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Preston Blomquist, M.D.

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, Read RW, Geggel HS, McCulley J, Verity S, Blomquist P 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, Read RW, Geggel HS, McCulley J, Verity S, Blomquist P 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
  • Books

    Featured 

    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 Education
      More 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 Award
      http://www.utsystem.edu/teachingawards/ (2012)
    • University of Texas System Regents' Outstanding Teaching Award
      more info at http://www.utsystem.edu/teachingawards/ (2012)
    • Distinguished Physician Award, Parkland Health and Hospital System
      (2007)
    • UT Southwestern Academy of Teachers
      Distinguished Teaching Professor (2007)
    • UT Southwestern Academy of Teachers, Distinguished Teaching Professor
      (2007)
    • American Ophthalmological Society
      Inducted after acceptance of thesis (2006)
    • Ho Din Award
      Southwestern Medical Foundation (1986)
    • Alpha Omega Alpha
      National 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)