All faculty members in the department are full-time members of the Department of Ophthalmology. The care of patients by the Vitreoretinal fellows and residents is completely under the supervision of these staff members. No diagnosis is made or a surgical procedure planned or performed without their knowledge and direct supervision.
Elaine Binkley MD
Fellowship Director
Assistant Professor
Clinical Interests:
- Posterior segment tumors
- Complex retinal detachments
- Medical and surgical retina
Research interests:
- Choroidal melanoma
- Radiation retinopathy
- Prognostication in uveal melanoma
- Von Hippel-Lindau Disease
Training:
- Ophthalmology residency, Havener Eye Institute
- Fellowship, Vitreoretinal Surgery, University of Iowa
- Fellowship, Clinical and Molecular Retina Research (Ocular Oncology) University of Iowa
- Fellowship, Visiting scholar in Ocular Oncology, Cole Eye Institute
H. Culver Boldt MD
Fellowship Co-Director
Professor
Clinical Interests:
- Ocular oncology
- Proliferative vitreoretinopathy
- Medical and surgical retina ocular echography
Research interests:
- Choroidal melanoma
- Radiation retinopathy
- Complex retinal detachment
- Ocular trauma
Training:
- Ophthalmology Residency, University of Iowa
- Fellowship, Ocular echography, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
- Fellowship, Medical retina, Wilmer Eye Institute
- Fellowship, Vitreoretinal Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin
Timothy Boyce, MD
Assistant Professor
Clinical interests:
- Posterior uveitis
- Inherited eye disease
- Medical and surgical retina
Research interests:
- Posterior uveitis
- Inherited eye disease
- Autoimmune retinopathy
Training:
- Ophthalmology Residency, Casey Eye Institute
- Fellowship, Vitreoretinal Surgery, University of Iowa
Karen Gehrs MD
Clinical Professor
Clinical interests:
- Medical and surgical retinal
- Macular hole repair
- Complex retinal repair
- Diabetic retinopathy
Research interests:
- Retinal detachment repair
- Age-related macular degeneration
Training:
- Ophthalmology Residency, Duke University
- Fellowship, Chief Resident, Duke University
- Fellowship, Vitreoretinal Surgery, Duke University
Dr. Gehrs will be retiring August 2023.
Ian Han MD
Service Director
Associate Professor
Clinical interests:
- Medical and surgical retina
- Inherited eye disease
Research interests:
- Advanced retinal imaging
- Computational/imaging-based disease modeling
- Inherited eye disease
- Translational (cell/animal) models
- Clinical trials
Training:
- Ophthalmology Residency, Wilmer Eye Institute
- Fellowship, Vitreoretinal Surgery, Wilmer Eye Institute; Assistant Chief of Service, Wilmer Eye Institute
Jonathan Russell, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Clinical interests:
- Medical and surgical retina
- Pediatric vitreoretinal surgery
- Ocular trauma
- Inherited eye disease
- Diabetic retinopathy
Research interests:
- Diabetic retinopathy
- Ocular trauma
- Inherited eye disease
- Pediatric retina
Training:
- Ophthalmology Residency, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
- Fellowship,Vitreoretinal Surgery, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
- Fellowship, Chief Resident, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
Stephen (Steve) Russell, MD
Professor
Clinical interests:
- Medical and surgical retina
- Retinal vascular disease
- Inherited eye disease
Research interests:
- Inherited eye disease
- Retinal detachment
- Age-related macular degeneration
Training:
- Ophthalmology Residency, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
- Fellowship, Retinal vascular disease, University of Iowa (Dr. Sohan Hayreh)
- Fellowship, Vitreoretinal surgery, University of Iowa
Elliott Sohn MD
Associate Professor
Clinical interests:
- Medical and surgical retina
- Inherited eye disease
- Complex macular hole and retinal detachment repair
Research interests:
- Inherited eye disease
- Age-related macular degeneration
- Diabetic neuroretinal degeneration
- Pentosan maculopathy
- Complex macular holes and retinal detachment repair
Training:
- Ophthalmology Residency, University of Washington
- Fellowship, Medical retina, Moorfield’s Eye Hospital
- Fellowship, Vitreoretinal surgery, University of Southern California / Doheny Eye Institute
Edwin Stone, MD, PhD
Professor
Director of Institute for Vision Research
Clinical interests:
- Inherited eye disease
Research interests:
- Inherited eye disease
Training:
- Ophthalmology Residency, University of Iowa
- Fellowship, Vitreoretinal surgery, University of Iowa
RESEARCH FACULTY
Michael Abramoff MD, PhD
Professor
Clinical interests:
- Diabetic retinopathy
- Medical retina (staffs Iowa City VA medical retina clinic)
Research interests:
- Artificial intelligence in ophthalmology
- Ophthalmic imaging
- Diabetic retinopathy
Training:
- Ophthalmology Residency, University of Utrecht (Netherlands)
- Ophthalmology Fellowship, Medical retina, Vije Universiteit Hospital (Netherlands)
- Ophthalmology Fellowship, University of Iowa (research)
Todd Scheetz, PhD
Professor
Research interests:
- Bioinformatics
- Inherited eye disease
Training:
- PhD, Genetics, University of Iowa
Budd Tucker, PhD
Professor
Research interests:
- Inherited eye disease
- Stem cell biology
Training:
- PhD, Neuroscience, Memorial University Newfoundland
- Post-doctoral fellowship, Harvard Medical School
Robert Mullins, PhD
Professor
Research interests:
- Age-related macular degeneration
- Inherited eye disease
Training:
- PhD, Cell and molecular biology, St. Louis University
- Post-doctoral Fellowship, University of Iowa