Faculty and Physicians

Michael A. Ward, MMSc, FAAO

Instructor in Ophthalmology
Director, Contact Lens Service

Michael Ward has been managing difficult contact lens cases for over 20 years. He has particular interests in contact lens management of keratoconus and other corneal ectasias, including visual rehabilitation following corneal transplantation and refractive surgery (RK, PRK, LASIK). Other long-standing interests include contact lens care, product antimicrobial efficacy and prevention of product-associated ocular inflammations.

His current research activities are concentrated in two areas: The latest is a non-funded IRB-approved study, Topographical and Refractive Effects of GP Contact Lens Wear in Patients with Keratoconus. The other is a five- year NIH/NEI-funded Infant Aphakia Treatment Study (IATS) with principal investigator Scott Lambert, MD, which compares the visual outcomes of contact lens management versus intraocular lens implantation in infant monocular aphakia.

Undergraduate School

University of Washington,
Bachelor's of Science in Microbiology
Undergraduate thesis in Ocular Microbiology

Postgraduate Training

Master's of Medical Science
Emory University