Dr. Weinreb is Distinguished Professor of Ophthalmology and Director of the Hamilton Glaucoma Center at the Unviersity of California, San Diego in La Jolla, California. . A graduate of the Harvard Medical School, he trained in ophthalmology and glaucoma at the University of California, San Francisco. At the Hamilton Glaucoma Center, he directs an interdisciplinary research team of molecular and cell biologists, physicists, engineers, and psychologists to focus their expertise on glaucoma pathophysiology, diagnosis, medical treatment and surgery. The post-doctoral Fellows he has trained in glaucoma hold prestigious academic and leadership positions thoughout the world.