R. C. Andrew Symons, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor
Director, Medical Retina and Vitreoretinal Surgery
Director, Ophthalmic Research

Specialties

• Medical Retina
• Surgery of the Retina and Vitreous
• Retinal Electrophysiology
• Pharmaceutical Trials in Retina
• Functional Genomics of Retinal Vascular Repair

Education

• MB BS (MD equivalent), University of Melbourne, Australia
• PhD, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, University of Melbourne, Australia

Post Graduate Education

• Internship (Rotating), Royal Melbourne Hospital, Victoria, Australia
• Residency (Ophthalmology), Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, Australia
• Fellowship (Retinal research), Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University
• Fellowship (Retina), Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University

Certification

• Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists

Professional Societies

• Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists
• American Academy of Ophthalmology
• American Society of Retina Specialists
• Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
• Kansas City Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology Society
  

Biography

I was born in Sydney, Australia, but have lived most of my life in Melbourne, where I went to high school and medical school. I studied for my PhD in mouse genetics at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, which is affiliated with the University of Melbourne. I did my residency at the Royal and Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, which is a large state-run teaching hospital which administers ophthalmology training for the state of Victoria. From there I moved on to the Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins University where I spent some time performing mouse retinal research before completing a retina fellowship.

Publications (Recent PubMed Articles)