Specialties
Uveitis & ocular inflammation
Languages
English
Biography
Russell Van Gelder, M.D., Ph.D., is a board certified ophthalmologist at Harborview and UW Medical Center, director of the UW Medicine Eye Institute, UW’s Boyd K. Bucey Memorial Chair of Medicine, chair and professor of UW Ophthalmology and an adjunct professor of Biological Structure and Pathology.Dr. Van Gelder’s goal is to give each patient the care he would give his own family and to help the patient make the best medical decisions.
Dr. Van Gelder earned his M.D. and Ph.D. at Stanford. He has won numerous awards for research and published widely. Nationally, he is a trustee of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and serves as chair of the council. He is past president of the American Uveitis Society. He is a trustee of the Society of Heed Fellows and on the scientific advisory board for Foundation Fighting Blindness.
Personal Interests
Dr. Van Gelder's pastimes include hiking, backpacking, skiing, music and photography.
Eye Institute at Harborview
908 Jefferson St., 7th Floor Seattle, WA 98104Cataracts, Cornea and external disease, Eye care (optometry exams), Glaucoma
Eye Center at UWMC
1959 NE Pacific St., 3rd Floor, NN 300 Seattle, WA 98195Eye care (optometry exams), Refractive surgery
Karalis Johnson Retina Center at South Lake Union
750 Republican Street, Bldg. F Seattle, WA 98109Age-related macular degeneration, Diabetic retinopathy, Optometry, Retinal degenerative diseases
Stanford University School of Medicine
Medical education, 1994
Washington University SOM
Fellowship, Uveitis and Medical Retina
Stanford University Medical Center
Internship, Internal Medicine
Washington University SOM
Residency, Ophthalmology
Board Certifications
- Ophthalmology, 2000, American Board of Ophthalmology