MUSC Children's Health Eye Care at Summey Medical Pavilion

M. Millicent W. Peterseim, M.D. is a Professor at the Storm Eye Institute at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, South Carolina. She is the Bruce Pratt Endowed Chair for International Ophthalmology. Dr. Peterseim's major clinical interests and responsibilities include pediatric ophthalmology and adult strabismus and international ophthalmology. Prior to receiving her medical degree from Washington University Medical School, Barnes Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri, Dr. Peterseim graduated from Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. Her internship in family and community medicine took place at Duke University Medical Center. Following her internship, Dr. Peterseim completed her residency in the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of North Carolina Hospital in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. She then returned to Duke to complete her fellowship in pediatric ophthalmology and adult strabismus at the Duke University Eye Center.Prior to joining MUSC in 1999, Dr. Peterseim was assistant professor of ophthalmology at Hershey Medical Center in Hershey, Pennsylvania and was in private practice at Park Ophthalmology in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. She has given numerous lectures and presentations nationally, published numerous peer-reviewed journal articles and made contributions to several textbooks.Dr. Peterseim is a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) and the American Association of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus (AAPOS) and is actively involved in community outreach efforts to further increase awareness about and support for proper vision screening for all children, especially those in the preschool and early school-aged years. She has collaborated with the National Children's Hospital in Costa Rica to determine genetic determinates of hereditary retinal disease and worked to improve eye care in India, Ethiopia and Belize in collaboration with Orbis International and the Belize Council for the Visually Impaired.

Dr Larissa Gouvea is an ophthalmologist at the Storm Eye Institute with a triple fellowship specialization in both pediatric and adult cornea, cataract, external diseases, and refractive surgery and pediatric ophthalmology. She cares for patients of all ages with a myriad of ocular diseases, including cornea, ocular surface and anterior segment disorders using cutting-edge medical and surgical techniques. She received her medical degree from Brazil, followed by an ophthalmology residency at the Eye Hospital of Parana, also in Brazil. She subsequently completed a Cornea, Refractive Surgery \& External Diseases fellowship, as well as a second dedicated fellowship in Pediatric Cornea \& External Disease at the University of Toronto - Toronto Western Hospital and Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids). After completing both adult and pediatric cornea fellowship, Dr Gouvea joined the Storm Eye Institute, Medical University of South Carolina for a fellowship in Pediatric Ophthalmology \& Adult Strabismus. Dr. Gouvea has received multiple research accolades, including the ASCRS Best Paper Awards twice. She is active in clinical research, having published a number of scientific works including peer review publications, abstracts in society meetings and book chapters. Dr Gouvea has also served as a course instructor at the American Academy of Ophthalmology laser refractive skills transfer course since 2018. Her clinical practice centers on improving outcomes for pediatric patients, especially those with corneal conditions as well as providing the optimal treatments for corneal and ocular surface disorders for both children and adults. Her research interests focus to advance the surgical treatment options for congenital and acquired anterior segment pathologies in all age groups.

Vanessa Hernandez, O.D., received her Bachelor of Science from The College of New Jersey and earned her Doctorate of Optometry from SUNY College of Optometry in New York, NY. She went on to complete a residency with a focus on primary care and ocular disease at the Bronxcare Health System in New York, NY. She went on to become a clinical instructor at the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai Hospital and serve as faculty for SUNY College of Optometry before settling in Charleston, South Carolina.