Author, Pioneer, Change Agent

Dr. Robin Ross is a board certified ophthalmologist who specializes in vitreoretinal diseases and surgery for over 20 years.

Her passion to prevent unnecessary suffering and disability caused by eye diseases has bonded her for life with her patients in Liberia, Brazil, Ghana, Kenya, Nicaragua, Cambodia, and other countries in need.

She received her BA at Stanford University then attended medical school at Weill Cornell University Medical College where she completed a Basic Science Vitreoretinal Research Fellowship in perfluorocarbon liquids that revolutionized retinal detachment surgery. In medical school, she was awarded a Scudder Fellowship to study in India, gaining her first exposure to “eye camps”. During her residency in Ophthalmology at The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, she founded the Free Eye Clinic at the Free Medical Clinic in Iowa City. She was a Heed Fellowship Recipient during her Vitreoretinal Fellowship.

She's known by her colleagues as a change agent, a pioneer and a fearless disruptor. She's at her best when her grit is being tested, and remains passionate about removing barriers to eye care around the world and back here at home.