Dr. David Fleischman is the Sterling A. Barrett Distinguished Associate Professor in the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He serves as Perioperative Medical Director of UNC Hillsborough Hospital and as Director of the Glaucoma Fellowship and Ocular Trauma. He earned dual bachelor’s degrees in microbiology & Cell Sciences and History, with a minor in Chemistry, from the University of Florida; an MS in Physiology & Biophysics from Georgetown University; and his MD from Drexel University.
Dr. Fleischman completed his residency at UNC Hospitals, earning the Senior Resident Surgical Excellence Award, and was selected as one of 21 nationwide for the prestigious Heed Ocular Foundation Fellowship during his glaucoma fellowship at Duke Eye Center. His research focuses on cerebrospinal fluid pressure in glaucoma and surgical optimization. He has published widely and presented internationally. Dr. Fleischman and his wife, Gita, an ENT Head & Neck surgeon, have three children.
