Christine Kay

Dr. Christine Kay, MD, is a clinical scientist focused on inherited retinal diseases and is a vitreoretinal surgeon. She is the Director of Electrophysiology, Retinal Genetics, and Clinical Trials at Vitreoretinal Associates in Gainesville, Florida, and an Affiliate Assistant Professor at the University of South Florida. Prior to this, she was an Assistant Professor and Director of the retinal genetics service at the University of Florida.

She graduated from Harvard University with a magna cum laude in neuroscience, attended medical school at the University of Florida and completed her vitreoretinal surgical fellowship at the University of Iowa. After her vitreoretinal surgical fellowship, she was awarded a five-year Career Development Award from the Foundation Fighting Blindness, which launched her career as a clinical scientist and inherited retinal disease specialist, and funded research focusing on optimizing adeno-associated virus (AAV) genetic therapy for the treatment of achromatopsia. Dr. Kay is a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the Macula Society and the Retina Society.

She has published over 38 research papers in peer-reviewed ophthalmic journals, authored textbook chapters and serves as an editor for multiple ophthalmology and retinal journals. Dr. Kay has developed a large inherited retinal disease patient population in her clinic, with over 1,000 patients in her clinical database.