Dr. Weinreb is the Distinguished Professor and Chair of Ophthalmology at the University of California, San Diego. He is also Director of the Shiley Eye Institute, Director of the Hamilton Glaucoma Center, holder of the Morris Gleich, MD Chair of Glaucoma and is appointed as Distinguished Professor of Bioengineering.

Dr. Weinreb received his medical degree from Harvard Medical School, and was both a resident and fellow at the University of California, San Francisco. His diverse research ranges from the front to the back of the eye and is focused on the biological basis for glaucoma, and its diagnosis and management.

He has trained more than 150 post-doctoral Fellows in Glaucoma, including 21 Chairs and many others who hold distinguished academic positions in the United States and throughout the world. Dr. Weinreb is past President of the American Glaucoma Society (AGS), the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO), the Foundation of the American Glaucoma Society, the World Glaucoma Association (WGA), and the Latin American Glaucoma Society. The recipient of numerous awards and prizes, he has been ranked #1 in world glaucoma for several consecutive years by Expertscape. His h-impact factor is 132.

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Updated on May 13, 2021