OnDemand - Eydie Miller-Ellis, MD - The Rick & Karen Wilson Visiting Professor Lecture in Glaucoma (NON-CME)

Thursday, December 5, 2024, 5:00 PM - Thursday, December 4, 2025, 11:00 PM

Eydie Miller-Ellis, M.D. is Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology, Director of the Glaucoma Service, and Vice-Chair for Faculty Affairs at the Scheie Eye Institute/University of Pennsylvania. Education: AB in chemistry - Duke University; MD - University of Pittsburgh; Ophthalmology Residency - University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Glaucoma Fellowship - Yale University. She was on the faculty at the Yale School of Medicine for nine years, the Medical College of Virginia for two years, and, since 2001, the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

Dr. Miller-Ellis has lectured nationally and internationally on glaucoma diagnosis and management, and on training the eye care team. Her research interests include risk factors for the development and progression of glaucoma, pharmacological and surgical treatment of glaucoma, and diagnostic techniques. She very involved in resident education and is a three-time recipient of the Surgical Teaching Award at the Scheie Eye Institute. She has also received the Suzanne Veronneau-Troutman Mentorship Award from Women in Ophthalmology, the Distinguished Alumna Award from the Department of Ophthalmology both at Yale University and the University of North Carolina, and the American Academy of Ophthalmology’s Senior Achievement Award. In 2014, Dr. Miller-Ellis was elected to the Academy of Master Clinicians and in 2019 received the FOCUS Award for the Advancement of Women in Medicine, both at the University of Pennsylvania. She is recipient of the 2023 Outstanding Educator Award from the American Glaucoma Society.

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