Thomas R. Friberg is certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology and is a member of the Retina and Macula Societies, ASRS, and the Club Jules Gonin. He has served as Program Chairman for the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO), as the Chairman of Research for the Macula Society, and served on the Executive Committee of the Club Jules Gonin.
His special interests include the treatment of macular degeneration, drug delivery strategies, diabetic retinopathy, efficient treatment of retinal detachment, and novel retinal imaging techniques. He is well known nationally and internationally and he has served as Editor in Chief of Seminars in Ophthalmology for more than 20 years. He serves as a grant reviewer for the NIH, the Austrian Science Fund, and the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong. He was selected from among 500 candidates to serve on an international five-person panel to evaluate all University Professor and Assistant Professorship promotions in academic ophthalmology in Italy. He serves on PhD committees for graduate students at the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Zagreb, Croatia. Dr. Friberg also teaches Retinal Fellows/Residents and medical students.
- Duke Eye Center, Vitreous Fellowship
- Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary and Harvard Medical School, Dept. of Ophthalmology, Retina Fellowship
- Stanford University Medical Center, Ophthalmology Residency
- Hennepin County General Hospital, Minneapolis, MN, Internship
- University of Minnesota School of Medicine, MD
- Stanford Graduate School of Engineering, MS in Fluid Mechanics, Heat Transfer and Design
- University of Minnesota Institute of Technology, BS in Mechanical Engineering
Education & Training
Dr. Friberg has been Principal Investigator for numerous clinical trials particularly studying macular degeneration, and has authored well over 200 scientific publications.