Contributors

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Akshay Thomas

Dr. Thomas is a vitreoretinal surgeon and director of the uveitis service at Tennessee Retina. He completed his ophthalmology residency at Oregon Health & Science University followed by a fellowship in vitreoretinal surgery at Duke University. He then completed a fellowship in uveitis at Oregon Health & Science University and Devers Eye Institute.

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Laura Kopplin

Dr. Kopplin is an Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences and serves as the director of their Uveitis service. She completed her medical degree and doctorate in Genetics at Case Western Reserve University followed by ophthalmology residency at the Casey Eye Institute. Dr. Kopplin then completed uveitis fellowship training at the Casey Eye Institute and the Devers Eye Institute. Her research interests include the epidemiology and therapeutic treatments of inflammatory eye diseases.