Peter Campochiaro

Dr. Campochiaro was trained at the University of Notre Dame, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, the University of Virginia, and Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, joining the Wilmer Faculty in 1991. He is currently the George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Professor of Ophthalmology and Neuroscience at the Wilmer Eye Institute. His major research interests are in gaining a greater understanding of the roles of peptide growth and trophic factors in the retina and retinal pigmented-epithelium with an ultimate goal of developing new treatments for proliferative retinopathies, choroidal neovascularization, and retinal degenerations. Dr. Campochiaro is a distinguished member of numerous societies, including the American Academy of Ophthalmology, Macula Society, Retina Society, International Society for Eye Research.