Deborah Alcorn, MD

Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at the Stanford University Medical Center, Emerita

Academic Appointments

Emeritus Faculty - University Medical Line, Ophthalmology

Professional Education

Doctor of Medicine, University of Iowa College of Medicine (1981)
Flexible Internship, St. Mary’s Hospital, medical/surgical (1982)
Ophthalmology Residency, Eye Institute, Medical College of Wisconsin (1985)
Ophthalmology Fellowship, Indiana University School of Medicine, Pediatric (1986)
Fellowship, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute, Ocular Genetics (1988)

2023-24 Courses

Independent Studies
- Directed Reading in Ophthalmology
  OPHT 299 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Early Clinical Experience in Ophthalmology
  OPHT 280 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Graduate Research
  OPHT 399 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Medical Scholars Research
  OPHT 370 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Undergraduate Research
  OPHT 199 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)

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