Marc G. Odrich, MD, Senior Medical Advisor & Director

Marc is a New York native and is a graduate of Columbia College (AB) and Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons (MD). He was an intern in Internal Medicine at Yale’s Danbury Hospital before he completed his residency at Columbia’s Harkness Eye Institute. He then went on to be a fellow at Harvard’s Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary for two years sub-specializing in Cornea and External Disease. Marc has been in both private and academic practice and is currently Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Virginia where he practices clinical ophthalmology specializing in Refractive Surgery. He has had pivotal roles in the development and commercialization of the excimer laser and the femto laser as former Medical Director for Visx, Inc and currently consults for multiple companies in the areas of corneal and refractive surgery, presbyopia correction and dry eye disease. Marc is the Chief Medical Officer for TearSolutions, Inc. a Charlottesville, VA based start up that is in clinical trials with a new drug developed for Sjogrens and dry eye disease.