Vanderbilt Eye Institute and Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center – Chief, Division of Ocular Oncology and Pathology
Dr. Daniels is chief of the Division of Ocular Oncology and Pathology and director of the Ocular Oncology Fellowship Program in the Department of Ophthalmology at Vanderbilt Eye Institute and Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center. He specializes in ocular tumors in adults and children, including melanoma, retinoblastoma, ocular metastases, lymphoma, and ocular surface tumors. His research focuses on drug discovery and animal models for eye cancers.
Dr. Daniels graduated from Princeton University and subsequently received a master’s degree in public health policy from the London School of Economics. After attending the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Dr. Daniels completed an internship at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, and then both his ophthalmology residency as well as a vitreoretinal surgery fellowship at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary at Harvard Medical School. He subsequently did additional training in the management of ocular tumors at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and the Mayo Clinic.