Jasmine H. Francis, MD

I graduated Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa with honors from Columbia University.  As part of my education, I was granted a Research Fellowship Award and spent a year at Oxford University. During my training at New York University School of Medicine I developed my interest in Ophthalmology.

After a transitional year internship at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, I completed my ophthalmology residency at the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, where I was elected co-chief resident and was awarded the William J. & Judith Turner Outstanding Resident Award. I then returned to Memorial Sloan Kettering to complete my specialty training and fellowship in Ophthalmic Oncology.

As a clinician-scientist, I have published numerous peer-reviewed papers. My areas of research interest include retinoblastoma and other intraocular tumors including uveal melanoma. I have written a number of textbook chapters on the subject of side effects related to cancer treatment and uveal melanoma of the eye. I have delivered lectures on my work at both national and international meetings, in places such as India, Argentina, England, France and Japan. I received an Atlantic Coast Retina Club award and am a member of the International Society for Ocular Oncology, the American Academy of Ocular Oncology and Pathology and the American Academy of Ophthalmology. I am a manuscript reviewer for sub-specialty journals including Ophthalmology, JAMA Ophthalmology, British Journal of Ophthalmology and Retina. I am the principal investigator for a National Cancer Institute (of the NIH) funded study.