Dr Penny Asbell
Professor
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
USA
Biography
Penny Asbell, MD, FACS, MBA, FARVO, holds the Barrett G. Haik Endowed Chair, Department of Ophthalmology, Hamilton Eye Institute and is Professor of Ophthalmology in the College of Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) in Memphis TN. Dr. Asbell has received numerous awards, including the Phillips Thygeson Lecturer honor from the University of California-San Francisco, the Meibom-Moore Lecturer of Honor award (Dusseldorf), and the Secretariat Award from the American Academy of Ophthalmology and has been named Fellow of ARVO. Her research areas of interest include cornea, anterior segment surgery, ocular biomarkers, refractive surgery and antibiotic resistance in eye infections. She has published over 200 peer reviewed articles. Dr. Asbell has been the Principal Investigator for over 100 clinical trials, including HEDS study on treating ocular herpes simplex disease, PERK study that set the standard for evaluations of refractive surgery procedures, and DREAM on the use of Omega 3 for dry eye disease.
Research Interest
Cornea, anterior segment surgery, ocular biomarkers, refractive surgery and antibiotic resistance in eye infections