Primary Job Title Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Emeritus Primary Organization University of California Irvine
Location Laguna Hills, California, United States Regions Greater Los Angeles Area, West Coast, Western US Gender Male
Richard (Rick) A. Hill, MD, is a founder of Glaukos Corporation and Orange County Glaucoma. He is an Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Emeritus, at the University of California, Irvine, and a founding member of the Armenian EyeCare Project.
Dr. Hill earned his MD from Northwestern University Medical School. He subsequently completed an
internship in internal medicine at Saint Joseph Hospital, a residency in ophthalmology at Pennsylvania State University - Hershey, and a clinical fellowship in glaucoma at the University of Southern California (USC) Medical Center.
He has been a board-certified Ophthalmologist since 1990. He currently holds memberships in the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO), American Glaucoma Society (AGS), American Medical Association (AMA), and the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO).
Dr. Hill has authored scientific papers, holds numerous patents, and has been an invited lecturer and presenter at scientific meetings.
