Professor of Ophthalmology
Professor in Radiation Oncology
Member of the Duke Cancer Institute

Ocular oncologist Miguel Materin, MD joined Duke Eye Center as Professor of Ophthalmology and Director of Ophthalmic Oncology in September 2016. He joins Duke from Yale University School of Medicine where he was an Associate Professor of Ophthalmology & Visual Science. Prior to his appointment at Yale, he was at Wills Eye Hospital at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, where he served as Director of Diagnostic Studies for the Ocular Oncology Service.

Dr. Materin’s clinical practice involves diagnosis and treatment of patients with ocular tumors, including benign and malignant tumors of the eye. He has special interests in ocular melanoma, retinoblastoma, choroidal hemangiomas, retinal hemangioblastomas, metastases, astrocytic tumors and tumors related to other conditions or syndromes, like von Hippel Lindau disease, Tuberous Sclerosis among others.