Brenda Bohnsack, MD, PhD - The Joel Porter, MD, Wills Eye Resident, Class of 1970 Visiting Professor Lecture in Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus (NON-CME)

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In this series, we welcome influential ophthalmologists from around the country and the world to speak at Wills Eye Hospital for the benefit of residents and practicing ophthalmologists. Presentations and lectures include clinical and non-clinical content, and reflections on each guest's professional journey. 

This series is not certified for CME credit. 

Brenda Bohnsack, MD, PhD is Division Head of Ophthalmology at the Ann & Robert
H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago and the Lillian Sherman Cowen Rieger and
Harold L. S. Cowen Research Professor of Pediatric Ophthalmology at the
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Dr. Bohnsack graduated from
Northwestern University with a BA and then completed her MD and PhD in the
Medical Scientist Training Program at Baylor College of Medicine. Following her
ophthalmology residency at the University of Michigan, she completed a research
post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Michigan and a clinical fellowship in
pediatric ophthalmology at Duke University. In 2012 she joined the faculty at the
University of Michigan where she was granted tenure in 2019. She was then
recruited to lead the Pediatric Ophthalmology Division at Lurie Children’s Hospital
in 2020.

Dr. Bohnsack’s clinical specialty is the diagnosis and surgical management of
congenital eye diseases and childhood glaucomas. She pairs this with
complimentary clinical research projects and a basic science research program that
focuses on the molecular regulation of neural crest cell contributions in zebrafish
anterior segment development. Dr. Bohnsack’s research has been supported by the
National Eye Institute, Knights Templar Eye Foundation, Research to Prevent
Blindness, Fight For Sight, Edward Mallinckrodt Jr. Foundation, and Blind Children’s
Center, and her work has been recognized by the Alcon Research Institute, Pediatric
Glaucoma and Cataract Family Association, Head Ophthalmic Foundation, and
Association of University Professors of Ophthalmology. In addition, she has received
the Gunter von Noorden Young Investigator Award by the American Association of
Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus and the Secretariat Award by the American
Academy of Ophthalmology.

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