Preston Blomquist, M.D.

Distinguished Teaching Professor

Ophthalmology
Comprehensive Ophthalmology
Cataracts

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Biography

Preston Blomquist, M.D., is a Professor in the Department of Ophthalmology at UT Southwestern Medical Center, specializing in comprehensive ophthalmology and cataract surgery.

He is the Dr. W. Maxwell Thomas Chair in Ophthalmology and serves as the department’s Vice Chair for Education and as its Residency Program Director.

Dr. Blomquist earned his medical degree at UT Southwestern Medical School, where he received the Ho Din Award, the highest honor given by the Southwestern Medical Foundation to a member of the graduating class. He completed a residency in ophthalmology at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, where he served as Chief Resident.

Certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology, he joined the UT Southwestern faculty in 1998.

Dr. Blomquist has delivered scores of presentations, contributed several book chapters, and published numerous academic articles.

He has served as Vice Chair for the Accreditation Council for the Graduate Medical Education Review Committee for Ophthalmology. He is a member of the UT Southwestern Academy of Teachers and received the University of Texas System Board of Regents' Outstanding Teaching Award in 2012.

Dr. Blomquist is active in a number of professional organizations. A past President of the Dallas Academy of Ophthalmology, he is a Fellow of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and a member of the American Ophthalmological Society, the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, and the Association of University Professors of Ophthalmology.

In 2018, the Association of University Professors of Ophthalmology (AUPO) awarded Dr. Blomquist the Straatsma Award for Excellence in Resident Education. The award recognizes Dr. Blomquist’s dedication to the principles and significance of residency education as well as his accomplishments in the field.

Dr. Blomquist was named a Super Doctor by Texas Monthly in 2018.

Meet Dr. Blomquist

Dallas Ophthalmologist

As a comprehensive ophthalmologist, Preston H. Blomquist, M.D., cares for a wide gamut of ocular diseases, from cataracts and glaucoma to ocular damage caused by diabetes and medications. He is Professor and Vice Chair for Education in the Department of Ophthalmology at UT Southwestern Medical Center.

"As ophthalmologists, we can have a significant impact on a patient’s quality of life. Some surgeries we perform result in improved vision, which, literally, can occur overnight.”

Dr. Blomquist began his career at a transformational time in cataract surgery, the most common surgery performed worldwide. Thanks to technological advances in intraocular lens (IOL) implant design and surgical devices like the femtosecond laser, today’s cataract patients undergoing surgery experience better outcomes and less disruption to their lives. A safe and reliable procedure is now even better, explains Dr. Blomquist. For example, incision sizes are smaller, which promotes faster healing, while laser use reduces reliance on hand-held tools with blades.

“Cataract surgery has become a more pleasant operative experience for the patient. The surgical outcome cannot be underestimated: not only do patients see better, many of them achieve freedom from glasses,” Dr. Blomquist says.

For Dr. Blomquist, improving patients’ quality of life provides tremendous job satisfaction.

“Ophthalmology is that rare specialty that combines the need for diagnostic acumen with the technical skill set of the surgeon, all while allowing the doctor to develop long-term relationships with patients who may need a lifetime of treatment, and to intervene decisively in other patients’ care with treatments to eradicate disease,” Dr. Blomquist says.

Education & Training

Residency - Baylor College of Medicine (1989-1990), Ophthalmology
Internship - St. Joseph's Hospital (1986-1987), Transitional Year
Medical School - UT Southwestern Medical School (1982-1986)

Professional Associations & Affiliations

Past President, Dallas Academy of Ophthalmology
Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons
American Academy of Ophthalmology

Honors & Awards

Texas Super Doctor (since 2007) 2014, as published in Texas Monthly Magazine
D Magazine 2013, Best Doctors in Dallas
Alpha Omega Alpha 1985, National Medical Honor Society
Ho Din Award 1986, Southwestern Medical Foundation
American Ophthalmological Society 2006, inducted after acceptance of thesis
UT Southwestern Academy of Teachers 2007, Distinguished Teaching Professor
University of Texas System Regents' Outstanding Teaching Award 2012, more info at http://www.utsystem.edu/teachingawards/

Books & Publications

Books
- Practical Ophthalmology: A Manual for Beginning Residents, 7th Ed.
  Blomquist, PH (2015), San Francisco, American Academy of Ophthalmology
- Practical Ophthalmology: A Manual for Beginning Residents, 5th Ed.
  Wilson FM II, Blomquist PH, Gedde SJ, Golnik KC, Wallace DK (2005), San Francisco, American Academy of Ophthalmology
- Practical Ophthalmology: A Manual for Beginning Residents, 6th Ed.
  Wilson FM, Blomquist PH (2009), San Francisco, American Academy of Ophthalmology
Publications
- Outcomes of resident-performed laser-assisted vs traditional phacoemulsification
  Hansen B, Blomquist PH, Ririe P, Pouly S, Nguyen C, Petroll WM, McCulley JP Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery 2020 Sep 46 1273-1277
- Comparison of 1-field, 2-fields, and 3-fields fundus photography for detection and grading of diabetic retinopathy
  Lee JC, Nguyen L, Hynan LS, Blomquist PH Journal of Diabetes and Its Complications 2019 Dec 33
- Gender Differences in Case Volume among Ophthalmology Residents
  Gong D, Winn BJ, Beal CJ, Blomquist PH, Chen RW, Culican SM, Dagi Glass LR, Domeracki GF, Goshe JM, Jones JK, Khouri AS, Legault GL, Martin TJ, Mitchell KT, Naseri A, Oetting TA, Olson JH, Pettey JH, Reinoso MA, Reynolds AL, Siatkowski RM, Soohoo JR, Sun G, Syed MF, Tao JP, Taravati P, Wudunn D, Al-Aswad LA JAMA Ophthalmology 2019 Sep 137 1015-1020
- Educator as Parent: The 2019 Straatsma Lecture
  Blomquist PH Ophthalmology 2019 Aug 126 1073-1075
- Supervision and autonomy of ophthalmology residents in the outpatient clinic in the United States II: A survey of senior residents
  Singman EL, Boland MV, Tian J, Green LK, Srikumaran D, Barkmeier AJ, Hendershot AJ, Thliveris A, Moore DB, Wudunn D, Goldman DJ, Waxman EL, Domeracki G, Legault GL, Pettey J, Chen JJ, Olson JH, Winokur J, Colyer M, Mayers M, Wilkinson MJ, Lee MS, Syed M, Drucker M, Weikert MP, Taravati P, Veldman P, Challa P, Blomquist PH, Siatkowski RM, Granadier R, Havens S, Culican SM, Uhler TA, Whittaker TJ BMC Medical Education 2019 Jun 19
- Pupil-Involving Third Cranial Nerve Paresis at High Altitude
  Blomquist PH High Altitude Medicine and Biology 2018 Sep 19 286-287
- Supervised resident manual small-incision cataract surgery outcomes at large urban United States residency training program
  Lynds R, Hansen B, Blomquist PH, Mootha V Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery 2018 Jan 44 34-38
- Use of Intravenous Vancomycin and Cefepime in Preventing Endophthalmitis after Open Globe Injury
  Huang JM, Pansick AD, Blomquist PH Journal of Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics 2016 Sep 32 437-441
- Acute and Chronic Ophthalmic Involvement in Stevens-Johnson Syndrome/Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis - A Comprehensive Review and Guide to Therapy. II. Ophthalmic Disease Part i (Systemic Disease) was published in the January 2016 issue of this journal.
  Kohanim S, Palioura S, Saeed HN, Akpek EK, Amescua G, Basu S, Blomquist PH, Bouchard CS, Dart JK, Gai X, Gomes JA, Gregory DG, Iyer G, Jacobs DS, Johnson AJ, Kinoshita S, Mantagos IS, Mehta JS, Perez VL, Pflugfelder SC, Sangwan VS, Sippel KC, Sotozono C, Srinivasan B, Tan DT, Tandon R, Tseng SC, Ueta M, Chodosh J Ocular Surface 2016 Apr 14 168-188
- Stevens-Johnson Syndrome/Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis - A Comprehensive Review and Guide to Therapy. I. Systemic Disease
  Kohanim S, Palioura S, Saeed HN, Akpek EK, Amescua G, Basu S, Blomquist PH, Bouchard CS, Dart JK, Gai X, Gomes JA, Gregory DG, Iyer G, Jacobs DS, Johnson AJ, Kinoshita S, Mantagos IS, Mehta JS, Perez VL, Pflugfelder SC, Sangwan VS, Sippel KC, Sotozono C, Srinivasan B, Tan DT, Tandon R, Tseng SC, Ueta M, Chodosh J Ocular Surface 2016 Jan 14 2-19
- Outcomes of manual extracapsular versus phacoemulsification cataract extraction by beginner resident surgeons
  Meeks LA, Blomquist PH, Sullivan BR Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery 2013 Nov 39 1698-1701
- Ethical responsibility to disclose surgical errors
  Blomquist PH Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery 2012 Dec 38 2209-2210
- Teaching manual cataract extraction
  Henderson BA, Oetting TA, Yang EB, Rankin JK, Aaron MM, Yang Z, Broocker G, Blomquist PH Ophthalmology 2012 Oct 119 2191
- A multicenter analysis of the ophthalmic knowledge assessment program and American board of ophthalmology written qualifying examination performance
  Lee AG, Oetting TA, Blomquist PH, Bradford G, Culican SM, Kloek C, Krishnan C, Lauer AK, Levi L, Naseri A, Rubin SE, Scott IU, Tao J, Tuli S, Wright MM, Wudunn D, Zimmerman MB Ophthalmology 2012 Oct 119 1949-1953
- Resident experience with toric and multifocal intraocular lenses in a public county hospital system
  Roensch MA, Charton JW, Blomquist PH, Aggarwal NK, McCulley JP Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery 2012 May 38 793-798
- Risk factors for vitreous complications in resident-performed phacoemulsification surgery
  Blomquist PH, Morales ME, Tong L, Ahn C Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery 2012 Feb 38 208-214
- Ocular complications of systemic medications
  Blomquist PH American Journal of the Medical Sciences 2011 Jul 342 62-69
- Penetrating globe injury during infraorbital nerve block
  Saeedi OJ, Wang H, Blomquist PH Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery 2011 Apr 137 396-397
- Validation of Najjar-Awwad cataract surgery risk score for resident phacoemulsification surgery
  Blomquist PH, Sargent JW, Winslow HH Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery 2010 Oct 36 1753-1757
- Ophthalmic manifestations of stevens-johnson syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis and relation to SCORTEN
  Morales ME, Purdue GF, Verity S, Arnoldo BD, Blomquist PH American journal of ophthalmology 2010 Oct 150 505-510.e1
- Left-handed residents
  Blomquist PH Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery 2010 Jan 36 186
- Vitreoretinal Training During Residency
  Blomquist PH Ophthalmology 2009 Dec 116 2486-2486.e1
- Peer discussion
  Blomquist PH, Nirankari VS, Wilson ME, Macsai MS, Flach AJ Transactions of the American Ophthalmological Society 2009 107 240-241
- Fusarium keratitis associated with ReNu with MoistureLoc sample kits.
  Saltzmann RM, Yep JM, Blomquist PH Eye & contact lens 2008 Nov 34 337-339
- Posterior Chamber vs Anterior Chamber Intraocular Lenses After Vitreous Presentation in the Presence of Adequate Capsular Support
  Blomquist PH American journal of ophthalmology 2007 Dec 144 976-977
- Peer discussion
  Kaushal S, Mazow ML, Sebag J, Anderson WB, Meredith TA, France TD, Blomquist PH, Eagle RC, Mills RP, Brown GC, Bullock JD, Flach AJ Transactions of the American Ophthalmological Society 2007 Dec 105 195-197
- Computed Tomography in the Diagnosis of Occult Open-Globe Injuries
  Arey ML, Mootha VV, Whittemore AR, Chason DP, Blomquist PH Ophthalmology 2007 Aug 114 1448-1452
- Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus^**Presented in part at: Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Annual Meeting, May 3, 2006, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Supported in part by an unrestricted research grant from Research to Prevent Blindness, Inc., New York, New York.
  Witherspoon SR, Blomquist PH Ophthalmology 2007 Jul 114 1420-1421
- Letter to the editor
  Pachigolla G, Blomquist PH, Cavanagh HD Eye and Contact Lens 2007 Jul 33 207
- Letter to the editor
  Pachigolla G, Blomquist PH, Cavanagh HD Eye and Contact Lens 2007 Jul 33 207
- Association Between Ocular Injuries and Internal Orbital Fractures
  He D, Blomquist PH, Ellis E Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 2007 Apr 65 713-720
- Microbial keratitis pathogens and antibiotic susceptibilities: A 5-year review of cases at an urban county hospital in north Texas
  Pachigolla G, Blomquist PH, Cavanagh HD Eye and Contact Lens 2007 Jan 33 45-49
- Ocular and Facial Injuries Associated With the Use of Immersion Heaters in an Inmate Population
  Younger JR, Fedyk AR, McHenry JG, Blomquist PH American journal of ophthalmology 2006 Jun 141 1147-1148
- Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections of the eye and orbit (an American ophthalmological society thesis)
  Blomquist PH Transactions of the American Ophthalmological Society 2006 104 322-345
- Decrease in complications during cataract surgery with the use of a silicone-tipped irrigation/aspiration instrument
  Blomquist PH, Pluenneke AC Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery 2005 Jun 31 1194-1197
- spectrum of ocular trauma at an urban county hospital.
  Scheufele TA, Blomquist PH Texas medicine 2004 Dec 100 60-63
- Utility of red Amsler grid screening in a rheumatology clinic
  Pluenneke AC, Blomquist PH Journal of Rheumatology 2004 Sep 31 1754-1755
- Expulsion of an intraocular lens through a clear corneal wound
  Blomquist PH Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery 2003 Mar 29 592-594
- Traumatic laceration of a posterior capsule [9]
  Blomquist PH Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery 2003 Jan 29 221-222
- Anhydrous ammonia eye injuries associated with illicit methamphetamine production [3]
  Lee JH, Farley CL, Brodrick CD, Blomquist PH Annals of emergency medicine 2003 Jan 41 157
- Posterior capsule folds and removal of ophthalmic viscosurgical devices
  Blomquist PH, Kelly JL Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery 2002 Sep 28 1565-1567
- Delayed luxation of a lens nucleus after vitrectomy
  Ren DH, Blomquist PH, Appa SN, Itani KM Archives of Ophthalmology 2002 Sep 120 1212-1213
- Management of traumatic hyphema in Texas.
  Kelly JL, Blomquist PH Texas medicine 2002 Apr 98 56-61
- Visual outcomes after vitreous loss during cataract surgery performed by residents
  Blomquist PH, Rugwani RM Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery 2002 28 847-852
- Screening for hydroxychloroquine toxicity by Texas ophthalmologists
  Blomquist PH, Chundru RK Journal of Rheumatology 2002 29 1665-1670
- Ultraviolet dye masquerading as corneal abrasion [15]
  Rugwani RM, Blomquist PH American Journal of Emergency Medicine 2002 20 383-384
- Etiology of blindness in an urban community hospital setting
  Apte RS, Scheufele TA, Blomquist PH Ophthalmology 2001 108 693-696
- Effect of transscleral neodymium: YAG cyclophotocoagulation on intraocular lenses
  Blomquist PH, Gross RL, Koch DD Ophthalmic Surgery 1990 21 223-226

Research

Ophthalmologic Education and Training
Ocular Trauma
Cataract Surgery

Clinical Focus

Comprehensive Ophthalmology
Cataracts

Links

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