David Maggs, DVM

David Maggs, BVSc (hons), DACVO

Ophthalmology Scientific and Medical Advisory Board

Following graduation from the University of Melbourne in 1988, Dr. Maggs spent 5 years in mixed practice throughout Australia, England, Scotland, and Wales. He then completed small animal and equine internships at Colorado State University, and a research fellowship and comparative ophthalmology residency at the University of Missouri.

He joined the faculty at the University of California-Davis in 2000 where he is trained more than 25 ophthalmology residents. He is an author of Slatter’s Fundamentals of Veterinary Ophthalmology - now in its 6th edition.  David’s major interests are ocular surface disease and feline herpesvirus.