Education
Pediatric Vitreoretinal Surgery Fellowship: Kellog Eye Center – University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 2021Vitreoretinal Surgery Fellowship: Cole Eye Institute – Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 2019 – 2021
Ophthalmology Residency: Vanderbilt Eye Institute, Nashville, TN 2016 – 2019
General Surgery Internship: University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA 2015 – 2016
MD/PhD: University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA 2006 – 2015
BS: Duke University, Durham, NC 2002 – 2006
In addition to seeing both adult and pediatric patients, Dr. Mendel also leads a translational laboratory investigating new treatments for inherited retinal diseases.
Research Interests
Gene therapy research with Tom Mendel, MD, PhD | Ohio State College of Medicine
Awards and Honors
- Foundation Fighting Blindness Career Development Award for 8/1/2024 - 7/31/2029
- ARVO Travel Grant – 2020 – OCTA project for diabetic intraretinal microvascular abnormalities presentation at annual meeting. The Lefkovitz Award for Vision Research – won competitive grant application for project entitled: Use of Optical Coherence
- Tomography Angiography to Guide Evaluation and Treatment of Patients with Birdshot Chorioretinopathy. 2018. Representative to American Academy of Ophthalmology Mid-Year Forum in Washington D.C. – selected to represent residency as Advocacy Ambassador and later worked on scope of practice battle in Virginia. 2017.
- Selected as the representative of the University’s Biomedical Research to speak at Teresa Sullivan’s Inaugural Dinner as she became the University of Virginia’s eighth President, for audience of major University donors. (2011)
- Phi Eta Sigma – National Honor Fraternity – 2003