Ophthalmology
Nahyoung Grace Lee, MD – Chief Editor
Harvard Medical School
- Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
Mitul Mehta, MD – Section Editor
University of California, Irvine
- Clinical Assistant Professor
- Department of Ophthalmology, Retina Division
- University of California, Irvine
- Gavin Herbert Eye Institute
Dr. Mitul C. Mehta, completed his undergraduate degree at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and received a Masters of Science in Physiology & Biophysics from Georgetown University. He earned his medical degree from the Keck School of Medicine of USC in Los Angeles. After completing his ophthalmology residency at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine in Cincinnati, Ohio, he completed fellowship training in vitreoretinal surgery at the New York Eye & Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai in New York City.
In addition to the care of patients with vitreoretinal disorders, Mehta teaches medical students, residents and fellows. He also does research on surgical devices and techniques, as well as on vitreoretinal diseases, such as diabetic retinopathy and macular degeneration. His surgical interests include retinal detachment repair, ocular trauma, secondary lens placement, epiretinal membranes, macular holes, and surgery for endophthalmitis (severe eye infections).
Matthew Wade, MD – Section Editor
University of California, Irvine
- Department of Ophthalmology
- University of California, Irvine
- Gavin Herbert Eye Institute
Dr. Matthew Wade is a fellowship-trained eye surgeon who specializes in LASIK vision correction, complex cataract surgery and cornea transplantation at the Gavin Herbert Eye Institute. Dr. Wade earned his medical degree from the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences in Washington, D.C. He completed his residency in general ophthalmology at UC Irvine, where he also completed a fellowship in cornea, anterior segment and refractive surgery.
Ophthalmology Section Reviewers:
- Nitin Balakrishnan India
- Jorge I. Calzada United States
- Pradeep Prasad United States
- Jen Yu United States