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. Robert Enzenauer

Robert W. Enzenauer, MD, MPH
Professor of Ophthalmology
Specialty: Pediatric ophthalmology and strabismus

The Hamilton Eye Institute
930 Madison Avenue, Room 486
Memphis, TN 38163 
(901) 448-2789
renzenau@tennessee.edu

Research Interests

  • Measuring quality in ophthalmology
  • Measuring quality in residency education
  • Pediatric ophthalmology and adult strabismus
  • Optics and refraction
  • Quality improvement
  • Aviation medicine and operational medicine
  • Medical management


Education

  • BS, U.S. Military Academy, West Point, NY
  • MD, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, MO
  • MPH (Masters of Public Health) (Epidemiology) 
    University of Hawaii School of Public Health, Honolulu, HI
  • MSS (Masters in Strategic Studies), U.S. Army War College,
    Carlisle, PA

Postdoctoral Experience
  • Pediatric Internship, Tripler Army Medical Center
    Honolulu, Hawaii
  • Pediatric Residency, Tripler Army Medical Center
    Honolulu, Hawaii
  • Temporary Duty, Staff Pediatrician, 47th Field Hospital
    Palmerola, Honduras
  • Temporary Duty, Battalion Surgeon, 1/14 Infantry, 25 ID
    Exercise Balikatan/Tangent Flash, 1983, Republic of the Philippines
  • Staff Pediatrician, Pediatric Clinic, U.S. Army Health Clinic
    Schofield Barracks, Hawaii
  • Temporary Duty, Flight Surgeon Course 84-3
    School of Aviation Medicine, Fort Rucker, Alabama
  • Temporary Duty, Flight Surgeon, JTF-Bravo Medical Element
    Palmerola, Honduras
  • Flight Surgeon, 101st Aviation Group, 101st Airborne Division 
    Fort Campbell, Kentucky 
  • Ophthalmology Residency, Fitzsimons Army Med Ctr
    Aurora, Colorado 
  • Fellow, Pediatric Ophthalmology Hospital for Sick Children
    Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  • Assistant Chief, Ophthalmology Service, Co-Director, Ophthalmology Residency Program, Staff Pediatric Ophthalmologist, Ophthalmology Residency Research Director, U.S. Army Medical Center Flight Surgeon, Department of Surgery, Fitzsimons Army Medical Center, Aurora, Colorado
  • Chief, Ophthalmology Service, Co-Director, Ophthalmology Residency Program, Staff Pediatric Ophthalmologist, Ophthalmology Residency Research Director, U.S. Army Medical Center Flight Surgeon, Department of Surgery, Fitzsimons Army Medical Center, Aurora, Colorado
  • Staff Pediatric Ophthalmologist, Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Associate Professor of Community & Family Medicine, Chairman, SIU Dept. of Surgery Research Committee, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, SIU Eye Center, Springfield, IL
  • Private Practice, Children's Eye Physicians, Englewood, CO 
  • Staff Pediatric Ophthalmologist, Ophthalmology Residency Program Director, Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Associate Professor, Dept of Ophthalmology, Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, UT College of Medicine - Chattanooga, Chattanooga, TN
  • Activated Army National Guard, Colonel Medical Corps Senior Flight Surgeon Battalion Surgeon, 5/19th Special Forces Group (Airborne) Kabul, Afghanistan, Operation Enduring Freedom
  • Staff Pediatric Ophthalmologist, Professor, Department of Ophthalmology Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, UT College of Medicine - Chattanooga, Chattanooga, TN
  • Activated Army National Guard, Colonel Medical Corps Senior Flight Surgeon Flight Surgeon, C Co., 109th Area Support Medical Battalion Baghdad, Iraq, Operation Iraqi Freedom
  • Private Practice, Pomerance Eye Center, P.C., Chattanooga, TN
  • Professor, Department of Ophthalmology
    UTHSC Pediatric Ophthalmologist, Hamilton Eye Institute
    930 Madison Avenue, Suite 400, Memphis, TN


Current Committees and Affiliations
  • Museum Archives Subcommittee, American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO)
  • Outcomes Committee, American Association of Pediatric Ophthalmology & Strabismus (AAPOS)
  • Trustee, National Medal of Honor Museum, Chattanooga, TN
  • COL MC/FS Battalion Surgeon, 5/19th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Colorado Army National Guard


Academic Honors

2004: Distinguished Service Award
University of Missouri School of Medicine

2001: Certified Physician Executive
The Certifying Commission in Medical Management
Tampa, FL

2000: Award of Senior Flight Surgeon
Army National Guard

2000: Ophthalmology House Staff Teaching Award, 1999-2000
Department of Ophthalmology, UTCOM-CU
Chattanooga, TN

2000: Promotion to Full Professor
Department of Ophthalmology
UT College of Medicine - Chattanooga Unit

1998: Semifinalist, 1st Runner-up (2nd Place)
Andrew Margileth Award, for
"The Efficacy of Photoscreening for Amblyogenic Factors
in a High Risk Population"
Uniformed Services Pediatric Seminar, 14-18 March 1998
San Francisco, CA

1997: "A" Proficiency Designator in Ophthalmology
From the Office of the Surgeon General of the US Army
(Military Equivalent of Full Professor)

1996: Teacher of the Year, 1995-1996
Division of Ophthalmology, Department of Surgery
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
Springfield, IL

1994: The Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center
Group Achievement Award
Retinal Pathologies Telemedicine
Consultation Team

1993: Fellow
American College of Surgeons

1991: Associate Fellow
Aerospace Medical Association

1991: Fellow
American Academy of Ophthalmology

1990: Board Certification
American Board of Ophthalmology

1988: First Place, U.S. Army Section
ASC Resident's Paper Contest on Trauma
Presented at the 8th Annual WBAMC Trauma Symposium
19 November 1988

1988: Second Place
First Annual Ophthalmology Resident's Forum,
Section on Ophthalmology
82nd Annual Scientific Assembly of the SMA
7 November 1988

1988: Fellow, Cert. No 3292
American College of Preventive Medicine

1988: Honorable Mention
Hugh Mahon Lectureship Award
Fitzsimons AMC, CO, April 1988

1988: Board Certification, Cert. No. 31523
Aerospace Medicine
American Board of Preventive Medicine

1985: Flight Surgeon of the Year Award
FORSCOM (Forces Command)

1984: Fellow
American Academy of Pediatrics

1984: Board Certification, Cert. No. 30068
American Board of Pediatrics

1983: Member, USMA Chapter
The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi

1981: Housestaff Research Award
Tripler Army Medical Center, Hawaii

1980: Diplomate, Cert. No. 215989
National Board of Medical Examiners


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