Faculty and Physicians

Mary Lynch, MD

Professor of Ophthalmology
Chief of Ophthalmology, Atlanta Veterans Affairs
Medical Center

Mary Lynch is professor of ophthalmology, Emory School of Medicine, and chief of the Ophthalmology Section at the VA Medical Center in Decatur. She also serves as residency training director at the VA. Under her watch at the VA, several new programs have been developed that are a model for the national VA Healthcare system: an in-house optical shop and fabrication laboratory, a low vision rehabilitation service, a diabetic screening program using teleretinal imaging, and contact lens services.

For several years Dr. Lynch has been the ophthalmology consultant to VISN 7, the regional VA headquarters. In that capacity, she has helped to establish a teleretinal imaging network for the region. Dr. Lynch is a member of the Field Advisory Group for Ophthalmology at VA Headquarters in Washington, representing the Southeast and serving as the glaucoma consultant. As part of this group, she developed the Glaucoma Clinical Guidelines for the VA and chaired the committee that created a job series for eye care technicians in the VA.

Since 1999, Dr. Lynch has worked with a private company in the development of a new operation for glaucoma. The surgery involves implantation of a bypass device, the GMP Eyepass, that shunts aqueous fluid from the anterior chamber directly into Schlemm’s canal. The project is nearing completion of an FDA-approved Phase 3 Clinical Trial.

Medical School
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine: 1976-1980

Internship
William Osler Service, Johns Hopkins Hospital: 1980-1981

Residency
Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute, Johns Hopkins University: 19891-1984

Fellowship in Glaucoma
Sinai Hospital of Baltimore and the Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute: 1984-1985