MD, PhD
Valencia is currently the Pediatric Genetic Eye Disease Fellow
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Valencia currently serves as the pediatric ophthalmic genetics fellow. She obtained her bachelor’s degree in biology at Xavier University of Louisiana. She then moved to Houston to complete a combined M.D./Ph.D. at Baylor College of Medicine. Her thesis work focused on the structural integrity of the connecting cilium in Cep290 disease related murine models. Valencia completed a residency in Ophthalmology at Case Western Reserve University/ University Hospital before moving to Iowa City for fellowship training. In the Drack research laboratory, Valencia works to identify novel less-invasive therapies for X-linked retinoschisis