Pediatric Ophthalmology Fellowship Program in Ghana

Dr. Grace Wang, Dr. Vera Essuman and Dr. Monte Del Monte are working to develop the program.
Medical Student Gains Research Experience in Ethiopia

UMMS M3 Curtis Heisel spent a month at St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College in Ethiopia.
U-M Medical Student, Juan Caceres, Travels to Vanuatu

Juan Caceres, UM medical student, visited Vanuatu, a remote island nation in the South Pacific, to help launch a research study on beta thalassemia
Tsedeke Asaminew Alemu, MD, MSc

Tsedeke Asaminew Alemu, MD, MSc, from Jimma University in Oromiya, Ethiopia, recently completed a 3-month International Council of Ophthalmology (ICO) fellowship in retina.

Kellogg Eye Center for International Ophthalmology

The Kellogg Eye Center at the University of Michigan’s Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences focuses on three areas: education, research, and outreach.

Dr. Cornblath and international teaching

Education

Research lab in the Brehm Tower at U-M Kellogg Eye Center

Research

Nita Valikodath at the Institut de la Vision in Paris

Outreach

Two posters from World Sight Day at the Kellogg Eye Center

Activities

Honors

Rajesh Rao, MD paper and award ribbon

Congratulations Rajesh Rao, MD for being awarded “Best Paper” at AAO 2019 for your work with our colleagues in Brazil and with multiple departments across UM.

Dr. Monte Del Monte featured speaker at Pediatric Symposium at Aravind Eye Hospital in January 2020.

Dr. Monte Del Monte featured speaker at the PASS 2020 Pediatric Symposium at Aravind Eye Hospital in January 2020.

Contact Us

Global Ophthalmology Program Coordinator

Donna Donato

Donna Donato
donnadon@umich.edu
U-M Kellogg Eye Center
1000 Wall Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Phone: 734-763-9147
Fax: 734-232-8181

Faculty Co-Directors

Christine C. Nelson, MD, FACS

Bartley R. Frueh, M.D. and Frueh Family Collegiate Professor in Eye Plastics and Orbital Surgery

Professor, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

Professor, Department of Surgery, Plastic Surgery Section

Co-director, Kellogg Eye Center for International Ophthalmology

Section Leader, Eye Plastic, Orbital and Facial Cosmetic Surgery

Academic Office: 734-763-5506

Joshua R. Ehrlich, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

Academic Office: 734-763-3732

H. Kaz Soong, MD

Professor, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

Co-director, Kellogg Eye Center for International Ophthalmology

Academic Office: 734-763-5506

Jonathan D. Trobe, MD

Professor, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

Professor, Department of Neurology

Co-director, Kellogg Eye Center for International Ophthalmology

Section Leader, Neuro-ophthalmology

Academic Office: 734-763-9147