Zelia Maria Correa MD, PhD

Dr. Correa is a Professor of Ophthalmology at the Wilmer Eye Institute. She specializes in intraocular and conjunctival tumors with a particular interest in ocular melanoma, retinoblastoma, ocular metastasis, and conjunctival melanomas. She has been recognized for her research in the field of ocular oncology and is part of the steering committee of the Collaborative Ocular Oncology Group, currently the largest NIH funded prospective study in Uveal Melanoma. She is the Director of the Echography Service at the Wilmer Eye Institute. Her clinical interests also include radiation therapy to the eye, vitreoretinal diseases, and surgery, fine needle aspiration biopsy of ocular tumors, retinal detachment and ophthalmology.