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Call 704.365.0555Dr. Miriam E. Ridley, ophthalmologist and retina/vitreous and diabetic eye disease specialist, retires December 31, 2017 after 30 years of practice. It has been a privilege to have Dr. Ridley on our Horizon team. We, along with her patients, many with whom she has formed lifelong friendships, will miss her service.
Dr. Ridley completed her undergraduate Bachelor of Science degree at the University of Toronto. She received her M.D. degree from the University of Western Ontario, where she won awards in biochemistry and pharmacology and was elected into the Alpha Omega Alpha medical honor society. She interned at the University of Toronto and studied an additional year of internal medicine before beginning her residency training in ophthalmology. Following her residency, Dr. Ridley was awarded a Baker Foundation scholarship to study retina and vitreous disease at Wills Eye Hospital in Philadelphia. She completed two years of medical and surgical retina-vitreous training in Philadelphia in 1982. She returned to the University of Toronto to set up the vitreous surgical service at Toronto General Hospital.
Dr. Ridley has been practicing in Charlotte for 25 years. She has authored publications on Coats’ disease, sickle cell retinopathy, Von Hipple-Lindau’s disease, diabetes, ocular lymphoma and retinal surgical pathology.
For those patients seeing Dr. Ridley, our staff will be happy to schedule an appointment with one of the following retina/vitreous and diabetic eye disease specialists at Horizon: Dr. Strutha Rouse, Dr. Steven Ryder or Dr. Rick Weidman. Do not hesitate to call with any other questions or concerns.