Careen Lowder, MD, PhD

Appointed
1986

Education & Fellowships

Fellowship - University of California San Francisco Medical Center
Ext. Dis & Uveitis Fel
San Francisco, CA
1983

Residency - Cleveland Clinic
Ophthalmology
Cleveland, OH
1982

Internship - Cleveland Clinic
Internal Medicine
Cleveland, OH
1979

Medical Education - Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Cleveland, OH USA
1978

Medical Education - Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Microbiology
Cleveland, OH USA
1975

Undergraduate - Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Biology
Cleveland, OH
1970

Professional Highlights

• Member, Ophthalmic Knowledge Base Panel for Uveitis, American Academy of Ophthalmology
• Member, Basic Clinical Science Course, Committee on Intraocular Inflammation and Uveitis, American Academy of Ophthalmology
• Writer for Periodic Ophthalmic Review Test, American Board of Ophthalmology
• Associate Examiner, American Board of Ophthalmology
• President, Panamerican Society of Ocular Inflammatory Diseases

Certifications

• Ophthalmology

Specialty Interests

cataract and lens implant surgery, Ocular Inflammatory Diseases, Pathology, Uveitis

Awards & Honors

• Senior Achievement Award, American Academy of Ophthalmology, 2005
• Best Doctors in America, 2001-2008

Memberships

• American Academy of Ophthalmology
• Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
• American Uveitis Society
• International Uveitis Study Group
• Panamerican Society of Ocular Inflammatory Diseases

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