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Andrew Iwach MD

Andrew Iwach MD

Andrew G. Iwach, MD is an associate clinical professor of ophthalmology at the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) and a faculty instructor at the California Pacific Medical Center Department of Ophthalmology. Dr. Iwach is a Fellow of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and was its Secretary of Communications. He has served on the Academy’s Committee on Medical Information Technology, Patient Education Committee, and Media Advisory Task Force, as well as having served as the Chief Medical editor of the Academy’s member publication Academy Express and currently serving as a spokesperson. Dr. Iwach is an examiner for the American Board of Ophthalmology, the Executive Director for the Glaucoma Research and Education Group, Executive Director of the Glaucoma Center of San Francisco, Co-Founder of the Eye Surgery Center of San Francisco, and Co-Founder of Glaucoma 360 New Horizons Forum. Dr. Iwach specializes in glaucoma treatment.

In 1984, Dr. Iwach received his medical degree from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA). He completed an internship at San Diego’s Mercy Hospital in 1985 and his ophthalmology residency at Stanford University Medical Center in 1988. After completing his glaucoma fellowship with Dr. Robert N. Shaffer at UCSF in 1989, he joined the Shaffer Medical Group as a glaucoma specialist. He also is past Research Director, Secretary, Treasurer, and Vice President and the current Chair of the board for the Glaucoma Research Foundation in San Francisco.

Dr. Iwach is a scientific reviewer for several medical journals, including Ophthalmology, American Journal of Ophthalmology, Archives of Ophthalmology, Ophthalmic Surgery and Lasers, and the Journal of Glaucoma.

He has published more than 60 articles in peer-reviewed clinical and scientific journals and has lectured extensively on glaucoma and other topics in ophthalmology in the United States and abroad.

Dr. Iwach serves on various boards of ophthalmic organizations and publications. He is a past recipient of the Life Time Achievement Award from the American Academy of Ophthalmology.