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Ayyagari, Radha Ph.D.
Bartsch, Dirk- Uwe PhD

Bowd, Christoper PhD
Brody, Barbara MPH
Brown, Stuart I. MD
Cheng, Lingyun MD

Ferreyra, Henry A. MD
Freeman, William R. MD
Goldbaum, Michael H. MD
Granet, David B. MD
Haw, Weldon, M.D.
Heichel, Chris M.D.
Kikkawa, Don O. MD

Korn, Bobby S. M.D., Ph.D.
Levi, Leah MD
Lindsey, James D
Liu, John H K PhD
Medeiros, Felipe MD PhD
Nguyen, Thao MD
Robbins, Shira MD
Sample, Pamela A. PhD
Schanzlin, David J. MD
Silva, Gabriel A. MSc PhD
Weinreb, Robert N. MD
Zangwill, Linda PhD

 


Felipe Medeiros, M.D. Ph.D.

Associate Professor
 

Felipe A. Medeiros, M.D., Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology in the UCSD Department of Ophthalmology. He specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of all forms of glaucoma. He was educated at the University of Sao Paulo, and completed a two-year fellowship in glaucoma at UCSD. Dr. Medeiros has published over 80 peer-reviewed publications in major Ophthalmology journals and 3 books on the evaluation of the optic nerve, visual field and intraocular pressure in glaucoma. He is also the recipient of numerous awards in Ophthalmology, including the American Glaucoma Society Clinician Scientist Award. Dr. Medeiros also has been appointment as Medical Director of Clinical Research at the Hamilton Glaucoma Center. He has developed a risk calculator that estimates the risk of glaucoma in patients with ocular hypertension. In addition to his interest in risk assessment, Dr. Medeiros has longstanding clinical research interests in glaucoma diagnosis and monitoring.

Dr. Medeiros has lectured throughout the world. He was selected in July 2005 as one of only eight glaucomatologists to present at the “Future of Glaucoma” Symposium during the World Glaucoma Congress in Vienna, Austria. Dr. Medeiros is a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, Association of Research in Vision and Ophthalmology and an associate member of the Advisory Board of the World Glaucoma Association. He is also a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Glaucoma and International Glaucoma Review.