Ethan A. Rossi, PhD

Dr. Ethan Rossi is an Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.  He holds a secondary appointment in the Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering. In 2001, Dr. Rossi received a BA, Brain & Cognitive Sciences, from the University of Rochester, Rochester, NY.  In 2009, he received his PhD, Vision Science, from the University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA. Dr. Rossi’s current research interests include: ophthalmic imaging, visual performance, adaptive optics, eye movements, spatial vision, image processing, photoreceptors, retinal pigmented epithelial cells, retinal ganglion cells, retinal degenerations, retinal dystrophies, age-related macular degeneration, glaucoma and concussion.  Most recently he was awarded the BrightFocus National Glaucoma Research Award for the project entitled “In vivo imaging of retinal ganglion cells in glaucoma.”  Dr. Rossi holds 2 patents and has 2 patents pending. Dr. Rossi is a member of the following professional organizations:  Association for Researchers in Vision and Ophthalmology, Optical Society of America, the University of California Center for Adaptive Optics, and the European Association for Vision and Eye Research. View a list of Dr. Rossi’s publications here.