Ron Afshari Adelman MD, MPH, MBA, FACS

Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Science; Director, Yale Retina Service

Biographical Info

Dr. Ron Adelman's formal education includes a Master of Public Health from the University of California at Berkeley, an Ophthalmology residency and two-year Retina fellowship at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary of Harvard Medical School. During his years at Harvard, he received many awards, including the Club Vit Fellow Research Award, the Ron G. Michels Fellowship Award, and Fellow of the Year 2000. He has published extensively, primarily in the area of retinal disease and surgery, with over 50 papers and 100 abstracts in print or in press. He has served on the editorial board of Graefe’s Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology and the Digital Journal of Ophthalmology, a peer-reviewed ophthalmology journal on the worldwide web, serving as a resource for ophthalmologists, vision scientists, and patients worldwide.

Education & Training

M.D.

TUMS (1987)

M.P.H.

University of California at Berkeley (1994)

Yale University School of Management (2011)

Resident

Harvard Medical School-Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary, Ophthalmology

Resident

Stanford University Medical Center, Ophthalmology

Fellow

Harvard Medical School-Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary, Vitreo-retinal Diseases & Surgery

Board Certification

Ophthalmology, Board Certified  (2000)