Christopher B. Toomey, MD, PhD

Christopher B. Toomey, MD, is an ophthalmologist who specializes in the diagnoses and treatment of adult vitreoretinal disease, macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, retinal detachment, macular holes, and other important retinal diseases.

He is an assistant professor of ophthalmology at UC San Diego, Shiley Eye Institute, Viterbi Family Department of Ophthalmology and the Glycobiology Research and Training Center. Dr. Toomey is a physician-scientist with an active basic science research program studying the early and intermediate stages of "dry" age-related macular degeneration (AMD). His laboratory program within the Glycobiology Research and Training Center aims to determine the pharmacological potential of glycosaminoglycans in patients with early and intermediate stages of "dry" AMD. The long-term goal is to develop therapies capable of cleansing the eye of drusen prior to development of vision loss in AMD.

Dr. Toomey completed a fellowship in vitreoretinal surgery at the Wilmer Eye Institute at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. He received residency training at University of San Diego School of Medicine and completed his medical and doctoral degrees at Duke University School of Medicine as part of the integrated National Institutes of Health funded medical scientist training program. Dr. Toomey has received multiple awards including the Heed Ophthalmic Society Fellowship, VitreoRetinal Surgery Foundation Research Award and served on the editorial board of the Journal of Clinical Investigation (JCI), as a JCI scholar.

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