New faculty spotlight: Christoper Conrady, MD, PhD

Christopher Conrady, MD, PhD

Christopher Conrady, MD, PhD

Christopher Conrady, MD, PhD, is a new faculty member at UNMC.

  • Name: Christopher Conrady, MD, PhD
  • Hometown: Edmond, Oklahoma
  • Title and department at UNMC: Assistant professor, UNMC Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

Research/professional interests: I am interested in inflammatory conditions of the eye and retinal disorders.

How I fell in love with ophthalmology: I became interested in medicine watching my dad, a family practice physician. It was not until I saw a mentor of mine perform intraocular surgery for the first time and describe inflammatory disorders of the eye while I was a medical student that I became passionate about saving vision.

Education:

  • MD/PhD, University of Oklahoma, 2014
  • Internship, University of Utah, 2015
  • Residency, ophthalmology, University of Utah, 2018
  • Fellowship, uveitis, University of Utah, 2019
  • Fellowship, vitreoretinal, University of Michigan Medical Center, 2021

Memberships:

  • American Academy of Ophthalmology
  • American Uveitis Society
  • American Society of Retina Specialists
  • Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
  • Society of Heed Fellows

Three things people may not know about me:

  • I am a marathon-running "survivor."
  • I have bungee jumped.
  • I broke my hand as a child playing basketball alone.