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Approximately 50,000 patients from the United States and abroad visit the Department of Ophthalmology at Mayo Clinic in Minnesota each year. This large and diverse patient base allows our residents and fellows to see and treat a wide variety of diseases during their training. The department faculty comprises over 25 full-time physicians and scientists representing all ophthalmic subspecialties. The faculties are active in educational efforts directed towards the residents and fellows in ophthalmology.
The ophthalmology department at the University of Minnesota has 19 full-time physician and scientist faculty. All of the major subspecialties are represented. The department sees approximately 20,000 outpatients and performs over 2,000 surgical procedures each year. All faculty is involved in the teaching of residents and fellows in ophthalmology.
Each consultant from Mayo Clinic and the University of Minnesota has considerable experience in evaluating and treating patients with complex ophthalmic disorders, and each has his own particular interests, expertise, and approach to patient diagnosis and management. Our fellows have found this varied exposure very rewarding from the educational perspective. The staff has collectively published hundreds of manuscripts in peer-reviewed journals and contributed to many well-known books.
Faculty
Dr. Elizabeth Bradley completed her residency training in ophthalmology at the Wills Eye Hospital in Philadelphia. She then pursued fellowship training in neuro-ophthalmology at the Wilmer Eye Institute in Baltimore prior to completing her fellowship in oculoplastic and orbital surgery at the Mayo Clinic. Afterwards, Dr. Bradley joined the staff as a consultant in the Department of Ophthalmology. Her clinical interests cover the spectrum of oculoplastic and orbital surgery. Recently, Dr. Bradley completed the Graduate Training Program in Clinical Investigation at the Johns Hopkins Schools of Medicine and Public Health to allow her to further pursue her research interests including outcomes measurement and quality of life assessment in oculoplastic surgery. She is the recipient of an NIH grant to study quality of life issues in patients with Graves' orbitopathy.
Dr. James Garrity completed residency training in ophthalmology at Mayo Clinic in Minnesota prior to completing fellowship training in oculoplastic and orbital surgery and neuro-ophthalmology at the University of Pittsburgh and Allegheny General Hospital with Dr. Jack Kennerdell. Dr. Garrity then became a staff consultant at Mayo Clinic where he has practiced actively for the past 20 years. Dr. Garrity's particular clinical and research areas of interest include medical and surgical management of orbital disorders. He works closely with consultants in the Department of Endocrinology in the comprehensive management of Graves' orbitopathy including Graves'-associated strabismus, and is participating in studies directed towards better understanding of the immunology and epidemiology of this disorder. In addition to maintaining an active clinical practice, Dr. Garrity is Chair of the International Activities Committee of the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota.
Dr. Andrew Harrison completed his residency training in ophthalmology at the University of Minnesota. He then pursued fellowship training in neuro-ophthalmology with Dr. Jonathan Wirtschafter at the University of Minnesota. Dr. Harrison then completed his fellowship training in oculoplastic and orbital surgery at Oregon Health Sciences University with Drs. John Wobig and Roger Dailey prior to joining the faculty in the department of ophthalmology at the University of Minnesota. Dr. Harrison has an active clinical practice encompassing the breadth of cosmetic and functional oculoplastic and orbital surgery. His research interests include facial spasm disorders, orbital surgery and lacrimal surgery device development.
Dr. Eric Nelson completed his residency training in ophthalmology at University of California – Los Angeles followed by a fellowship in Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive surgery with Dr. Henry Bayliss. Dr. Nelson has an active private practice in Edina, Minn. and is on the clinical faculty at the University of Minnesota. Dr. Nelson performs comprehensive ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery with a particular interest in aesthetic procedures including endoscopic forehead lifts, blepharoplasty and laser resurfacing.
Dr. John Woog completed his residency training in ophthalmology at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary - Harvard Medical School prior to pursuing fellowship training in oculoplastic and orbital surgery at the University of Wisconsin with Drs. Richard Dortzbach, Bradley Lemke and Russell Gonnering. Dr. Woog then returned to Boston where he joined the staffs of the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary and Tufts University - New England Medical Center. While remaining active in private practice, Dr. Woog has served as Co-Director of the Eye Plastics Service at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary as well as Director of the Eye Plastics Service at New England Medical Center. Following 18 years of practice in New England, Dr. Woog relocated to Mayo Clinic in Minnesota in conjunction with his wife and family. His wife is a Rochester, Minn. native and retina specialist at the Austin Medical Center, a Mayo Health Systems facility in Austin, Minn. His areas of research interest include endoscopic lacrimal and orbital surgery, anophthalmia, and cosmetic laser-assisted eyelid surgery.
Visiting Professors
Many prominent professors visit Mayo Clinic and the University of Minnesota each year. They present their work during morning and late afternoon lectures. Fellows are encouraged to take full advantage of these opportunities to interact with experts from other academic centers and are relieved from clinical assignments to do so.
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