Juan Carlos Martinez Camarillo, MD

Juan Carlos Martinez Camarillo MD, is a retinal surgeon and researcher, that works at the interface of medicine and biomedical engineering, focusing on the development of novel ophthalmic therapeutics. He is an Associate Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology at USC Roski Eye Institute and Director of the Translational Research In Vivo Core Facility at USC Ginsburg Institute for Biomedical Therapeutics. His multidisciplinary translational research includes drug development of new therapies to improve and treat diabetic retinopathy, choroidal neovascularization as well as developing anti-inflammatory, pro-resolving, and regenerative therapeutics for age-related macular degeneration (AMD), retinitis pigmentosa and ocular trauma. Dr. Martinez is also a collaborator in clinical studies for ocular trauma and stem cell-based therapy for advanced stages of dry age-related macular degeneration.
Dr. Martinez Camarillo has numerous publications, book chapters, co-editor of three ophthalmology books covering a wide range of areas from refractive surgery to selected topics in ophthalmology, patents and several talks and presentations in national and international ophthalmology conferences. Before moving to California and joining USC Roski Eye Institute, Dr. Martinez Camarillo was an Associate Professor in both, retina and vitreous fellowship and ophthalmology residency programs at the National Rehabilitation Institute (Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitación) endorsed by the National Autonomous University (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México) in Mexico City.

• La Salle University: La Salle University Scholarship, 2016
• Salzburg Weill Cornell Seminar in Ophthalmology: Excellent Case Presentation, 2015
• V INR Residents Congress (Ophthalmology): First prize for Best Research Thesis, 2010
• USC Keck School of Medicine: Dean’s Pilot Funding Program, 2022
• USC Roski Eye Institute: President Award for Outstanding Faculty Teaching and Dedicated Service, 2022

• USC Doheny Eye Institute, Los Angeles, CA — Fellowship — 2012 — Retina and Vitreous Research Fellowship
• Universidad de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Mexico — Fellowship — 2013 — Clinical and Surgical Retina Fellowship
• Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City — Residency — 2011 — Ophthalmology Residency

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