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Julius T. Oatts, MD, MHS

About Julius T. Oatts, MD, MHS

Julius Oatts, MD, MHS serves as an attending physician and an associate professor of ophthalmology at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

Dr. Oatts has expertise in diagnosing and treating childhood glaucoma. He also sees pediatric patients with any eye or vision problem including strabismus, amblyopia, glaucoma, cataracts, and retinopathy of prematurity. He sees patients at the Children's Hospital Main Campus and at the Children's Hospital Specialty Care Center in Voorhees.

Dr. Oatts is an active clinical researcher. His research includes advances in childhood glaucoma as well as programs designed to detect and treat preventable vision loss in low resource settings. Dr. Oatts teaches and mentors students, residents, and fellows at the University of Pennsylvania.

Titles

Attending Physician

Associate Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Certifications

Ophthalmology – American Board of Ophthalmology

Leadership and Memberships

2023 Teach for UCSF Certificate

2023 – 2024 American Academy of Ophthalmology Leadership Development Program 

2022 – 2024 Co-Director, Differences Matter, UCSF

2021 – 2024 John A. Watson Faculty Scholar

2021 – 2024 UCSF Clinical and Translational Science Institute K Scholar

2017 Garcia/Asbury Award for best clinical research project by a UCSF resident

2016 California Academy of Eye Physicians and Surgeons Shulman Fellow

2013 The Association for Academic Surgery – Novartis Research Award

2009 Yale University Wilbur G. Downs Fellow

Editorial and Academic Positions

2025 – present Associate Editor, Journal of Academic Ophthalmology
2023 – 2024 Reviewer, Journal of Academic Ophthalmology
Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus
2022 – present Editorial Board Member, Journal of the American Association of
2018 – present Reviewer, BMC Ophthalmology
2022 – present Reviewer, American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports
2020 – present Reviewer, British Journal of Ophthalmology
2020 – present Reviewer, American Journal of Ophthalmology
2020 – present Reviewer, Ophthalmology Glaucoma
2019 – 2022 Reviewer, Journal of the American Academy of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus
2019 – present Reviewer, Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

Education & training

Undergraduate Degree

BS in Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology - Emory University, Atlanta GA

Medical Degree

MD-MHS - Yale School of Medicine, New Haven CT

Internship

Internal Medicine - Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven CT

Residency

University of California San Francisco, Ophthalmology, San Francisco CA

Fellowship

Harvard Medical School/Boston Children's Hospital, Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, Boston MA

Additional Training

Observership - Moorfields Eye Hospital, Childhood Glaucoma, London UK

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