charles bouchard

Biography

Charles S. Bouchard, M.D., MA currently serves as Chairman of the Department of Ophthalmology at the Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, where his clinical practice is focused on medical and surgical diseases of the cornea and ocular surface.

Dr. Bouchard received his MA degree in Physiology from Boston University School of Medicine and his MD from Northwestern University Medical School in Chicago. He completed his residency at George Washington University and his fellowship in Corneal and External Diseases at Georgetown University. He joined Loyola in 1990 where he has served as Director of the Cornea Service and Residency Program Director. He has held the position of Chairman of the Department of Ophthalmology since 2003.

His research focuses on severe ocular surface disease including acute and chronic Stevens Johnson Syndrome, ocular graft vs host disease, and tear dysfunction syndrome. His recent publications focused on the role of the ocular microbiome and autologous serum treatments in patients with severe ocular surface diseases including SJS. He organized an international symposium on SJS/TEN in 2017 and participated in annual international SJS meetings since then. He has published 70 peer-reviewed papers, 120 abstracts and 22 book chapters. Dr. Bouchard has received continuous annual funding for a wide variety of research projects from the Illinois Society for the Prevention of Blindness. He has been invited to speak at over 100 regional national and international meetings and has given at least 75 other presentations at various academic forums.

Dr. Bouchard has served as the president of the Chicago Ophthalmological Society and vice president of the Board of Directors of the Illinois Society for the Prevention of Blindness. He has received an Achievement Award as well as the Senior Honor Award from the American Academy of Ophthalmology.

https://ssom.luc.edu/ophtha/research/subspecialtyresearch/corneaandocularsurfacedisease/