Dr. Ian MacDonald reviews medical content for Healthwise, a nonprofit organization with a mission to help people make better health decisions. Dr. MacDonald is the Branch Chief of Ophthalmic Genetics and Visual Function at the National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland.

Board Certifications

Canadian College of Family Physicians—1981

Fellow, Canadian College of Medical Genetics—1986

Fellow in Ophthalmology, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada—1989

Healthwise Knowledgebase Topics Reviewed

Glaucoma

Pink Eye

Colour Blindness

Styes and Chalazia

Age-Related Macular Degeneration

Blocked Tear Ducts

Cataracts

Education

MDCM: McGill University, Montreal, QC, 1979

Residency: Family Medicine, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Montreal, QC, 1979–1981

Fellowship: Clinical Genetics and Cytogenetics, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario; Biochemical Genetics, Hospital for Sick Children; Molecular Genetics, Queen's University, Kingston, Ottawa and Toronto, ON, 1983–1984

Research Fellowship: Clinical Genetics, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, ON, 1984–1985

Fellowship: Medical Research Council of Canada, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, 1985–1986

Residency: Ophthalmology, Ottawa Civic Hospital, Ottawa General Hospital, and Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (Chief Resident, 1988–1989), Ottawa, ON, 1986–1989

Academic Appointments

Clinical Professor, Department of Medical Genetics, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, 1998–2006

Associate Professor, Department of Medical Genetics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, 1996–2006

Professor and Chair, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, 1992–2006

Hospital Affiliations

Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD

Royal Alexandra Hospital, Edmonton, AB

Professional Affiliations

American Academy of Ophthalmology

American Society of Human Genetics

Canadian Association of Pediatric Ophthalmologists

Canadian Ophthalmological Society

International Society for Clinical Electrophysiology of Vision

International Society for Genetic Eye Diseases

Ophthalmological Society of Alberta

Selected Publications

1. MacDonald IM, Sauve Y, Sieving PA (2007). Preventing blindness in retinal disease: Ciliary neurotrophic factor (CNTF) intraocular implants. Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology, 42(3): 399–402.
2. MacDonald IM (2005). Genetics of age-related macular degeneration. Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology, 40(3): 288–292.
3. MacDonald IM, Tran M, Musarella M (2004). Ocular genetics—Current understanding. Survey of Ophthalmology, 49(2): 159–196.

Financial Disclosure

This reviewer reported no financial conflicts.