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Paul R. Lichter, M.D. F. Bruce Fralick Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences Chair, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences Director, W.K. Kellogg Eye Center University of Michigan |
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Biographical Sketch Dr. Lichter is the F. Bruce Fralick Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences and Chair of the University of Michigan's Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, a department founded in 1872. In addition, Lichter serves as Director of the University's W.K. Kellogg Eye Center. He is a native of Detroit and received his undergraduate, medical school, and ophthalmology residency education at the University of Michigan. Having obtained his glaucoma fellowship training at the University of California, San Francisco, under Robert N. Shaffer, M.D, Dr. Lichter's research and clinical interests involve glaucoma, genetics, and clinical applications of ultrafast laser technology. In particular, he is Chair of the Collaborative Initial Glaucoma Treatment Study (CIGTS), a National Eye Institute (NEI)-sponsored 14-center clinical trial. CIGTS is comparing, in newly diagnosed patients with open-angle glaucoma, the effect of initial medication versus initial filtering surgery on visual function and quality of life. In addition, Dr. Lichter serves as a co-investigator on two NEI-sponsored grants involving the genetics of glaucoma. He has to his credit nearly 200 publications including scientific articles, editorials, and book chapters and has delivered 27 named lectures. In 1996, Lichter served as the 100th President of the American Academy of Ophthalmology. He is also a Past President of the Association of University Professors of Ophthalmology, the American Ophthalmological Society, and the Pan American Association of Ophthalmology as well as a Past Chair of the American Board of Ophthalmology. He currently is President of the Pan American Glaucoma Society, Secretary-General of the Academia Ophthalmologica Internationalis, a Director of The Heed Ophthalmic Foundation and a member of the International Council of Ophthalmology. Dr. Lichter is past Editor-in-Chief of the journal Ophthalmology and currently serves on the Editorial Board of the American Journal of Ophthalmology. |
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