Visiting Lecturer Series

Distinguished Visiting Lecturers

At the Dean McGee Eye Institute (DMEI)/University of Oklahoma (OU) Department of Ophthalmology, we know the value of continual learning and the sharing of new ideas and best practices. That is why multiple times a year we bring leaders in the field of ophthalmology to DMEI to present to our residents, fellows, faculty, and the broader ophthalmic community in Oklahoma. These distinguished lecturers present not only to the entire group of physicians, but also spend several hours lecturing the residents in a more intimate format. In a rotating fashion, residents also participate in smaller social groups for dinner with visiting faculty. This series has brought in some of the most influential and well-known ophthalmologists in the country to share their expertise.

The distinguished visiting lecturer series includes the named Tullos O. Coston Lecture, Walter J. Stark Memorial Lecture, and the Robert E. Anderson, MD, PhD Lecture, plus three to five additional lectures endowed by the Masonic Charity Foundation of Oklahoma. Upcoming and recent distinguished lecturers are shown below.

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2023

KU Medical Center, The University of Kansas

Chairman
Department of Ophthalmology
Luther and Ardis Fry Professor

Topic: Thirty-years of Confocal Microscopy in Academia

Time: 8:00 am – 9:00 am
Location: Tullos O. Coston, MD Lecture Hall
Reception following

University of Minnesota

Professor with Tenure
Ophthalmology Residency Program Director
Mackall-Scheie Endowed Chair
Department of Neuro-Ophthalmology

Time: 8:00 am – 9:00 am
Location: Tullos O. Coston, MD Lecture Hall
Reception following

2022

Michael T. Yen, MD
Baylor College of Medicine

  • Professor and Sarah Campbell Blaffer Chair in Ophthalmology
    Ophthalmic Plastic, Lacrimal, and Orbital Surgery
    Medical Director, Alkek Eye Center
    Co-Director, BCM Aesthetics
    Program Director, ASOPRS Fellowship
  • Topic: The Orbital Approach to Managing the Neurotrophic Cornea

Time: 8:00 am – 9:00 am
Location: Tullos O. Coston, MD Lecture Hall
Reception following

Dean McGee MCFOK Address Distinguished Visitor Lecturer

Donald L. Budenz, MD, MPH
UNC School of Medicine

  • Kittner Family Distinguished Professor
  • Chair, Department of Ophthalmology

Time: 8:00 am – 9:00 am
Location: Tullos O. Coston, MD Lecture Hall
Reception following

Denver, Colorado
https://dmei.org/research/

Tonia S. Rex, PhDW

  • When: Thursday, September 8, 2022
  • Where: Tullos O. Coston, MD Lecture Hall, Dean McGee Eye Institute

  • When: Thursday/Friday, September 8-9, 2022
  • Where: Tullos O. Coston, MD Lecture Hall, Dean McGee Eye Institute

James Chodosh, MD, MPH

  • When: Monday, October 17, 2022 8:30am – 9:30am
  • Where: Tullos O. Coston, MD Lecture Hall, Dean McGee Eye Institute

OMIC Risk Management

Topic: “Best Practices in Informed Consent”

  • Time: 8:00 am – 9:00 am
  • Location: Tullos O. Coston, MD Lecture Hall

Reception following

2021

Tamara R. Fountain, MD

  • Professor, Rush University Medical Center
  • Topic: Oculoplastics

Hilda Capó, MD

  • John T. Flynn Professor of Ophthalmology
    Division Chief, Pediatric Ophthalmology and Adult Strabismus
    Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
    Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine
    University of Miami
    Miami, Florida
  • Topic: Strabismus After Non-Strabismus Ocular Surgery
    • Time: 8:00 am – 9:00 am
    • Location: Tullos O. Coston, MD Lecture Hall
    • Reception following
Dean McGee MCFOK Address Distinguished Visitor Lecturer

2020

Alice Lorch, MD, MPH, & Bethany-Rose Daubman, MD

  • Focus on Ethics, Professionalism, and Communication, Harvard University/MEEI/Massachusetts General Hospital
  • Topic: Breaking Bad News to Patients

Leon W. Herndon Jr., MD

  • Professor of Ophthalmology & Chief of Glaucoma Division, Duke Eye Center
  • Topic: Glaucoma

Tamara R. Fountain, MD

  • Professor, Rush University Medical Center
  • Topic: Oculoplastics

2019

Janet L. Davis, MD

  • Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
  • Topic: Uveitis/Surgical Retina

Kamran M. Riaz, MD

  • Dean McGee Eye Institute
  • Topic: Resident Optics Review

Bennie Jeng, MD

  • University of Maryland
  • Topic: Cornea and External Disease

David W. Parke II, MD

  • CEO, American Academy of Ophthalmology

Thomas E. Johnson, MD

  • Bascom Palmer Eye Institute/University of Miami
  • Topic: Oculoplastics and Orbit

Ruth D. Williams, MD

  • Wheaton Eye Clinic
  • Topic: Comprehensive Ophthalmology

Anthony C. Arnold, MD

  • Jules Stein Eye Institute/University of California at Los Angeles
  • Topic: Neuro-ophthalmology

2018

Steven A. Newman, MD

  • University of Viginia
  • Topic: Neuro-ophthalmology

Constance E. West, MD

  • Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard University
  • Topic: Optics Review

Linda Lawrence, MD

  • Salina, Kansas
  • Topic: Global Ophthalmology/Ophthalmic History/Epidemiology

Anne L. Coleman, MD, PhD

  • Jules Stein Eye Institute/UCLA
  • Topic: Glaucoma

Robert H. Rosa Jr., MD

  • Texas A&M Health Science Center/Scott and White Eye Institute
  • Topic: Pathology

George A. Williams, MD

  • Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine
  • Topic: Retina

Laura Wayman, MD

  • Vanderbilt University/Eye Institute
  • Topic: Cataract and Resident Education

2017

C. Gail Summers, MD

  • University of Minnesota/Minnesota Lions Children’s Eye Clinic
  • Topic: Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus – “Why Can’t My Baby See?”

Jeffrey A. Nerad, MD

  • Cincinnati Eye Institute
  • Topic: Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Michael Chiang, MD

  • Oregon
  • Topic: Pediatrics and Biomedical Informatics

James D. Brandt, MD

  • UC Davis Eye Center
  • Topic: “Informatics in the Glaucoma Clinic – How EMRs, Big Data, and Expert Systems Will Change How We Practice”

Keith D. Carter, MD

  • Lillian C. O’Brien and Dr. C.S. O’Brien Professor
  • Chair of the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
  • Professor of Otolaryngology
  • University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine/University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
  • President, Association of University Professors of Ophthalmology
  • President-Elect, American Academy of Ophthalmology
  • Topic: “The Clinical and Surgical Challenges of Thyroid Eye Disease”

Ronald Krueger, MD

  • Cleveland Clinic
  • Topic: Laser Vision Correction/Refractive Surgery

2016

Douglas Rhee, MD

  • University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, OH
  • Topic: Glaucoma

Thomas Whittaker, JD, MD

  • University of Kansas
  • Topic: Neuro-ophthalmology/Medicolegal Considerations

May 9

Jeffrey Rutgard, MD, MS

  • Surgical Instructor, SEE International, Hawaiian Eye Foundation
  • Topic: International Humanitarian Service, MSICS Course and Wet Lab

Culver H. Boldt, MD

  • University of Iowa
  • Topic: Retina

James Chodosh, MD, MPH

  • Massachusetts Eye and Ear/Harvard University
  • Topic: Herpes Simplex Virus Keratitis

2015

Glenn H. Strauss, MD

  • Chief Medical Office, Help Me See, New York NY
  • Topic: Global Ophthalmology

William J. Feuer, MS

  • Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Miami, FL
  • Topic: Biostatistics