Dr. Blake Snyder

Biography

Blake Snyder, MD, from Colorado, brings a love for skiing, biking, hiking, and live music to his career focused on global ophthalmology. He studied biochemistry and chemistry at the University of Colorado, graduating summa cum laude with distinction in his department and as a Phi Beta Kappa honors student. He spent a year as an Intramural Research Training Award Fellow at the National Institutes of Health, where he was introduced to ophthalmology. In medical school, he was one of six students selected for the AOA Honor Society and was a leader who received a departmental award in ophthalmology at graduation, along with a full presidential scholarship. He spent years completing international research in ophthalmology as a Doris Duke/Fogarty Fellow at the Francis Proctor Foundation at UCSF, contributing to projects supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Following his residency at UC Davis, where he served as Chief Resident, he co-authored a policy paper that helped advance Congressional legislation regarding corneal donation access for minority populations. He returned to UCSF for Proctor Foundation fellowship training in uveitis and medical cornea and is now a Global Ophthalmology Fellow at Stanford.

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