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Timothy James McCulley, MD

Healthcare Professional
Professor and Chair
Ruiz Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Science
McGovern Medical School
UTHealth Houston
6431 Fannin
Houston, Texas, United States

Timothy McCulley, MD, is professor and chair of the Ruiz Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston. He also holds the Richard S. Ruiz, M.D. Distinguished University Chair.

Dr. McCulley joined UTHealth Houston from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, where he held the Earl D. Kidwell, Jr., M.D. Professorship in Ophthalmology and served as vice chair for clinical strategic planning at the Wilmer Eye Institute. He also served as the director of the Division of Oculoplastic Surgery, director of the Division of Neuro-Ophthalmology, and director of the American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (ASOPRS) ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive fellowship program.

After receiving his medical degree from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, Dr. McCulley completed a combined medical and surgical internship at the University of Hawaii and ophthalmology residency at Stanford University. He is duel fellowship trained in both oculoplastic surgery and neuro-ophthalmology. He completed a fellowship in neuro-ophthalmology at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, and an ASOPRS accredited oculoplastic fellowship at the Cincinnati Eye Institute.

Representative Publications:

Thyroid Eye Disease-Related Epiblepharon: A Comparative Case Study

Thyroid Eye Disease Presenting With Superior Rectus/Levator Complex Enlargement

Orbital Disease in Neuro-Ophthalmology

Indirect Traumatic Optic Neuropathy

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