Dr. David Hunter

David Hunter, MD, PhD, is Ophthalmologist-in-Chief and the Richard M. Robb Chair of Ophthalmology at Boston Children’s Hospital, President of the Children’s Hospital Ophthalmology Foundation, and Professor and Vice Chair of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School. He obtained a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering from Rice University, an MD, and a PhD in Cell Biology from Baylor College of Medicine. He completed an ophthalmology residency at Harvard/Mass Eye & Ear and a fellowship in pediatric ophthalmology at Johns Hopkins/Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute. He now leads the Department of Ophthalmology at Boston Children’s Hospital, which has grown into the largest pediatric ophthalmology department in the nation, with more than 40 faculty members specializing in nearly every aspect of ophthalmology and conducting basic research on the visual system.

Dr. Hunter’s clinical and research interests revolve around the diagnosis and treatment of amblyopia and strabismus. He is co-author of the books Learning Strabismus Surgery: A Case-Based Approach and Last-Minute Optics, and his lecture series on optics and refraction is available free on YouTube for ophthalmologists-in-training. He is past Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, past Vice President of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, and currently President of AAPOS. Named by the Boston Globe as one of Massachusetts’ 12 Top Innovators, he is also co-founder and board member of Rebion, Inc., manufacturer of the Blinq vision screening device. He approaches care with an engineer’s mindset, emphasizing understanding each unique problem before correcting it, and believes listening and educating are as vital as medicine or surgery.