Complete Ophthalmology and Optometric Services including Medical Contact Lenses.
Timothy T. McMahon, OD, FAAO graduated from Illinois College of Optometry in 1980, and completed a residency at the Kansas City Veterans Administration Medical Center in 1981. From 1981 to 2010 Dr. McMahon was a faculty member at the University of Illinois at Chicago in the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences and currently holds the rank of Professor of Ophthalmology. From 2010 through 2011 he served as the Associate Director for Clinical Affairs, Professor of Optometry and Optometrist-in-Chief at the University of Waterloo, School of Optometry in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. He returned to the UIC Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences in late 2011 and holds the rank of Professor of Ophthalmology. In 2013 he received Board Certification in Medical Optometry by the American Board of Certification in Medical Optometry. In 2014 he was appointed Vice Chair for Optometry in the Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences at UIC. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Optometry and is a Diplomate in the Section on Cornea, Contact Lenses and Refractive Technologies. He previously served as Chair of the Academy’s Research Committee and Vice Chair of the Academy’s Scientific Program Committee and is a member of the AOA’s Council on Research. Dr. McMahon was appointed to the American Optometric Foundation Board in 2002 and served as its treasurer until 2008 when he was elected to serve as a member of the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Optometry where he continues to serve. He continues to serve on the editorial board for the journals Cornea and Eye and Contact Lens. In 2000 the National Academies of Practice named him a Distinguished Clinical Fellow. Dr. McMahon has been an investigator or principal investigator for several NIH and VA funded research projects, including the CLEK Study, where he served on the Executive Committee. From 2001 to 2005 he served on the FDA Ophthalmic Devices Panel and remains a consultant. He has published widely and has lectured nationally and internationally. His interests include contact lenses, corneal topography and anterior segment diseases.
Wagner H, Chalmers RL, Mitchell LG, Jansen ME, Kinoshita BT, Lam DY, McMahon TT, Richdale K, Sorbara L, CLAY Study Group. Risk factors for interruption to soft contact lens wear in children and young adults. Optom Vis Sci 88:8; 973-980, 2011.
Jansen ME, Chalmers RL, Mitchell GL, Kinoshita BT, Lam DY, McMahon TT, Richdale K, Sorbara L, Wagner H. (2011) Characterization of patients who report compliant and non-compliant overnight wear of soft contact lenses. Cont Lens Anterior Eye http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clae.2011.01.001
Rai R, Shorter E, Cortina MS, McMahon TT, De la Cruz J: Contact lens surveillance cultures in type I keratoprosthesis patients , Eye Contact Lens Feb 6 (epub ahead of print) 2013.
Thomas M, Shorter E, Joslin C, McMahon T, Cortina S: Contact lens use in patients with Boston Keratoprosthesis type 1: Fitting, management and complications. Eye Contact Lens 41:334-340, 2015.
Rosen J, Amram A, Milani B, Park D, Harthan J, Joslin C, McMahon T, Djalilian A: Contact lens induced limbal stem cell deficiency: A review. Ocul Surf 14(4):419-434, 2016.
Illinois, USA