introduced to a great team of researchers with a diverse range of interests and expertise. I had great support for pursuing my research interests as well as the opportunity to be involved in cutting edge projects and clinical trials. This excellent clinical and research training allowed me to quickly take on a full clinical schedule and hone my own research interests upon taking a faculty position.

Biography

Andrew Camp, M.D., is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology at the Shiley Eye Institute. Dr. Camp earned a dual Bachelor of Arts in Biochemistry/Molecular Biology and Psychology from Boston University. He obtained his medical degree from the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. Dr. Camp completed an Ophthalmology residency at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute and Glaucoma fellowship at the University of California, San Diego. Dr. Camp's clinical focus is the medical and surgical management of adult and childhood glaucoma. He is actively engaged in clinical research and has presented his work at national conferences, published peer-reviewed articles, and participates in clinical trials of therapeutic drugs and devices. Dr. Camp's research interests include the development of novel intraocular pressure measurement devices, personalized glaucoma treatment regimens, national and international eye health in underserved populations, and anterior and posterior glaucoma imaging techniques.

Jiun Do, MD, PhD

The glaucoma fellowship at the Shiley Eye Institute meant becoming part of a group that was deeply invested in my wellbeing and success. The fellowship has been monumental in shaping my career. It prepared me to succeed in any type of career environment and delivered unparalleled opportunities to hone my clinical knowledge and surgical skills, including all forms of traditional techniques as well as minimally invasive glaucoma surgeries. Most importantly, I established lifelong mentorships that continue to be invaluable resources and joined a family of glaucoma specialist who are world experts and leaders. The support that I received from this family has allowed me to pursue my career goals and provided opportunities to grow as a clinician-scientist. I would recommend this fellowship to anyone looking for phenomenal training and an exceptional future as a glaucoma specialist.

Biography

Dr. Jiun Do is an Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at the Viterbi Family Department of Ophthalmology and Shiley Eye Institute. He earned his M.D. and Ph.D. in Neurosciences from the University of California San Diego. Dr. Do completed his ophthalmology residency at the University of Southern California Roski Eye Institute and his glaucoma fellowship at the University of California San Diego Shiley Eye Institute and the Hamilton Glaucoma Center. Following fellowship, he joined the faculty at the Shiley Eye Institute as a clinician-scientist. Dr. Do is supported by the NIH support to develop stem cell-based methods to regenerate the optic nerve and restore vision. He is also engaged in clinical research and clinical trials in the management of glaucoma.

Sasan Moghimi, MD

What I took away from my glaucoma fellowship.

Dr. Moghimi completed a residency in ophthalmology at Farabi Eye Hospital, and subsequently served as Professor and Vice-Chair. He completed fellowships in glaucoma at UC Los Angeles, and UC San Francisco. Dr. Moghimi has an active clinical practice managing adult glaucoma patients and complex cataract surgeries. Dr. Moghimi’s clinical focus is glaucoma including angle closure glaucoma. He is also running myopia and glaucoma clinic with complex diagnostic and management cases.

Dr. Moghimi’s research focuses on functional and structural measurements for optimizing diagnosis of glaucoma or its progression with a focus in advance glaucoma, use of artificial intelligence approaches in glaucoma diagnostics, and study of angle closure disease. He has been the recipient of many awards including the UC Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program, and NIH R01 awards. Dr. Moghimi is a clinician-scientist who continues to teach and publish extensively. He has several educational awards including outstanding Clinical Teaching Award. He has co-authored over 200 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters related to glaucoma and vision science. He is an editorial board member of many ophthalmology journals including Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science and, International Glaucoma Review. My philosophy has been developed through 15 years of teaching residents and glaucoma fellows, and through my role as vice-chair for education early in my career. It’s very simple, as a clinical teacher you learn more from fellows and residents when you teach. I believe careful observation, reading, and creative thinking during practice are the keys to fast learning of the producers. I am rewarded by seeing our fellows bloom into the best glaucoma surgeons in the nation.

Alex A. Huang, MD, PhD

What I took away from my glaucoma fellowship.

Glaucoma fellowship is the most critical of “next steps” in our careers. In residency, we make life-long relationships, but we also all move in different directions in terms of clinical interest, scholarly pursuits, and personal life. Glaucoma fellowship builds a different kind of family. We are forever linked, not simply based on past shared experiences, but moving in the future: the next challenging glaucoma clinical case, glaucoma research question, or professional advancement hurdle. Personally, I am a former glaucoma fellow at UCSD, and I am forever grateful to have joined a huge family of glaucoma clinicians, researchers, and leaders throughout the world. This family has not only supported me in my education and career growth, but I also know that I am only one family call away from a true world’s expert for any glaucoma question in the future.

Biography

Dr. Alex Huang is the newest member of the glaucoma division at the Viterbi Family Department of Ophthalmology and Shiley Eye Institute. He completed his MD/PHD at The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, his ophthalmology residence at the then Doheny Eye Institute and University of Southern California. Dr. Huang is a former UCSD glaucoma fellow. After fellowship, he became one of the founding members of the Doheny Eye Institute and UCLA affiliation where he also served as the Director of Ophthalmology at the City of Hope Cancer Center. Today, Dr. Huang is a clinician-scientist supported by the NIH and NASA where he studies fluid flow in around the eye for intraocular pressure regulation as well as optic disc edema of astronauts on the International Space Station.