Preston Blomquist, M.D. Titles and Appointments Professor Endowed Title Distinguished Teaching Professor School Medical School Department Ophthalmology Education Medical School UT Southwestern Medical School (1986) Internship St. Joseph's Hospital (1987), Transitional Year Residency Baylor College of Medicine (1990), Ophthalmology Research Interest Cataract Surgery Ocular Trauma Ophthalmologic Education and Training Publications Low-Dose Valacyclovir for Postherpetic Neuralgia in the Zoster Eye Disease Study: A Randomized Clinical Trial Author Collaboration tZ, Warner DB, Jeng BH, Kim J, Liu M, Troxel AB, Hochman JS, Baratz KH, Mian SI, Choulakian MY, Meyer JJ, Lu Y, Twi-Yeboah A, Lee TF, Lopez-Jimenez C, Laury SC, Cohen EJ, Weissbart SB, Abazari A, Chou TY, Chang E, Amescua G, Tonk R, Koo E, Martinez JD, Galor A, Patel SV, Berestka JS, Nanji AA, Chamberlain W, Stutzman R, Clements J, Chodosh J, Davies EC, Saeed H, Ciralsky JB, Alzaga Fernandez AG, Sippel KC, Perez-Quinones VL, Daluvoy M, Liu K, Ewald MD, Groos EB, Chang B, Shivitz IA, Hill J, Bartley J, McCulley J, Verity S, Blomquist P, Mootha VV JAMA Ophthalmology 2025 Low-Dose Valacyclovir in Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus: The Zoster Eye Disease Randomized Clinical Trial Author Collaboration tZ, Cohen EJ, Troxel AB, Liu M, Hochman JS, Baratz KH, Mian SI, Choulakian MY, Warner DB, Lu Y, Twi-Yeboah A, Lee TF, Kim J, Lopez-Jimenez C, Laury SC, Jeng BH, Weissbart SB, Abazari A, Chou TY, Chang E, Amescua G, Tonk R, Koo E, Martinez JD, Galor A, Patel SV, Berestka JS, Nanji AA, Chamberlain W, Stutzman R, Clements J, Chodosh J, Davies EC, Saeed H, Ciralsky JB, Alzaga Fernandez AG, Sippel KC, Perez-Quinones VL, Daluvoy M, Liu K, Ewald MD, Groos EB, Chang B, Shivitz IA, Hill J, Fowler PG, Bartley J, McCulley J, Verity S, Blomquist P, Mootha VV JAMA Ophthalmology 2025 Outcomes of resident-performed laser-assisted vs traditional phacoemulsification Hansen B, Blomquist PH, Ririe P, Pouly S, Nguyen C, Petroll WM, McCulley JP Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery 2020 Sep 46 1273-1277 Comparison of 1-field, 2-fields, and 3-fields fundus photography for detection and grading of diabetic retinopathy Lee JC, Nguyen L, Hynan LS, Blomquist PH Journal of Diabetes and Its Complications 2019 Dec 33 Gender Differences in Case Volume among Ophthalmology Residents Gong D, Winn BJ, Beal CJ, Blomquist PH, Chen RW, Culican SM, Dagi Glass LR, Domeracki GF, Goshe JM, Jones JK, Khouri AS, Legault GL, Martin TJ, Mitchell KT, Naseri A, Oetting TA, Olson JH, Pettey JH, Reinoso MA, Reynolds AL, Siatkowski RM, Soohoo JR, Sun G, Syed MF, Tao JP, Taravati P, Wudunn D, Al-Aswad LA JAMA Ophthalmology 2019 Sep 137 1015-1020 Educator as Parent: The 2019 Straatsma Lecture Blomquist PH Ophthalmology 2019 Aug 126 1073-1075 Supervision and autonomy of ophthalmology residents in the outpatient clinic in the United States II: A survey of senior residents Singman EL, Boland MV, Tian J, Green LK, Srikumaran D, Barkmeier AJ, Hendershot AJ, Thliveris A, Moore DB, Wudunn D, Goldman DJ, Waxman EL, Domeracki G, Legault GL, Pettey J, Chen JJ, Olson JH, Winokur J, Colyer M, Mayers M, Wilkinson MJ, Lee MS, Syed M, Drucker M, Weikert MP, Taravati P, Veldman P, Challa P, Blomquist PH, Siatkowski RM, Granadier R, Havens S, Culican SM, Uhler TA, Whittaker TJ BMC Medical Education 2019 Jun 19 Pupil-Involving Third Cranial Nerve Paresis at High Altitude Blomquist PH High Altitude Medicine and Biology 2018 Sep 19 286-287 Supervised resident manual small-incision cataract surgery outcomes at large urban United States residency training program Lynds R, Hansen B, Blomquist PH, Mootha V Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery 2018 Jan 44 34-38 Use of Intravenous Vancomycin and Cefepime in Preventing Endophthalmitis after Open Globe Injury Huang JM, Pansick AD, Blomquist PH Journal of Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics 2016 Sep 32 437-441 Results 1-10 of 50 1 2 3 4 5 Next Last Books Featured Books Practical Ophthalmology: A Manual for Beginning Residents, 7th Ed. Blomquist, PH (Ed.) (2015). San Francisco, American Academy of Ophthalmology Practical Ophthalmology: A Manual for Beginning Residents, 6th Ed. Wilson FM, Blomquist PH (Ed.) (2009). San Francisco, American Academy of Ophthalmology Practical Ophthalmology: A Manual for Beginning Residents, 5th Ed. Wilson FM II, Blomquist PH, Gedde SJ, Golnik KC, Wallace DK (2005). San Francisco, American Academy of Ophthalmology Honors & Awards Parker J. Palmer Courage to Teach Award, Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical EducationMore information at https://acgme.org/What-We-Do/Initiatives/Awards/Parker-J-Palmer-Courage-to-Teach-Award (2020) Secretariat Award of the American Academy of Ophthalmology (2020) Texas Super Doctor (since 2007) (2020) Straatsma Award for Excellence in Resident Education, American Academy of Ophthalmology and Association of University Professors of Ophthalmology (2018) Distinguished Alumnus, Baylor College of Medicine Department of Ophthalmology (2013) University of Texas System Regents' Outstanding Teaching Awardhttp://www.utsystem.edu/teachingawards/ (2012) University of Texas System Regents' Outstanding Teaching Awardmore info at http://www.utsystem.edu/teachingawards/ (2012) Distinguished Physician Award, Parkland Health and Hospital System (2007) UT Southwestern Academy of TeachersDistinguished Teaching Professor (2007) UT Southwestern Academy of Teachers, Distinguished Teaching Professor (2007) American Ophthalmological SocietyInducted after acceptance of thesis (2006) Ho Din AwardSouthwestern Medical Foundation (1986) Alpha Omega AlphaNational Medical Honor Society (1985) Professional Associations/Affiliations American Academy of Ophthalmology Association of University Professors of Ophthalmology (2002) Council Member, American Ophthalmological Society (2019) Past President, Dallas Academy of Ophthalmology Texas Ophthalmological Association (1998)
