David G.  Hunter , MD, PhD

Dr. Hunter is the Ophthalmologist-in-Chief at Children's Hospital Boston and Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School. Prior to this, he trained at Rice University (BS), Baylor College of Medicine (MD, PhD), Harvards Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary (residency) and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (pediatric ophthalmology fellowship). He spent 10 years at Johns Hopkins Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute as Associate Professor of Ophthalmology and of Biomedical Engineering before being named Chief of Ophthalmology at Childrens Hospital in 2002. His clinical expertise includes evaluation and correction of strabismus (misaligned eyes) in adults and children, including highly complex cases, and treatment of pediatric cataracts with intraocular lens implantation. He has a special interest in treating amblyopia without eye patches (using eye drops instead), eye muscle surgery using adjustable sutures to increase accuracy (in adults and children in some cases), using botulinum toxin injections into extraocular muscles to avoid eye muscle surgery, and diagnosing and treating strabismus that develops after other types of eye surgery in adults. He has been listed as a Best Doctor in Boston Magazine and Boston Now. He has lectured on optics and refraction around the world, and is an author of the book, "Last Minute Optics" (published by Slack, Inc.) and numerous scientific articles, editorials, and book chapters. Dr. Hunter has an undergraduate degree in electrical engineering and graduate training in cell biology. His research in clinical pediatric ophthalmology focuses on decoding the complex genetics that contribute to the development of strabismus. He is developing and testing an invention that automatically identifies children with amblyopia (U.S. Patent number 6,027,216.) Dr. Hunter is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, an elected Trustee of the Association for Vision in Research and Ophthalmology, a Fellow of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and a Senior Fellow of the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers.

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