April Maa, MD, is a comprehensive ophthalmologist providing medical and surgical eye care for Veterans at the Atlanta VA Medical Center (Atlanta VAMC). She also contributes to the training of Emory's ophthalmology residents through lectures and direct clinical and surgical teaching at the VA.  She is the clinical sirector of Technology-based Eye Care Services (TECS), a comprehensive tele-ophthalmology program with the VISN 7 Regional Telehealth Service.   This novel program, designed to help provide better access to eye care for rural veterans, provides a comprehensive eye screening, eyeglasses, and eye disease follow ups for veterans who live in medically underserved areas using telemedicine principles.    The program is a novel method of eye care delivery and was conceptualized, designed, and implemented by Dr. Maa and her colleagues at the Atlanta VAMC in 2015.  She is also very active in clinical research at the Atlanta VAMC. Since 2009 she has been an investigator with the Atlanta VAMC's Rehabilitation Research Division's Center of Excellence, the Center of Excellence for Visual and Neurocognitive Rehabilitation (CVNR). She has been the principal investigator on an industry-sponsored study involving diabetic retinopathy screening and is collaborating on other visual rehabilitation projects in the CVNR. Current research includes a clinical trial analyzing additions to the TECS protocol, tele-glaucoma, tele-macula,  QA/QI work on the Atlanta TECS program, implementation analysis on the national spread of TECS, and collaboration with industry (Google) to develop software for machine ‘deep learning’.  April Maa, MD, is a comprehensive ophthalmologist providing medical and surgical eye care for Veterans at the Atlanta VA Medical Center (Atlanta VAMC). She also contributes to the training of Emory's ophthalmology residents through lectures and direct clinical and surgical teaching at the VA.  She is the clinical sirector of Technology-based Eye Care Services (TECS), a comprehensive tele-ophthalmology program with the VISN 7 Regional Telehealth Service.   This novel program, designed to help provide better access to eye care for rural veterans, provides a comprehensive eye screening, eyeglasses, and eye disease follow ups for veterans who live in medically underserved areas using telemedicine principles.    The program is a novel method of eye care delivery and was conceptualized, designed, and implemented by Dr. Maa and her colleagues at the Atlanta VAMC in 2015.  She is also very active in clinical research at the Atlanta VAMC. Since 2009 she has been an investigator with the Atlanta VAMC's Rehabilitation Research Division's Center of Excellence, the Center of Excellence for Visual and Neurocognitive Rehabilitation (CVNR). She has been the principal investigator on an industry-sponsored study involving diabetic retinopathy screening and is collaborating on other visual rehabilitation projects in the CVNR. Current research includes a clinical trial analyzing additions to the TECS protocol, tele-glaucoma, tele-macula,  QA/QI work on the Atlanta TECS program, implementation analysis on the national spread of TECS, and collaboration with industry (Google) to develop software for machine ‘deep learning’. 

• Medical and surgical management of glaucoma • Laser therapy  • Surgical management of cataracts