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Name RUSSELL W READ
  
Campus Address EFH 601 Zip 0009
Phone  (205) 325-8507
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Faculty Appointment(s)
Appointment Type Department Division Rank
Primary  Ophthalmology  Ophthalmology Professor

Graduate Biomedical Sciences Affiliations
Immunology 

Biographical Sketch 
Dr. Read was born in Nashville, TN and raised in Montgomery, AL. He received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Pharmacy from Auburn University in 1988. Following two years of pharmacy practice, he returned to school at the University of Alabama School of Medicine, graduating magna cum laude in 1994. Dr. Read served an internship at Carraway Methodist Medical Center in Birmingham, and completed a residency in ophthalmology at the University of Washington, Seattle. He then spent two years at the Doheny Eye Institute/University of Southern California, completing dual fellowships in Uveitis/Ocular Inflammatory Diseases and Ophthalmic Pathology. Dr. Read joined the full-time faculty of the UAB Department of Ophthalmology in August 2000. He is certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology and is a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, the American Uveitis Society, the Hogan Eye Pathology Society, the American Medical Association, the Medical Association of the State of Alabama, and the Alabama Academy of Ophthalmology. He is actively involved in clinical and applied basic science research as well as diagnostic ophthalmic pathology.

Society Memberships
Organization Name Position Held Org Link
American Uveitis Society  Executive Secretary  http://www.uveitissociety.org 
Medical Association of the State of Alabama    http://www.masalink.org/ 
American Medical Association    http://www.ama-assn.org/ 
Alabama Academy of Ophthalmology  Board of Directors  http://www.aleyemd.com/ 
American Academy of Ophthalmology    http://www.aao.org/ 
Hogan Eye Pathology Society     
Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology     
 



Research/Clinical Interest
Title
Role of Complement in Ocular Diseases
Description
My laboratory focuses on the role of the complement system and its activation in ocular disease. We are currently focusing on two areas, complement activation in experimental autoimmune uveitis, a mouse model of endogenous posterior uveitis; and complement in age related macular degeneration, the leading cause of blindness in the USA in individuals over 65.

Keywords
complement, uveitis, macular degeneration, immunology, eye