Here at Throne Biotechnologies, we are pleased to announce Dr. Robin Ross, M.D., MPH, CPH as our Director of Ophthalmology. Dr. Ross is the Board Certified American Board of Ophthalmology and Board Certified National Board of Public Health.
Dr. Robin Ross specializes in ophthalmology with a subspecialty in retina and vitreous disorders; she and has been an accomplished, board-certified surgeon for 25 years. Throughout her career, she has championed technology and clinical research to improve the quality of compassionate care delivered to her patients. She was one of the first to embrace non face down positioning for macular hole patients, embrace 25g surgical technology and utilize wide angle imaging to enhance retinal care in underserved areas. She spent most of her career in private practice near Flint, Michigan battling diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma and retinopathy of prematurity until the University of Michigan acquired her practice.
She was born in California and attended Stanford University on scholarship. She received her medical degree from Cornell University Medical College in New York City where she was a Scudder Fellow. As a medical student, she was part of a revolutionary research team that developed perfluorocarbon liquid to repair detached retinas.
She completed her ophthalmology residency at the prestigious University of Iowa where she was awarded the Charles D. Phelps Faculty Award for developing a community clinic. She was one of the first residents in the US to serve as a section editor for Archives of Ophthalmology. She was awarded the Heed Fellowship throughout her 2-year Vitreoretinal fellowship at Associated Retinal Consultants in Michigan.
Dr. Ross has conducted ophthalmology training worldwide and is certified by the International Red Cross for Health Emergencies. She completed her Master of Public Health at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health to improve quality of eye care delivery to patients in the US and Globally. She received the Fulbright Specialist Award in 2017 while working with the NIH in Liberia to train eye professionals and conduct clinical research on Ebola.
Dr. Ross came to University of Arizona in 2018. Her private practice, Global Retina Institute, is focused on personalized eye care. Her non-profit, Red Rover Ventures, is focused on research, education and development with the first private eye simulation center in the US focused on eye care training. Dr. Ross believes ‘Vision is more than eyesight’ and as Nobel Prize winner Albert Schweitzer said, “The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others.”
“Stem Cell Educator Therapy displayed inspiring clinical outcomes,” said Dr. Ross. “I am happy to join the effort to bring this technology to patients who have eye diseases which are devastating with no cure.”
Welcome Dr. Ross, we are excited and thrilled to have you on our team!