Elmer TU, MD
USA

Elmer Y. Tu, MD is a Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology and Director of the Cornea and External Disease Section of the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois. He received a BS in Chemistry from the University of Miami in 1984 and an MD from the University of Miami School of Medicine in 1988. He completed an ophthalmology residency at the University of Wisconsin, Madison in 1992 and a fellowship in Cornea and External Disease at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute in 1993. He was formerly Director of the Corneal and External Disease Section, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Texas Health Science Center- San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas until 1999 and served as Residency Program Director for a portion of his time there. His areas of research interest involve infectious and inflammatory diseases of the ocular surface, contact lens safety, corneal surgery and eye banking.

Dr. Tu is a recipient of both an American Academy of Ophthalmology Achievement Award and 2 Secretariat Awards. He has been listed as an expert consultant to the FDA Ophthalmic Devices Panel and served on several federal panels. He serves as the Vice Chair of the AUPO Fellowship Compliance Committee, Chair of the Cornea Section of the AAO Annual Meeting Program Subcommittee, and will be joining the ASCRS Cornea Clinical Committee in the coming year. He has previously served on the American Academy of Ophthalmology Basic and Clinical Science Course Cornea/External Disease Subcommittee and Knowledge Base-Cornea/External Disease-Panel Subcommittee. He is a past President of the Cornea Society and of the Ocular Microbiology and Immunology Group. He is an Executive Editor for Cornea and External Diseases for the American Journal of Ophthalmology, served as a Section Editor of the AAO publication, Focal Points, and is a member of the Editorial Board of the subspecialty journals Cornea and Eye and Contact Lens. He performs peer review on a regular basis for numerous national and international journals. He has also received numerous teaching awards, presented numerous national, named and international invited lectures and has been listed as a Best Doctor in America for over 15 years. In total, he has over 100 book chapters, peer-reviewed manuscripts, and abstracts in publication.