Judianne Kellaway, MD

Dr. Judianne Kellaway, a vitreo-retinal and general ophthalmologist, has a relationship with Memorial Hermann Hospital that began early – she was born at Hermann Hospital. She grew up in Houston, and her medical career began at Baylor College of Medicine's Division of Neurophysiology, where she worked as a laboratory technician. She can pinpoint the day she decided to become an ophthalmologist. During an instrumentation laboratory, medical students were learning to use ophthalmoscopes, and she was able to look into the back of a friend's eye. The view was incredibly fascinating, according to her, and her career path was set. Dr. Kellaway graduated from The University of Texas Medical School at Houston in 1987, completed a year in Internal Medicine at Cooper Hospital in Camden, New Jersey, then returned to Houston to complete a clinical pre-residency fellowship under the direction of Dr. Ruiz. Later, after completing her ophthalmology residency, she received subspecialty training in diseases and surgery of the retina and vitreous with Paul C. Salmonsen, MD. In addition to her appointment as Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, she is Director of the Residency Program and serves on several hospital committees at the Medical School and Memorial Hermann Hospital.

Dr. Kellaway loves to teach and believes it is one of her more important departmental activities. In addition to instructing medical students and ophthalmology residents, Dr. Kellaway has initiated ophthalmology programs in the Medical School’s Department of Internal Medicine and Department of Emergency Medicine to help educate the medical students and residents in those departments. Involved in the community, Dr. Kellaway was instrumental in the conceptual design for the eye exhibit at Houston’s Museum of Health and Medical Science, where she also serves as an advisor for the Eye Exhibit. She lectures to high school, college, and adult groups about eye safety, common eye disorders, and the prevention of eye diseases.