Gadi Wollstein, MD

Dr. Wollstein is a Professor of Ophthalmology, Co-Director of the Advanced Center of Ophthalmic Research in Neuroimaging (ACORN) at Wills Eye Hospital, and the Director of Research Training and Education, Vickie and Jack Farber Vision Research Center. After completing his clinical training in Israel, Dr. Wollstein was a research fellow in Moorfields Eye Hospital in London, UK. He then completed a second fellowship at Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston, MA, where he investigated the use of imaging devices to detect and longitudinally monitor subjects with glaucoma. Before joining Wills Eye Hospital, Dr. Wollstein directed his lab at NYU School of Medicine and University of Pittsburgh, for more than two decades. Dr. Wollstein’s research is primarily funded by the National Institute of Health (NIH), and focuses on the use of ocular imaging technologies to detect, monitor and investigate the pathophysiology of glaucoma. His studies were summarized in more than 250 peer-reviewed manuscripts, and more than 75 reviews and book chapters. Dr. Wollstein is an active or former reviewer for the National Institute of Health (NIH), Veteran Administration (VA), Fight for Sight, Research to Prevent Blindness, several international funding agencies and numerous ophthalmic journals. He is a former member and chair of committees in the Association of Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) and the American Glaucoma Society (AGS).