Ivan R. Schwab

Ivan R. Schwab, M.D., F.A.C.S. graduated from West Virginia University (WVU) with a bachelor's degree from the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences. He obtained his M.D. from WVU in 1973. Completing his ophthalmology residency at California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco and following two fellowships in ophthalmology, Dr. Schwab returned to WVU as a faculty member in the WVU School of Medicine (1982-89). In 1989, he moved to the University of California, Davis (UCD) where he is has been a faculty member ever since. He is currently a Professor of Ophthalmology at UCD. His interest in comparative optics and ocular physiology stems from a childhood interest in all manner of animals and an educational process devoted to biology.