Jane Edmond

Affiliation

The University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School

Biography

Dr. Jane Edmond is the Wong Family Distinguished University Chair and Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Director of the Mitchel and Shannon Wong Eye Institute, and Interim Vice Dean for Professional Practice at The University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School. She is also an Adjunct Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Baylor College of Medicine (BCM), Houston, TX. Dr. Edmond’s alma mater is The University of Texas at Austin, graduating Summa Cum Laude, Special Honors in Zoology and was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa in 1981. She received her medical degree from Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) and was inducted into Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society in 1985. She completed her residency in Ophthalmology at the Department of Ophthalmology, BCM, in 1989. She completed two fellowships: Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, the University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics, 1990, and Neuro-Ophthalmology, BCM, 2006. From 1991 to 1997 she served as faculty at BCM and Texas Children’s Hospital. From 1997 to 2003 she served as faculty at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Scheie Eye Institute, and Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In 2003 she returned to Houston, BCM and Texas Children’s Hospital, and was promoted to Professor in 2016. In January, 2018, Dr. Edmond became the Founding Chair of the Department of Ophthalmology at Dell Medical School. Since that time Dr. Edmond has overseen the construction of two ophthalmology clinics, hired staff and 4 faculty, and obtained approval from the ACGME for a new ophthalmology residency, with the first class beginning their intern year in 2022. Dr. Edmond’s clinical and academic focus has been pediatric neuro-ophthalmology, the ophthalmic impact of craniosynostosis and pediatric brain tumors, and complex strabismus in adults and children. She has serves as an author on over 50 peer-reviewed publications, 12 book chapters, and has delivered 62 national lectures, 15 international lectures, and 15 keynote /visiting professor presentations. Dr. Edmond has been involved in graduate medical education. To date, she has trained over 200 residents from the ophthalmology departments of BCM, Wills Eye Hospital and Scheie Eye Institute, and trained 49 pediatric and neuro-ophthalmology fellows. Dr. Edmond has served in many leadership roles within the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) and the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus (AAPOS). Beginning January 2024, Dr. Edmond serves as President of the AAO.