Melanie Schmitt, MD
Position title: Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences; Director of the Pediatric Inherited Retinal Degeneration Clinic; Co-Director, Ocular Genetics Program
Email: maschmitt@wisc.edu
Phone: (608) 263-5511
Address:
2870 University Avenue
Suite 102
Madison, WI 53705
Education
BS 2003, Genetics, University of Wisconsin – Madison
MD 2009, Doctor of Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Residency 2009-2013, Ophthalmology, Beaumont Eye Institute, Royal Oak, MI
Fellowship 2013-2014, Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, The Cole Eye Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Research
Melanie Schmitt specializes in Pediatric Ophthalmology and Adult Strabismus. Dr. Schmitt is particularly interested in the study of retinal dystrophies and retinal findings associated with mitochondrial diseases. Dr. Schmitt has a retinal dystrophy clinic once a month at the University Station Eye Clinic in which she sees adults and children with inherited retinal degenerations.