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Michael Cusick, MD, MHSA<\/a>
Assistant Professor
Physician Patient Safety & Quality Officer<\/p><\/div>\n

Assistant Professor
\nPhysician Patient Safety & Quality Officer<\/h2>\n

Clinical Specialty:<\/h4>\n

Vitreo-Retinal Disease<\/p>\n

To Make an Appointment: 434-924-5485<\/p>\n

Certifications:<\/h4>\n

American Board of Ophthalmology<\/p>\n

Fellowship:<\/h4>\n

Duke University Eye Center, Durham, NC
\nVitreoretinal Surgery & Medical Retina Fellow, 2010<\/p>\n

Residency:<\/h4>\n

Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
\nOphthalmology, 2008<\/p>\n

Internship:<\/h4>\n

Lehigh Valley Hospital, Allentown, PA
\nMedical Internship, 2005<\/p>\n

Education:<\/h4>\n

Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC
\nMS, Health Systems Administration, 2020<\/p>\n

Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC
\nMD, 2004<\/p>\n

Georgetown University College, Washington, DC
\nBS, Biochemistry, 1999<\/p>\n

Academic Appointments:<\/h4>\n

University of Virginia School of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, Charlottesville, VA
\nAssistant Professor, 2020 – Present<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Assistant Professor Physician Patient Safety & Quality Officer Clinical Specialty: Vitreo-Retinal Disease To Make an Appointment: 434-924-5485 Certifications: American Board of Ophthalmology Fellowship: Duke University Eye Center, Durham, NC Vitreoretinal Surgery & Medical Retina Fellow, 2010 Residency: Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD Ophthalmology, 2008 Internship: Lehigh Valley Hospital, Allentown, PA Medical Internship, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":275,"featured_media":0,"parent":2666,"menu_order":55,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2287","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nMichael Cusick, MD, MHSA - Ophthalmology<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/ophthalmology\/faculty\/michael-cusick-md\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Michael Cusick, MD, MHSA - 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