Faculty and Physicians

Hans E. Grossniklaus, MD, MBA

F. Phinizy Calhoun Jr. Professor of Ophthalmology
Director, L.F. Montgomery Pathology Laboratory
Director, Section of Ophthalmic Pathology/Ocular Oncology

Serving as director of the L.F. Montgomery Laboratory and Section of Ophthalmic Pathology/Ocular Oncology, Hans Grossniklaus has expertise in diagnostic ophthalmic pathology, ocular oncology, age-related macular degeneration and ophthalmic pathology research, including drug delivery.

Diagnostic ophthalmic pathology includes surgical pathology of ocular and periocular tissue, including cornea, vitreous, retina, uvea, conjunctiva, eyelid, and orbit. Ocular oncology includes conjuncitval, retinal, iris, ciliary body and choroidal tumors.

Having served as the director of the Submacular Surgery Trials (SST) Pathology Center and a clinical trial to treat patients with uveal melanoma, he also has expertise in translational research.

His clinical areas of interest are ocular oncology and age-related macular degeneration. His research areas of interest are pathogenesis and control of metastatic melanoma from the eye to the liver and pathobiology of age-related macular degeneration, in particular, choroidal neovasculairzation.

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Medical School
Ohio State University, Columbus OH: 1977-1980

Internship
Riverside Methodist Hospital, Columbus OH: 1980-1981

Residency in Ophthalmology
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland OH: 1981-1984

Residency in Pathology
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland OH: 1985-1988

Fellowship
Wilmer Institute, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD: 1984-1985

Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, DC: 1988-1989

Preceptorship
Emory Eye Center (Thomas. M. Aaberg Sr. MD)