Iowa Eye Association News Oct. 2004. Series 2, no. 39.

University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

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Appointments and Promotions

Michael D. Abràmoff, M.D., Ph.D., has been appointed Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology effective in July 2004. Dr. Abràmoff specializes in Ophthalmic Imaging Research. For the past year he has been working as a visiting fellow with Dr. Randy Kardon and Dr. Young Kwon on optical functional imaging of the retina. Dr. Abràmoff received his Medical degree from the University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, from which he also received his Master of Science in Biomedical Computer Science. He also has a Ph.D. in imaging from the University of Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands. His research interests include the functional imaging of the retina, diabetic retinopathy, telediagnosis of retinal disease, computer aided diagnosis of retinal disease, and the effectiveness of computer retinal imaging on the diagnosis and treatment of diabetic retinopathy.

Randy H. Kardon, M.D., Ph.D., was promoted to Professor effective July 1, 2004. Dr. Kardon graduated from the University of Iowa College of Medicine in 1982 with an M.D. and a Ph.D. in Pharmacology. He completed his residency at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in 1987 and did a two year Neuro-ophthalmology Fellowship under Dr. H. Stanley Thompson also at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in 1988 and 89. He became an Assistant Professor in the Department of Ophthalmology in July 1989 and was promoted to Associate Professor in 1994. He is currently Director of the Neuro-ophthalmology Service. Dr. Kardon has been a staff ophthalmologist, Surgery Division at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Iowa City since 1989. He was a Research Associate, Career Development Award, Veterans Administration Medical Center in Iowa City from 1990-1999. Dr. Kardon has published over 100 articles in the scientific literature.

Andrew G. Lee, M.D., was promoted to Professor on July 1, 2004. Dr. Lee received his undergraduate degree and M.D. degrees from the University of Virginia. He completed his ophthalmology residency and was chief resident at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas in 1993. Dr. Lee completed a fellowship in neuro-ophthalmology at the Wilmer Eye Institute and was a post-doctoral Fight for Sight fellow at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, from 1993-1994. He was formerly an Associate Professor at Baylor College of Medicine and Adjunct Associate Professor at the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston from 1994-2000. He has published over 200 scientific articles and has authored two textbooks in ophthalmology. He is on the editorial board of five journals including the American Journal of Ophthalmology. He received the American Academy of Ophthalmology Achievement Award and the AAO Secretariat Award.