Maria A. Woodward, M.D.
Woodward is a physician-scientist focused on the anterior segment of the eye. She’s the director of the Technology Eye Care Services program at the Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor Medical Center and serves on the American Academy of Ophthalmology’s groups including its Health Policy committee. She also leads its Task Force on Eye Care and Community Health Centers and is additionally on the Cornea Society board.
Her career goal is to dramatically extend high quality, affordable eye care to underserved and underrepresented communities nationally and globally. Her research focuses on novel ophthalmic technologies and e-Health clinical programs – particularly disease-monitoring tools with low acquisition and delivery costs funded by the National Eye Institute and other sources. Woodward collaborates with national and international leaders in telemedicine, cornea, health sciences and engineering, including close collaboration with Aravind Eye Hospitals in India.
