Overview

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Dr. Young H. Kwon is a renowned glaucoma specialist at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, where he is Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences and holds the Clifford M. and Ruth M. Altermatt Endowed Professorship in Glaucoma.

For almost a decade, Dr. Kwon was a member of the Preferred Practice Pattern Glaucoma Panel at The American Academy of Ophthalmology, which outlines best practices for the diagnosis and treatment of glaucoma.

He has authored over 140 peer-reviewed papers and scientific book chapters, including an article in The New England Journal of Medicine (2009), and served as a Glaucoma Section Editor and Editorial Board Member of Eye, The Scientific Journal of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists (UK).

He has been recognized with many awards, including Mid-Career Clinician-Scientist Award from The American Glaucoma Society Secretariat Award and Senior Achievement Award from The American Academy of Ophthalmology and “Best Doctors in America.”

Dr. Kwon is the inventor of four patents (two of them with Dr. Abramoff) and his research has been funded through a variety of private, state, and federal organizations since 1997. He holds an MD from the Yale University School of Medicine and a PhD in Neuroscience from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

He completed his ophthalmology residency training at Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary (a Harvard teaching hospital) and glaucoma fellowship at Yale University.