Drouilhet Visiting Professorship in Ophthalmology

Presented by the Ruiz Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, the Adrien and Gladys Drouilhet Visiting Professorship in Ophthalmology brings some of the nation’s foremost leaders in ophthalmology to share groundbreaking insights.

The Adrien and Gladys Drouilhet Visiting Professorship in Ophthalmology supports the Ruiz department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science at McGovern Medical School. John H. Drouilhet, MD, and Adrien F. Drouilhet III, PhD, established the endowment in 2000 to honor their parents, Adrien and Gladys, who instilled in their sons a strong sense of family and duty to the common good.

Dr. John Drouilhet is a specialist in the field of vitreoretinal surgery and completed his residency and fellowship from McGovern Medical School. His brother, Dr. Adrien Drouilhet III, is a retired education consultant.

The brothers envisioned a sustainable educational resource for students, faculty, and researchers in the Ruiz Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences. Originally established as a lecture series, the endowment was elevated to a visiting professorship with the purpose of bringing a noted ophthalmic clinician or vision scientist as a visiting professor to campus.

The next lecture will be a two-day event on April 9-10, 2026.

Has the Age of Target TED Therapy Arrived?

Presented by Michael Kazim, MD
Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology and Surgery
Harkness Eye Institute – Columbia University Medical Center, New York
Chief Editor, Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Journal

Lecture and Dinner at Maggiano’s Post Oak
2019 Post Oak | Houston, Tx 77027
Complimentary Parking

Thursday – April 9, 2026
6:15 – 7:00 p.m. Meet the Speaker ~ Houston Ophthalmological Society Networking Reception
7:00 – 8:30 p.m. Business Meeting/Dinner/Lecture at Maggiano’s

Friday – April 10, 2026
7:00 – 7:50 a.m. Blanton Eye Institute, Houston Methodist Hospital Breakfast with the Expert:
Marriott Medical Center Hotel: 2nd floor of the hotel at Main & Green Restaurant
8:00 – 9:00 a.m. Baylor & University of Texas Houston Grand Rounds: Patient Discussion
6501 Fannin, NC205 – Neurosensory Center – Cullen Auditorium
9:00 – 10:00 a.m. Guest Lecture Topic TBA

More about Michael Kazim, MD:

• Professor of Ophthalmology and Surgery at Harkness Eye Institute, Columbia University Medical Center
• Training
  • BA: Columbia College, Columbia University
  • MD: Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
  • Residency: Columbia University
  • Fellowship: Oculoplastic & Craniofacial Surgery, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (James A. Katowitz, M.D.)
  • Fellowship: Orbital Surgery & Neuro-ophthalmology, Allegheny General Hospital (John S. Kennerdell, M.D.)
• Over 200 publications and book chapters
• Editor-in-Chief of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Journal
• Founder and first President, International Thyroid Eye Disease Society

Previous Speakers (Since 2022)

Peter J. McDonnell, MD
“Why Every Ophthalmologist Should Start a Company and How to Do It”
Dr. McDonnell is the Director and William Holland Wilmer Professor of Ophthalmology at the Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

William Harbour, MD
“Latest Advances in Uveal Melanoma”
Dr. Harbour is a Professor and the David Bruton, Jr. Chair of the Department of Ophthalmology at UT Southwestern Medical Center

Wendy Lee, MD, MS
“Expect the Unexpected”
Dr. Lee is a Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology and Dermatology, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

Andreas Lauer, MD
“Subretinal Gene Therapy Surgery–The Casey Eye Institute Experience”
Dr. Lauer is the Margaret Thiele Petti and August Petti Chair of Ophthalmology and Director of the Casey Eye Institute, School of Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University

Eugene DeJuan, MD
“Medical Entrepreneurship in an Academic Setting” and “Invention vs. Innovation”
Dr. DeJuan is a professor of ophthalmology and renowned retina specialist, surgeon and inventor at University of California San Francisco

Donald Budenz, MD, MPH
“Glaucoma at the Center of the Earth”
Donald L. Budenz, MD, MPH, is the Kittner Family Distinguished Professor and chair of ophthalmology at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine

Upcoming Guest Speakers

• Jacque Duncan
• Fernando Arevalo