enVISION Fall 2011 - UC Davis Health System

| 06 | Chair and Vice-Chair
Professor and Chair
Mark J. Mannis, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Director, Cornea Service.
Research Interests: Corneal Transplant
Technology, Eye & Skin Diseases, &
Artificial Corneas.
Dr. Mannis, Professor and Chair of the UC Davis Health System Eye Center,
specializes in corneal transplantation and external diseases of the eye. His
residency was completed at Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, and
his cornea and external eye disease fellowship was completed at University
of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa. His research has included the development of
experimental antimicrobial agents and growth factors that affect the corneal
wound healing rate, skin diseases that affect the eye, and outcomes of
corneal transplants and artificial corneas. Dr. Mannis has authored over 125
publications and five books on topics relating to corneal surgery and disease.
Associate Professor and
Vice-Chair
Michele C. Lim, M.D..
Associate Professor, Glaucoma,
Vice-Chair, Medical Director.
Research Interests: Drug delivery in
glaucoma drops and patient compliance.
Dr. Lim specializes in the medical and surgical treatment of glaucoma in both
children and adults. As Vice-Chair and Medical Director for the department,
she oversees clinic operations. Dr. Lim completed her ophthalmology
residency at UCLA’s Jules Stein Institute and a fellowship at the University
of Miami’s Bascom-Palmer Eye Institute. Dr. Lim believes that patients and
their physicians should work together as a team to achieve their treatment
goals. The more information a patient has regarding his or her disease, the
more involved that patient will be in their own medical care. She encourages
patients to ask questions about their glaucoma eye care in order to stay
informed. Her research has focused on medication adherence (whether a
patient takes their medication on schedule) among glaucoma patients.