David K. Wallace, MD - Pediatric Ophthalmology

David K. Wallace, MD

Pediatric Ophthalmology

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David K. Wallace, MD, MPH, is the Marilyn K. Glick Professor and Chair of the Department of Ophthalmology at the Indiana University School of Medicine, and he serves as Director of the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Eye Institute. He received his undergraduate and medical degrees from Indiana University and completed his Ophthalmology Residency as Chief Resident at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. He obtained a Masters in Public Health in Epidemiology at the University of North Carolina. After 10 years on the faculty at UNC, including 6 years as residency program director, he joined the Duke University Department of Ophthalmology in 2005. While at Duke, he was promoted to Professor of Ophthalmology and Pediatrics, Vice-Chair for Clinical Strategic Planning, and Director of Clinical Research. He has served as Senior Associate Editor for the Journal of the American Association of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus and as President of the North Carolina Society of Eye Physicians and Surgeons. In 2017, he returned to the Indiana University School of Medicine to lead the Department of Ophthalmology. Dr. Wallace's primary research interests are retinopathy of prematurity, amblyopia, and clinical trials in pediatric ophthalmology. He served a 5-year term as chair of an NIH-funded research network, the Pediatric Eye Disease Investigator Group (PEDIG). He has served as protocol chair for several PEDIG studies, including a phase 1 dose de-escalation study of intravitreous bevacizumab for retinopathy of prematurity. He currently leads a PEDIG multi-center randomized trial of low-dose bevacizumab versus laser, and a second trial comparing two doses of bevacizumab. He serves on the Board of Directors and as Secretary for Program for the American Association of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus (AAPOS), and he chairs the pediatric section of American Academy of Ophthalmology's Preferred Practice Patterns.

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575 Riley Hospital Dr

Ophthalmology MSA 3

Indianapolis, IN, 46202

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Specialties
  • Pediatric Ophthalmology
Education
  • School of Medicine: Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
  • Internship: Inova Fairfax Hospital, Annandale, VA
  • Residency: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
  • Fellowship: Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
Hospitals & Affiliations
  • Riley Physicians
  • IU Health Physicians
  • Aetna Medicare Advantage
  • Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield
  • Anthem Healthy Indiana Plan
  • Anthem Hoosier Care Connect
  • Anthem Hoosier Healthwise
  • Anthem Medicare Advantage
  • Anthem Medicare HMO
  • Anthem Medicare PPO
  • Anthem Pathway Essentials Network
  • Care Source Healthy Indiana Plan
  • Care Source Hoosier Healthwise
  • Community Health Network - Employee Plan
  • ProHealth/Community Health System
  • CorVel/Corecare - Workers Compensation
  • Encore Workers Compensation
  • Health Alliance Medicare Advantage
  • Humana Medicare Advantage
  • Indiana Health Network - Workers Compensation
  • Indiana University Health - Workers Compensation
  • IU Health Plans Medicare Advantage
  • Managed Health Services Healthy Indiana Plan
  • Managed Health Services Hoosier Care Connect
  • Managed Health Services Hoosier Healthwise
  • Managed Health Services Medicare Advantage
  • MDWise Excel Healthy Indiana Plan
  • MDWise Excel Hoosier Healthwise
  • Parkview Health Plan Signature Care PPO
  • Point Comfort - Refugee Medical Assistance Program
  • Point Comfort - Unaccompanied Children Program
  • The Healthcare Group Encircle
  • The Healthcare Group Encore
  • TriCare Select
  • United DSNP
  • United HMO
  • United HealthCare
  • United HealthCare Hoosier Care Connect
  • United Medicare Advantage
  • United PPO
  • VA - CCN via United Healthcare

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