TRESE Michael

Chief Vitreoretinal Surgery Beaumont Hospital Royal Oak, Michigan, USA

Michael Trese received his medical degree from Georgetown University in 1976 and then completed his residency at the UCLA Jules Stein Eye Institute.

He obtained his vitreoretinal fellowship at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina.

He served as Director of Vitreoretinal Surgery at the University of Kansas prior to joining Associated Retinal Consultants in 1982.

He currently is Clinical Professor of Biomedical Sciences at Oakland University and Clinical Associate Professor at Wayne State University School of Medicine.

He is Chief of Pediatric and Adult Vitreoretinal Surgery at William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Michigan.

Dr. Trese has a special interest in retinopathy of prematurity and pediatric vitreoretinal diseases and is an internationally recognized expert in this area.

He has been named to The Best Doctors in the Midwest, United States, and America, and has authored an extensive number of publications in professional journals as well as many textbook chapters.

He has spoken all around the world and delivered several named lectureships.

His current basic science and clinical research interests encompass problems of both pediatric and adult vitreoretinal disease including participation in many National Institutes of Health and National Eye Institute sponsored trials.

He is past President of The American Retina Society and a member of the American Society of Retina Specialists, Club Jules Gonin, and the American Academy of Ophthalmology where he served as co-chairman of the Retina 2005 Program for the Subspecialty Day at the annual meeting.

In addition he has served on the Program Committee of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology and is a member of the Michigan Society of Eye Physicians and Surgeons, American Medical Association, and Oakland County Medical Society.