UPMC Grand Rounds: Guest Speaker

Dr. Strube will present Strabismus: I Rock….Until the Re-Op! at 7am on Friday, June 30th in BST S120.

Dr. Yi Ning J. Strube is Director of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Adult Strabismus, Department of Ophthalmology, Queen’s University and Hotel Dieu Hospital / Kingston Health Sciences Centre in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. She is also Assistant Professor of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Adult Strabismus, Queen’s University. 

Dr.  Strube completed her medical school and  ophthalmology  residency  training  at  Queen’s  University, followed by her fellowship in Pediatric Ophthalmology and Adult Strabismus with Dr. Kenneth  W.  Wright  and  the  University  of  Southern  California,  Children’s  Hospital  Los  Angeles.  She is both a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and a Diplomat of the  American  Board  of  Ophthalmology.  Dr.  Strube  returned  to  Queen’s  University  after  fellowship,  and  is  actively  involved  in  teaching  medical  students,  and  training  residents  in ophthalmology,  pediatrics  and  family  medicine.  Dr.  Strube  is  the  current  Chair  of  Continuing  Education Committee for the Canadian Orthoptic Council. 

Dr.  Strube’s  interests  include  basic  science  ophthalmological  research,  innovative  strabismus  surgical techniques, teaching and medical writing. She is the medical editor and author of the 3rd edition Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus textbook, Oxford University Press, and the 4th edition  Color  Atlas  of  Strabismus  Surgery:  Strategies  and  Techniques,  Springer.  Dr.  Strube’s  clinical focus includes complex pediatric and adult strabismus. She in actively involved in surgical training  and  wet  lab  curriculum  design,  and  acts  as  course  director  and  instructor  of  two  successful  strabismus  wet  lab  courses:  the  American  Academy  of  Ophthalmology  (AAO) Strabismus  Wet  Lab  course  over  the  past  6  years,  and  the  Canadian  Ophthalmological  Society  (COS) Surgical Transfer Course in Strabismus for the past 2 years.