Barry Kuppermann

After completing his PhD in neuroscience at the California Institute of Technology, Dr. Kuppermann went on to earn an MD degree at the University of Miami. He interned at LA County/USC Medical Center and did his residency in ophthalmology at USC’s Doheny Eye Institute. Dr. Kuppermann then went on to complete fellowships in retina at both St. Joseph’s in Baltimore Maryland, and at the University of California, San Diego. Following his fellowships, Dr. Kuppermann came to UCI and has been on faculty since 1992. Currently, he is the Roger F. Steinert Professor, Chair of the Department of Ophthalmology, and Director of the Gavin Herbert Eye Institute at UCI.

Dr. Kuppermann is the principal investigator at UCI for several multicenter national trials evaluating new drugs and devices for the treatment of diabetic retinopathy, age-related macular degeneration, and the ocular complications of AIDS. He is the national and international lead investigator for several of these trials. His primary area of research is drug delivery to the posterior segment of the eye, with special attention to the pharmacokinetics of the posterior segment. He has also developed models for viral retinal infections as well as for retinal angiogenesis and his research on these models using time-release therapeutic agents may lead to new methods for the treatment of potentially blinding infections. In addition, Dr. Kuppermann has extensive research collaborations with pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, serving as an advisor with a goal of bringing new treatments to patients for a variety of retinal diseases.

Dr Kuppermann is listed as one of the best doctors in America, and for the last several years in a row has been named as the “Best Ophthalmologist in Orange County” by Orange Coast Magazine. Dr. Kuppermann is a peer reviewer for the American Journal of Ophthalmology, Archives of Ophthalmology, Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Ophthalmology, Retina, Journal of Infectious Diseases, Lancet, and the Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.