Andrew G. Iwach, MD

Dr. Iwach currently serves on the Academy's Committee of Secretaries as secretary for communications. Since becoming a fellow of the Academy in 1991, he has been active in many facets of our organization, including volunteering with EyeCare America, being a member on the Medical Information Technology and the Computer-Based Patient Records Activities committees and serving as a media spokesperson. He is currently chief medical editor of Academy Express. In 1994, Dr. Iwach received the Academy's Honor Award and in 2004 he received the Senior Achievement Award.

Dr. Iwach received his medical degree from the University of California Los Angeles and did his ophthalmology residency at Stanford University. He completed a Shaffer glaucoma fellowship at the University of California San Francisco in 1989. His glaucoma group practice is one of the largest glaucoma practices on the West Coast.

Dr. Iwach is executive director of the Glaucoma Center of San Francisco. He has been a member on the board of directors for the Glaucoma Research Foundation since 2000 and is currently its secretary of the board. He was appointed chair of the department of ophthalmology at St. Mary’s Hospital and Medical Center in 1999 and has served as vice chair since 2002. He currently serves as a scientific reviewer for Ophthalmology, American Journal of Ophthalmology, Archives of Ophthalmology, Ophthalmic Surgery and Lasers and the Journal of Glaucoma.

In addition, Dr. Iwach is an associate clinical professor of ophthalmology in the department of ophthalmology at the University of California San Francisco. He is on the clinical faculty at California Pacific Medical Center. He teaches courses and lectures extensively on glaucoma, having presented more than 300 scientific lectures both nationally and internationally. Dr. Iwach is actively involved in clinical research as well. His research focus has included mitomycin-C use in filtering surgery, application of optical coherence tomography in glaucoma, selective laser trabeculoplasty, numerous drug trials and more. He has published more than 40 peer-reviewed papers and book chapters.

When he’s not working, Dr. Iwach enjoys traveling, mountain biking and he prefers his vodka frozen.