Sponsored by the MU Science Club and MU Pre-Med Club
About the Speaker
David Fleischman, MD, FACS, is the Sterling A. Barrett Distinguished Associate Professor at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine. He serves as Director of the Glaucoma Fellowship and Director of Ocular Trauma at the UNC Kittner Eye Center, and was Interim Chair from November 2025-July 2026.
Dr. Fleischman completed his ophthalmology residency at UNC and his glaucoma fellowship at the Duke Eye Center, where he was a Heed Foundation Fellow. His clinical and research interests include glaucoma surgery, optimization of glaucoma treatment, cerebrospinal fluid and retrobulbar pressure dynamics, ocular trauma, and surgical education.
He serves on the American Glaucoma Society Patient Care Committee and as Director of Research for the American Society of Ocular Trauma. He has received multiple teaching honors, including the UNC Department of Ophthalmology Teacher of the Year Award in 2017 and 2024.
