Robert N. Weinreb, M.D., is a clinician, a surgeon
and scientist. He oversees all clinical aspects
of glaucoma diagnosis and treatment within the
Department of Ophthalmology at the Shiley Eye
Center. Patients from throughout the world seek
his diagnostic and surgical expertise.
Dr. Weinreb is also the Director of the Hamilton
Glaucoma Center, which provides state of the art laboratory
and clinical research facilities for glaucoma, and
a home for a world-renowned team of 60 scientists and
staff. Known for its unique cross-disciplinary investigative
programs, the scientists at the Hamilton Glaucoma Center
seek to enhance the discovery and translation of innovative
research to prevent and cure glaucoma blindness.
Dr. Weinreb graduated from Harvard Medical School
and completed his residency and fellowship at the University
of California, San Francisco.
A prolific researcher and writer, he has more than
1000 scientific publications and 16 books, including
Glaucoma Surgery: Principles and Techniques (2001), Glaucoma Diagnosis (2004), Open Angle Glaucoma Surgery (2005), Glaucoma Answers (2005) and Glaucoma Neuroprotection (2006). He has delivered 62
named lectures including the Wilmer Distinguished Faculty
Lecture, Johns Hopkins University; Jules Stein Lecture:
University of California Los Angeles; Transamerica
Lecture, University of California, San Francisco; Robert
N. Schaffer Lecture, 105th Annual Meeting of the American
Academy of Ophthalmology; the Joseph M. Bryan Lecture,
Duke University; the Helen Keller Lecture, University
of Alabama School of Medicine; the Mansour F. Armaly
Lecture, University of Iowa College of Medicine and the Doheny Memorial Lecture of the University of Southern California.
Dr. Weinreb has served as President of the Association
for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (2002-2003),
and President of the World Glaucoma Association (WGA) (2004-2006). He is President of the American Glaucoma
Society (2007 - 2009).
Recipient of numerous awards including the
Alcon Research Institute Award for Outstanding Contributions
to Research in Visual Sciences (1988 and 1992), the
Heed Ophthalmic Foundation Award in recognition of
leadership and contributions in ophthalmology (1997),
the Research to Prevent Blindness Physician-Scientist
Award (2003) and the IGR Prize for Outstanding Glaucoma
Research (2003), he has been cited in every edition
of Woodward/White, The Best Doctors in America and
is an elected member of the prestigious American Ophthalmological
Society. Dr. Weinreb was the recipient of the Ridley Medal of St. Thomas' Hospital, London in 2006.
Dr. Weinreb serves on 24 Editorial Boards including
Journal of Glaucoma (Co-Editor), International
Glaucoma Review (Editor), Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science,
Archives of Ophthalmology, Graefe’s Archive for
Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology (Co-Editor)
and Survey of Ophthalmology (Research Editor). He is
also Editor of Essentials in Ophthalmology, a multi-volume
textbook of ophthalmology. Dr. Weinreb has trained
more than 100 post-doctoral Fellows in Glaucoma, many
of whom hold distinguished academic positions throughout
the world.
