About Me
Dr. MacDonald has developed ground breaking vision research at two universities (Alberta and Ottawa). As an Ontario Ministry of Health Career Scientist, he established the first vision science laboratory in the Departments of Ophthalmology and Biochemistry, University of Ottawa. He was intimately involved in the planning and construction of the Eye Institute of the University of Ottawa, in particular its basic science laboratories. Since 1992, in his role as Chairman of the Department of Ophthalmology, University of Alberta, he has built and shaped its academic program into one of the leading clinical and research programs in Canada. He led the Alberta Ocular Gene Therapy Team to conduct the first Canadian trial of ocular gene therapy.