Terri Young
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Terri Young | |
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| Born | 1959 Sacramento, California, United States |
| Education | M.D., Harvard University Medical School (1986) |
| Medical career | |
| Profession | Ophthalmologist |
| Sub-specialties | Pediatric ophthalmology |
Terri L. Young (born 1959) is an American pediatric ophthalmologist.
Early life and education
Young was born in Sacramento, California and is African-American.[1] She attended Bowdoin College for her undergraduate education and graduated with bachelor's degrees in biochemistry and sociology in 1981. She then attended Harvard Medical School and graduated in 1986. She remained in Boston for her pediatrics residency, working at Boston Children's Hospital, then moved to the University of Illinois at Chicago for her ophthalmology residency. Young then trained in pediatric ophthalmology at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), the Scheie Eye Institute, and the University of Iowa from 1990 to 1992.[1]
Career and research
Young began her career teaching ophthalmology at the University of Pennsylvania, then moved to Harvard to teach neurobiology and ophthalmology. She then moved to the University of Minnesota, where she taught ophthalmology and pediatrics and was given tenure in 1998. In 2001, Young returned to the University of Pennsylvania to teach ophthalmology and pediatrics and to direct CHOP's Ophthalmic Genetics Research Center.[1] In 2005 she began working at Duke University where she became the founding director of the Duke Eye Center Ophthalmic Genetics Clinic and Research Program.[2] In 2014, Young was named the chair of the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.[3]
Honors and awards
- Stanley J. Sarnoff Cardiovascular Research Fellow, Harvard Medical School (1986)
- Robert Wood Johnson Faculty Development Award (1992-1997)
- Editor, Journal of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus (1998-)
- Honor Award, American Academy of Ophthalmology (1998)
- Honor Award, American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus (2002)
References
- ^ a b c "Changing the Face of Medicine | Dr. Terri L. Young". www.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved November 12, 2018.
- ^ "Dr. Terri Young Named Ophthalmology Chair at University of Wisconsin". June 16, 2014. Retrieved November 12, 2018.
- ^ "Terri Young Named Chair of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences". University of Wisconsin. May 30, 2014. Archived from the original on March 9, 2016. Retrieved March 20, 2016.
| International | |
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- American ophthalmologists
- African-American physicians
- Pediatric ophthalmologists
- Women ophthalmologists
- Living people
- People from Sacramento, California
- Bowdoin College alumni
- Harvard Medical School alumni
- Duke University faculty
- University of Minnesota faculty
- University of Pennsylvania faculty
- University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty
- 1959 births