UW Eye Research Institute
Daniel M. Albert, MD, MS
Emmett A. Humble Distinguished Director, Eye Research Institute
Professor and Chair Emeritus
F.A. Davis Professor
Lorenz E. Zimmerman Professor
Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
School of Medicine and Public Health
Clinical Sciences Center, Room K6/412
600 Highland Avenue
Madison, WI 53792-3284
(608) 263-9798
- Education:
- MD 1962, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
- MS 1997, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Intern 1962-63, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
- Resident in Ophthalmology 1963-66, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
- Clinical Associate in Ophthalmology, Surgeon USPHS 1966-68, National Institute of Neurological Disease and Blindness, National Institutes of Health
- NIH Special Fellow in Ophthalmic Pathology 1968-69, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology
- Research Interests:
- Dr. Albert’s research focuses on ocular tumors, specifically melanoma and retinoblastoma. His work with retinoblastoma utilizes transgenic mouse models of the tumor to investigate the molecular biology of the disease and to learn whether vitamin D analogs produce tumor regression in these animal models. He also studies melanoma in a transgenic mouse model. From 1985-2003, Dr. Albert worked with the National Eye Institute’s Collaborative Ocular Melanoma Study (COMS) and was the head of the COMS Pathology Center; he remains curator of the specimens collected during the study. His other interests include medical ethics and the history of medicine and ophthalmology.
- Publications:
- PubMed Listing of Publications