Tamara R. Fountain, MD

Dr. Fountain currently serves on the Academy's Committee of Secretaries as secretary for member services. She also serves on the editorial advisory board of EyeNet Magazine and the Academy's Health Policy Committee. Dr. Fountain is also a media spokeswoman for the Academy and has given print and live television interviews to outlets including the Boston Globe, Marie Claire and MSNBC's "Dr. Nancy" show. She lectures frequently on medical ethics and risk management, is listed in the database of "America's Top Ophthalmologists" and has been named by her peers as one of the nation's "Best Doctors" since 2005.

Dr. Fountain grew up in Minnesota, received a bachelor's degree from Stanford University and her MD from Harvard Medical School. After an internship at Pennsylvania Hospital, she completed her residency in ophthalmology at Wilmer Eye Institute of Johns Hopkins Hospital, followed by a fellowship in plastic/reconstructive surgery at University of Southern California's Doheny Eye Institute.

She is professor of ophthalmology and section director of ophthalmic plastics at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago. She maintains a private practice near her home on Chicago's North Shore. Dr. Fountain is executive secretary for the American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons, on the board of directors for the Ophthalmic Mutual Insurance Company and a former Academy trustee-at-large. She is a past president of the Illinois Association of Ophthalmology, program chair of the Chicago Ophthalmological Society and a long-time member of Women in Ophthalmology. In her spare time, Dr. Fountain enjoys gardening, photography, golf and tennis.