The Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences added a new ophthalmologist to our Retina and Vitreous, and Ocular Oncology Services. Assistant professor Elaine Binkley, MD, specializes in the treatment of retinal diseases such as macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy. She also has expertise in eye cancer and tumors of the eye.

Dr. Binkley completed medical school training and ophthalmology residency at The Ohio State University before pursuing a Vitreoretinal Surgery Fellowship and a Retina Clinical and Molecular Research Fellowship both at University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics. She returns to Iowa City after training as an ocular oncology consultant at the Cleveland Clinic.

She sees patients in the main hospital Eye Clinic and her background is at https://uihc.org/elaine-binkley