Hilary A. Beaver, MD

Associate Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology, Academic Institute
Associate Clinical Member, Research Institute
Houston Methodist
Weill Cornell Medical College


Biography

Dr. Beaver graduated with an M.D. from the University of Virginia in 1991. She completed her internship and residency in Ophthalmology at Baylor College of Medicine and The Cullen Eye Institute in Houston, Texas. She was an Associate Professor of Ophthalmology and the Director of Medical Student Education in Ophthalmology at The University of Iowa Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences in Iowa City, Iowa before joining The Methodist Hospital Physicians Organization in 2009. Dr. Beaver is currently an Associate Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology with Weill Cornell Medical College, and holds an adjunct faculty appointment in the Department of Ophthalmology at The University of Texas in Galveston. Dr. Beaver has an interest in medical student and resident education. She was a founding Vice President of the Association of University Professors Consortium of Medical Student Educators. She joined The Methodist Hospital Research Institute in 2010.

Description of Research

Medical student education, resident education, ophthalmology competencies, geriatric ophthalmology.

Education & Training

Residency, Baylor College of Medicine
Internship, Baylor College of Medicine
MD, University of Virginia School of Medicine
Publications

Digital teaching and learning: the future of ophthalmology education
Succar, T, Lee, VA, Beaver, H & Lee, AG 2023, . in Digital Teaching, Learning and Assessment: the Way Forward. Elsevier, pp. 241-251. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-95500-3.00011-0

Branch retinal artery occlusions after balloon sinuplasty due to formation of a traumatic pseudoaneurysm in the internal carotid artery and embolization treatment
Rohani, N, Beaver, HA & Lee, AG 2022, , American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports, vol. 25, 101313, pp. 101313. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajoc.2022.101313

Immune-Mediated Optic Neuropathy in Chronically Immunosuppressed Transplant Patients
Kamal, SM, Winters, JM, Al Othman, BA, Kini, AT, Beaver, HA & Lee, AG 2021, , Journal of neuro-ophthalmology : the official journal of the North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society, vol. 41, no. 2, pp. e180-e183. https://doi.org/10.1097/WNO.0000000000001030

Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on ophthalmology medical student teaching: educational innovations, challenges, and future directions
Succar, T, Beaver, HA & Lee, AG 2021, , Survey of Ophthalmology, vol. 67, no. 1, pp. 217-225. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.survophthal.2021.03.011

Geriatric Cross-Cutting Issues in Ophthalmology
Lee, AG & Beaver, HA 2021, . in Geriatrics for Specialists, Second Edition. Springer International Publishing, pp. 159-168. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-76271-1_13

Postoperative Horner Syndrome after Lung Transplantation
Go, JA, Vickers, A, Kaleekal, TS, Beaver, HA & Lee, AG 2020, , Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology, vol. 40, no. 4, pp. 504-506. https://doi.org/10.1097/WNO.0000000000000848

Infectious keratitis as the presenting sign of giant cell arteritis
Kamal, S, Al Othman, B, Kini, A, Beaver, HA, Chaudhry, I, Prospero Ponce, CM, Chévez-Barrios, P & Lee, AG 2020, , Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology, vol. 55, no. 5, pp. e182-e185. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcjo.2020.02.003

Vertebrobasilar ischemia (VBI) related neuro-ophthalmic syndromes after routine activities involving hyperextension or rotation of the neck (hairdresser syndrome)
Go, JA, Al Othman, B, Kini, A, Beaver, HA & Lee, AG 2020, , Eye (Basingstoke), vol. 34, no. 5, pp. 901-905. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41433-019-0611-z

Advancing ophthalmology medical student education: International insights and strategies for enhanced teaching
Succar, T, Grigg, J, Beaver, HA & Lee, AG 2019, , Survey of Ophthalmology, vol. 65, no. 2, pp. 263-271. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.survophthal.2019.08.006

Elder abuse
Beaver, HA 2019, . in Geriatric Ophthalmology: A Competency-based Approach: Second Edition. Springer International Publishing, pp. 103-114. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-04019-2_12

Refractive error in the geriatric population
Beaver, HA 2019, . in Geriatric Ophthalmology: A Competency-based Approach: Second Edition. Springer International Publishing, pp. 7-14. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-04019-2_2

Glaucoma in the elderly
Queen, JH & Beaver, HA 2019, . in Geriatric Ophthalmology: A Competency-based Approach: Second Edition. Springer International Publishing, pp. 27-38. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-04019-2_4

Preface
Beaver, HA & Lee, AG 2019, . in Geriatric Ophthalmology: A Competency-based Approach: Second Edition. Springer International Publishing, pp. vii-viii.

Cataracts and cataract surgery
Beaver, HA 2019, . in Geriatric Ophthalmology: A Competency-based Approach: Second Edition. Springer International Publishing, pp. 16-26. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-04019-2_3

Preface
Beaver, HA & Lee, AG 2019, . in Geriatric Ophthalmology: A Competency-based Approach: Second Edition. Springer International Publishing, pp. vii-viii.

Geriatric ophthalmology: A competency-based approach: Second edition
Beaver, HA & Lee, AG 2019, . Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-04019-2

Preface
Beaver, HA & Lee, AG 2019, . in Geriatric Ophthalmology: A Competency-based Approach: Second Edition. Springer International Publishing, pp. vii-viii.

Shewanella algae keratitis
Bravenec, CA, Pandit, R & Beaver, HA 2019, , Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, vol. 67, no. 1, pp. 148-150. https://doi.org/10.4103/ijo.IJO_617_18

Herpes zoster ophthalmicus: Pre-eruption phase sine herpete
Sigireddi, RR, Lyons, LJ, Beaver, HA & Lee, AG 2018, , American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports, vol. 10, pp. 201-202. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajoc.2018.03.004

A novel use of ultrasound biomicroscopy
Sadaka, A, Prager, T, Beaver, H & Malik, A 2018, , Eye (Basingstoke), vol. 32, no. 2, pp. 474-475. https://doi.org/10.1038/eye.2017.190