Faculty
The Department of Ophthalmology serves as the ophthalmic referral center for central and western Virginia and for parts of West Virginia, North Carolina, and Tennessee. Our world class faculty offer Comprehensive Ophthalmology care as well as the following sub-specialties: Cataract, Cornea & Anterior Segment, Glaucoma, Neuro-Ophthalmology, Optometry & Contact Lens, Refractive Surgery, and Vitreo-Retinal Disease & Surgery.
Clinical Faculty
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Laura D. Cook, MD
Associate Professor, Medical Student Director
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Nancy F. Vilar, MD/PhD
Assistant Professor, Justice, Equity, Diversity, & Inclusive Strategist
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Michael A. Krause, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
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Tara W. McGehee, MD
Assistant Professor & Residency Program Director
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Peter A. Netland, MD, PhD
Vernah Scott Moyston Professor & Chair, Glaucoma Fellowship Program Director
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Marc G. Odrich, MD
Associate Professor
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Leslie A. Olsakovsky, MD
Associate Professor & Vice Chair of Clinical Affairs, Medical Director Northridge Eye Clinic
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Bruce E. Prum Jr., MD
Professor
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Tara W. McGehee, MD
Assistant Professor & Residency Program Director
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Leslie A. Olsakovsky, MD
Associate Professor & Vice Chair of Clinical Affairs, Medical Director Northridge Eye Clinic
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Arjun Dirghangi, MD
Assistant Professor
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Michael A. Krause, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
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Peter A. Netland, MD, PhD
Vernah Scott Moyston Professor & Chair, Glaucoma Fellowship Program Director
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Bruce E. Prum Jr., MD
Professor
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Arthi G. Venkat, MD, MS
Assistant Professor
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Nancy F. Vilar, MD/PhD
Assistant Professor, Justice, Equity, Diversity, & Inclusive Strategist
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Chelsea R. Johnson, OD
Assistant Professor
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Evan J. Kaufman, OD, FAAO
Associate Professor, Director of Optometric Services, Diplomate to the American Board of Optometry
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Marc G. Odrich, MD
Associate Professor
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Michael Cusick, MD, MHSA
Assistant Professor
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Paul A. Yates, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Retina Fellowship Program Co-director
Research Faculty
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Jayakrishna Ambati, MD
DuPont Guerry, III, Professor of Ophthalmology, Vice Chair for Research, Founding Director of Center for Advanced Vision Science
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Brad D. Gelfand, PhD
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
& Center for Advanced
Vision Science
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Shao-bin Wang, PhD
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology & Center for Advanced Vision Science
Additional Faculty
Silvia S. Blemker, PhD (Biomedical Engineering)
Jianhua Cang, PhD (Neuroscience)
Daniel J. Cox, PhD ABPP (Psychiatric Medicine)
Noelle D. Dwyer, PhD (Cell Biology)
Todd E. Fox, PhD (Pharmacology)
Robert M. Grainger, PhD (Biology)
Lian-Wang Guo, PhD (Surgery)
Mark Kester, PhD (Pharmacology)
Donald L. Kimpel, MD, MA (Medicine)
Gordon W. Laurie, PhD (Cell Biology)
Xiaorong Liu, PhD (Biology)
Shayn Peirce-Cottler, PhD (Biomedical Engineering)
Ignacio Provencio, PhD (Biology)
Damien M. Luviano, MD, FACS (Comprehensive)
John Wood, MD (Comprehensive & Cataract Surgery)
Timothy R. Byrnes, MD (Vitreo-retinal Disease)
David G. Harper, MD (Neuro-ophthalmology)
Craig D. Hartranft, MD (Vitreo-retinal Disease)
John L. Hines, MD (Vitreo-retinal Disease)
Nicholas A. Ramey, MD (Oculoplastics & Orbital Disease)
George W. Riddick, Jr., MD (Comprehensive)
William M. Thompson, MD (Comprehensive)
Jennifer Davis, OD (Contact Lens)
Nicola G. Ghazi, MD (Vitreo-retinal Disease)
David, M. Harman, MD (Comprehensive)
Andrew Holzman, MD (Refractive)
Binoy R. Jani, MD (Cornea & Refractive Surgery)
David Khorram, MD (Comprehensive)
Todd J. Long, MD (Comprehensive)
Mohit Nanda, MD (Vitreo-retinal)
G. Peyton Netrour, MD (Refractive)
Rachna D. Patel, MD (Cornea & External Disease)
L. Edward Perraut, MD (Refractive Surgery)
Stephen Record, OD (Contact Lens & Low Vision)
Marc Shields, MD (Oculopastics & Orbital Disease)
Eric D. Weber, MD (Neuro-ophthalmology)