UT Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine

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Academic Faculty

Professors
Barrett G. Haik, MD, FACS (Chair)
Edward Chaum, MD, PhD
Richard D. Drewry, Jr., MD, FACS*
Robert W. Enzenauer, MD, MPH
James. C. Fleming, MD, FACS
Eldon E. Geisert, Jr., PhD
Ralph S. Hamilton, MD
Roger L. Hiatt, Sr., MD*
Dianna A. Johnson, PhD
Natalie Kerr, MD, FACS
Zeynel A. Karcioglu, MD
Malak Kotb, PhD
Peter A. Netland, MD, PhD
R. Christopher Walton, MD, MHA

Associate Professors
Elizabeth A. Fitzgerald, PhD
Alessandro Iannaccone, MD, MS

Monica M. Jablonski, PhD
William R. Morris, MD
Eniko Pivnick, MD
Matthew W. Wilson, MD

Assistant Professors
Michael A. Dyer, PhD
Elizabeth Fitzpatrick, MD
James C. Hart, MD, MPH
Mary Ellen Hoehn, MD
Syed Mazher Husain, PhD
Elliott M. Kanner, MD, PhD
Rita Kansal, PhD
Thomas O'Donnell, MD
Andreea E. Partal, MD
Tonia S. Rex, PhD
Sarwat Salim, MD, FACS
Jena J. Steinle, PhD

Instructors
John W. Boyle, IV, MD
Lidia Gardner, PhD
Carrie L. Morris, MD
Mary E. Smith, MPH, RDMS

* Professor Emeritus


Clinical Faculty

Professors
Steven Charles, MD
Jerre M. Freeman, MD
Thomas C. Gettelfinger, MD
Ivan Marais, MD
Spencer Thornton, MD
Audrey W. Tuberville, MD
Ralph Wesley, MD
Thomas O. Wood, MD

Associate Professors
Andrew Lawton, MD
Howard L. Beale, MD
Brian S. Biesman, MD
Ernesto Calvo, MD
Fletcher Goode, MD
Richard E. Sievers, MD
Ming Wang, MD

Assistant Professors
Kathryn W. Byrd, MD
Thomas A. Currey, MD
Roger L. Deshaies, MD
James Freeman, MD
Lawrence W. Gordon, MD
Henry T. Grizzard, MD
Ralph F. Hamilton, MD
J. Charles Henry, MD
Faramarz (Fred) Hidaji, MD
Sunny Khamapirad, MD
Sidney Kriger, MD
Melvin Litch, MD
Gary Passons, MD
William Bradford Priester, MD
Alan R. Schaeffer, MD

Instructors
Darren J. Bell, MD
Jorge I. Calzada, MD
John Freeman, MD
Elliott Kanner, MD

 
Affiliated Faculty

Associate Professors
Erno Lindner, PhD

 

Dr. Edward Chaum

Edward Chaum, MD, PhD
Professor of Ophthalmology
Specialty:  Vitreo-retinal Medicine and Surgery

The Hamilton Eye Institute
930 Madison Avenue, Room 748
Memphis, TN 38163  
(901) 448-3638
echaum@utmem.edu

Education

  • BA, Johns Hopkins University, 1979
  • PhD, (Cell Biology and Genetics) Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences, 1986
  • MD, Cornell University Medical College, 1987


Postgraduate Education
  • Residency (Pediatrics), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 1987-90
  • Residency (Ophthalmology), University Hospital, Boston, MA, 1990-93
  • Fellowship (Vitreoretinal Surgery and Medicine), Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, MA, 1993-94


Honors
  • Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society


Certification
  • Diplomate, American Board of Medical Examiners, 1998
  • Diplomate, American Board of Pediatrics, 1990, rec. 1999
  • Diplomate, American Board of Ophthalmology, 1995


Professional Affiliations
  • Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
  • American Academy of Ophthalmology
  • American Society of Gene Therapy
  • Vitreous Society
  • Massachusetts Society of Eye Physicians and Surgeon

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