OUR MISSION & PASSION:
ELIMINATE GLAUCOMA BLINDNESS
OUR AREAS OF EMPHASIS
GLAUCOMA PATIENT CARE
The Glaucoma Clinic is staffed by 4 faculty fellowship trained glaucoma specialists who are renowned for their expertise in clinical and surgical glaucoma management.
OUR GLAUCOMA SERVICE FACULTY
Erin A. Boese MD
John H. Fingert MD PHD
Andrew E. Pouw MD
Marc Töteberg-Harms MD
Wallace LM Alward MD
Young H. Kwon MD PHD
Andrew Zolot MD
Glaucoma Fellow Physician
Emeritus Glaucoma Faculty
Glaucoma Research Faculty
OUR RECENT NEWS
Dr. Pouw Interviews Iowa glaucoma doctors, Lee Alward and Young Kwon on the AAO's Experts InSight PodCast
Listen to the episode, "G2211 Add-on Code and the Patient-Physician Relationship" here or Apple Podcasts or Spotify.
OUR PUBLICATIONS
Click here to see all of our publications on PUBMED
Select publications described below:
GJA3 Genetic Variation and Autosomal Dominant Congenital Cataracts and Glaucoma Following Cataract Surgery. JAMA Ophthalmology, 2023; 141(9): 872-879.
Research lead by Dr. Boese assessed the family members in a 4-generation pedigree with congenital cataracts caused by a GJA3 variant who have a remarkably high incidence of glaucoma following cataract surgery in early childhood.
Read more about this research here.
OUR MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS
• Development of the world's most used audio/visual resources for teaching glaucoma
• Faculty are award-winning teachers
• Education of patients, trainees, and colleagues is a top-priority
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Read more about our glaucoma education efforts
and access our glaucoma education resources here.