| Donald L. Budenz, MD, graduated magna cum laude from the
University of Pennsylvania with a bachelor’s degree in
Psychology and received his medical degree from Harvard Medical
School in 1987. He completed an internship in Internal Medicine
at Bryn Mawr Hospital in Pennsylvania and an Ophthalmology
residency at the University of Pennsylvania. He was Assistant
Chief of Service and a member of the glaucoma service at the
University of Pennsylvania for 2 years. Dr. Budenz also completed
a Heed Foundation Fellowship in Glaucoma at the University
of Miami School of Medicine, where he subsequently became
a faculty member. He became associate professor of Ophthalmology
at that institution in 1999.
Dr. Budenz is an editorial reviewer for several medical journals,
including Ophthalmology, Archives of Ophthalmology,
American Journal of Ophthalmology, Investigative
Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Journal of Glaucoma,
Retina, Eye, and Ophthalmic Surgery and Laser
Therapy. He has been the principal investigator in a number
of clinical trials on ocular hypertension that have been funded
by the National Eye Institute and National Institutes of Health.
He also received a research grant from the University of Pennsylvania
to investigate in vivo gene transfer into the murine trabecular
meshwork and corneal endothelial cells. Concurrent with his
research, Dr. Budenz has been published widely in the field
of glaucoma; he has authored a textbook, Atlas of Visual
Fields, contributed chapters to several other books, and
written or coauthored more than 50 peer-reviewed journal articles.
Dr. Budenz is the recipient of a Golden Apple Award for Best
Resident Teacher (University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine)
and has been a guest lecturer at numerous universities, hospitals,
and medical societies in North America, Europe, and South
America. He is a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology,
the Association for Research in Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences,
the Society of Heed Fellows, and the Florida Society of Ophthalmology.
He is currently a graduate student in Epidemiology at the
Johns Hopkins School of Public Health.
DISCLOSURE
Dr. Budenz has disclosed the following relationships active
within the previous 12 months:
Speakers’ Bureau: Lumenis Ltd., Pfizer Inc.,
Pharmacia Corporation
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