Carl C. Awh, M.D.

Fellowship
Vitreoretinal Surgery and Research
Duke University Eye Center
Durham, NC

Residency
Ophthalmology
Chief Resident
Georgetown University Medical Center
Washington, DC

Internship
Georgetown University Hospital/Fairfax Hospital
Washington, DC/Fairfax, VA

Medical School
M.D.
University of Mississippi School of Medicine
Jackson, MS

Undergraduate Education
S.B. in Mechanical Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Boston, MA

Professional Affiliations
Nashville Academy of Ophthalmology
Tennessee Academy of Medicine
American Medical Association
American Academy of Ophthalmology
American Society of Retina Specialists
The Retina Society
Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology

Dr. Carl Awh (pronounced “Oh”) completed a fellowship in vitreoretinal surgery and research at the Duke University Eye Center with Dr. Robert Machemer (“the father of modern vitreous surgery”) and other distinguished faculty.   After completing his fellowship, Dr. Awh joined the faculty of the Johns Hopkins University, where he was appointed Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology and Director of the Retina Service at Sinai Hospital of Baltimore.  He was the founding co-director of the Johns Hopkins Microsurgery Advanced Design Laboratory, based at the Wilmer Ophthalmologic Institute.  In 1994 he moved to Nashville to join Retina Vitreous Associates (now Tennessee Retina).

Dr. Awh is an internationally recognized clinician, surgeon, and educator.  His special interests include macular surgery, diabetic retinopathy, macular degeneration, and the development of surgical devices and techniques.  He has authored scientific articles on these subjects and on the topics of ocular trauma and intraocular tumors.

Dr. Awh is an active investigator in industry-sponsored and National Eye Institute-sponsored clinical trials, holds six U.S. patents for surgical devices, and has designed dozens of instruments in widespread use by vitreoretinal surgeons.  He is a consultant to numerous ophthalmic companies and lectures regularly at scientific conferences throughout the world.  He serves on the Board of Directors of the American Society of Retina Specialists as Site Selection and Meeting Planning Chairman and as Communications Chairman.

He has been named by Best Doctors, Inc, based in Boston, as one of the "Best Doctors in America." He also is the recipient of Honor Awards from both the American Academy of Ophthalmology and the American Society of Retina Specialists.  In 2004 he received the Senior Honor Award of the American Society of Retina Specialists.  He is an Associate Examiner for the American Board of Ophthalmology and is the founding Director of the Retina Fellows’ Forum, an annual national educational meeting for vitreoretinal specialists-in-training.

Dr. Awh is the happily married father of three children.  He enjoys golf, triathlon, music, and travel.