University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Names Pradeep Y. Ramulu, MD, MHS, Ph.D., Chair of Ophthalmology and Bascom Palmer Eye Institute

MIAMI—The University of Miami School of Medicine has announced the appointment of Pradeep Y. Ramulu, MD, MHS, Ph.D., as chair of the department of ophthalmology and the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, effective August 3, 2026. Dr. Ramulu is a Bascom Palmer alumnus who “returns to lead the institution where his career in glaucoma was shaped, bringing with him nearly two decades of transformative clinical, research and educational leadership from the Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins University,” the Institute said in an announcement. As chair, Dr. Ramulu will hold the Kathleen and Stanley J. Glaser chair in ophthalmology.