UT Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine

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Academic Faculty

Professors
Barrett G. Haik, MD, FACS (Chair)
Edward Chaum, MD, PhD
Richard D. Drewry, Jr., MD, FACS
*
James. C. Fleming, MD, FACS
Eldon E. Geisert, Jr., PhD
Ralph S. Hamilton, MD
Roger L. Hiatt, Sr., MD
*
Dianna A. Johnson, PhD
Natalie C. Kerr, MD, FACS
R. Christopher Walton, MD, MHA
Matthew W. Wilson, MD, FACS

Associate Professors
Alessandro Iannaccone, MD, MS
Monica M. Jablonski, PhD
William R. Morris, MD
Jena J. Steinle, PhD

Assistant Professors
Mary Ellen Hoehn, MD
Elliott M. Kanner, MD, PhD
Thomas O'Donnell, MD
Andreea E. Partal, MD
Kathryn L. Reed, MD
Tonia S. Rex, PhD
Sarwat Salim, MD, FACS

Instructors
John M. Freeman, MD
Brendan P. Girschek, MD
Heather Hancock, MD
Maria Kirzhner, MD

Scott D. Lawrence, MD
Alan E. Oester, MD

Yevgeniy (Eugene) Shildkrot, MD

* Professor Emeritus


Clinical Faculty

Professors
Steven Charles, MD
Jerre M. Freeman, MD
Thomas C. Gettelfinger, MD
Ivan Marais, MD
Spencer Thornton, MD
Audrey W. Tuberville, MD
Ralph Wesley, MD
Thomas O. Wood, MD

Associate Professors
Howard L. Beale, MD
Brian S. Biesman, MD
Ernesto Calvo, MD
Michael A. Dyer, PhD
Fletcher Goode, MD
Andrew Lawton, MD
Peter A.D. Rubin, MD, FACS
Richard E. Sievers, MD
Ming Wang, MD, PhD

Assistant Professors
Kathryn W. Byrd, MD
Jorge I. Calzada, MD
Thomas A. Currey, MD
Roger L. Deshaies, MD
James Freeman, MD
Lawrence W. Gordon, MD
Henry T. Grizzard, MD
Ralph F. Hamilton, MD
James C. Hart, MD, MPH
J. Charles Henry, MD
Faramarz (Fred) Hidaji, MD
Tawan (Sunny) Khamapirad, MD
Sidney Kriger, MD
Melvin Litch, MD
Gary Passons, MD
William Bradford Priester, MD
Alan R. Schaeffer, MD

Instructors
Jesse M. Wesberry, MD

 
Affiliated Faculty

Erno Lindner, PhD, DSc

 

Dr. Edward Chaum

Edward Chaum, MD, PhD
Professor of Ophthalmology
Specialty:  Vitreo-retinal Medicine and Surgery

The Hamilton Eye Institute
930 Madison Avenue, Room 748
Memphis, TN 38163  
(901) 448-3638
echaum@uthsc.edu

Education

  • BA, Johns Hopkins University, 1979
  • PhD, (Cell Biology and Genetics) Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences, 1986
  • MD, Cornell University Medical College, 1987


Postgraduate Education
  • Residency (Pediatrics), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 1987-90
  • Residency (Ophthalmology), University Hospital, Boston, MA, 1990-93
  • Fellowship (Vitreoretinal Surgery and Medicine), Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, MA, 1993-94


Honors
  • Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society


Certification
  • Diplomate, American Board of Medical Examiners, 1998
  • Diplomate, American Board of Pediatrics, 1990, rec. 1999
  • Diplomate, American Board of Ophthalmology, 1995


Professional Affiliations
  • Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
  • American Academy of Ophthalmology
  • American Society of Gene Therapy
  • Vitreous Society
  • Massachusetts Society of Eye Physicians and Surgeon

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