Travis Redd, MD

Professional Titles

• Frank and Ann Taravella Endowed Chair in Corneal Disease
• Service Chief, Cornea and External Eye Disease

Recognitions

• Recipient of Special Trustee Grant, Research to Prevent Blindness (2026)
• Top 2-3% of Ophthalmology Researchers Worldwide, Avant-Garde Health Ophthalmology Research All-Stars Ranking (2025)
• Inaugural Recipient of the Tom Wertheimer Career Development Award in Data Science, Research to Prevent Blindness (2024)
• Casey Residency Program Champion Award, Oregon Health & Science University (2024)
• Robert C. Watzke Resident Teaching Award, Oregon Health & Science University (2023)
• Claes Dolman Fellowship Award, Harvard Medical School Department of Ophthalmology Cornea Center of Excellence (2022)

Publications

• Redd TK. AI for Corneal Imaging: How Will This Help Us Take Care of Our Patients?. Cornea. 2025 Mar 1;44(3):271-274. PubMed PMID: 39661870
• Elsharawi R, Lee D, Mittal A, Chamberlain WD, Tauber J, Redd TK. Use of Decellularized Descemet Membrane Anterior Keratoplasty to Facilitate Epithelialization of Pediatric Penetrating Keratoplasty for Total Sclerocornea. Cornea. 2025 Dec 1;44(12):1543-1545. PubMed PMID: 40315363
• Elsharawi R, Pegany RB, Redd TK, Huang D, Stutzman RD, Chamberlain WD, Nanji AA. Landolt Ring-Shaped Epithelial Keratopathy: A Novel Corneal Disease in a Non-Japanese White Patient. Cornea. 2024 Dec 1;43(12):1570-1572. PubMed PMID: 38973055
• Rosenberg CR, Prajna V, Srinivasan MK, Lalitha PC, Krishnan T, Rajaraman R, Venugopal A, Acharya N, Seitzman GD, Rose-Nussbaumer J, Woodward MA, Lietman TM, Campbell JP, Keenan JD, Redd TK. Locality is the strongest predictor of expert performance in image-based differentiation of bacterial and fungal corneal ulcers from India. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2024 Apr 1;72(4):526-532. PubMed PMID: 38454845
• Kaur G, Redd TK, Seitzman GD. Practice Patterns and Clinician Opinions for Treatment of Ocular Rosacea. Cornea. 2023 Nov 1;42(11):1349-1354. PubMed PMID: 36197332
• Hubbard DC, Cox P, Redd TK. Assistive applications of artificial intelligence in ophthalmology. Curr Opin Ophthalmol. 2023 May 1;34(3):261-266. PubMed PMID: 36728651
• Uner OE, Hubbard DC 2nd, Torres-Quinones C, Pegany R, Huang L, Ponsetto MK, Fletcher M, Sikka MK, Nanji A, Redd TK, Stutzman RD, Chamberlain W, Kim DH. Human MPox (Monkeypox) Virus Membranous Keratoconjunctivitis With Transient Corneal Hypoesthesia and Late Symblepharon Formation: A Novel Case and Clinical Implications. Cornea. 2023 Jun 1;42(6):751-754. PubMed PMID: 36728311
• Kogachi K, Lalitha P, Prajna NV, Gunasekaran R, Keenan JD, Campbell JP, Song X, Redd TK. Deep Convolutional Neural Networks Detect no Morphological Differences Between Culture-Positive and Culture-Negative Infectious Keratitis Images. Transl Vis Sci Technol. 2023 Jan 3;12(1):12. PubMed PMID: 36607623
• Redd TK, Al-Khaled T, Paul Chan RV, Campbell JP. Technology and Innovation in Global Ophthalmology: The Past, the Potential, and a Path Forward. Int Ophthalmol Clin. 2023 Jan 1;63(1):25-32. PubMed PMID: 36598831
• Redd TK. Letter Regarding: Clinical Features of Pediatric Age Herpes Simplex Virus Keratitis. Cornea. 2023 Dec 1;42(12):e21. PubMed PMID: 37318133
• Redd TK, Lalitha P, Prajna NV, Sikha M, Gunasekaran R, Hinterwirth A, Chen C, Zhong L, Liu Z, Lietman TM, Keenan JD, Doan T, Seitzman GD. Impact of Sample Collection Order on the Diagnostic Performance of Metagenomic Deep Sequencing for Infectious Keratitis. Cornea. 2022 Jan 1;41(1):39-44. PubMed PMID: 34870622
• Redd TK, Prajna NV, Srinivasan M, Lalitha P, Krishnan T, Rajaraman R, Venugopal A, Lujan B, Acharya N, Seitzman GD, Rose-Nussbaumer J, Lietman TM, Campbell JP, Keenan JD. Expert Performance in Visual Differentiation of Bacterial and Fungal Keratitis. Ophthalmology. 2022 Feb;129(2):227-230. PubMed PMID: 34624299
• Sundararajan M, Nguyen AH, Lopez SE, Moussa K, Redd TK, Seitzman GD. Adapting to Coronavirus Disease 2019 With Point-of-Care Outdoor Intraocular Pressure Monitoring. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2021 Mar 1;139(3):361-362. PubMed PMID: 33410865
• Campbell JP, Singh P, Redd TK, Brown JM, Shah PK, Subramanian P, Rajan R, Valikodath N, Cole E, Ostmo S, Chan RVP, Venkatapathy N, Chiang MF, Kalpathy-Cramer J. Applications of Artificial Intelligence for Retinopathy of Prematurity Screening. Pediatrics. 2021 Mar;147(3). PubMed PMID: 33637645
• Pasricha ND, Haq Z, Ahmad TR, Chan L, Redd TK, Seitzman GD, Parikh N, Kim TN, Schallhorn JM, Ramanathan S. Reply: Remote corneal suturing wet lab: microsurgical education during the COVID-19 pandemic. J Cataract Refract Surg. 2021 Apr 1;47(4):556-557. PubMed PMID: 33770427
• Redd TK, Seitzman GD. Ocular rosacea. Curr Opin Ophthalmol. 2020 Nov;31(6):503-507. PubMed PMID: 33009083
• Redd TK, Campbell JP, Chiang MF. Artificial Intelligence for Refractive Surgery Screening: Finding the Balance Between Myopia and Hype-ropia. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2020 May 1;138(5):526-527. PubMed PMID: 32215599
• Pasricha ND, Haq Z, Ahmad TR, Chan L, Redd TK, Seitzman GD, Parikh N, Kim TN, Schallhorn JM, Ramanathan S. Remote corneal suturing wet lab: microsurgical education during the COVID-19 pandemic. J Cataract Refract Surg. 2020 Dec;46(12):1667-1673. PubMed PMID: 32769754
• Biten H, Redd TK, Moleta C, Campbell JP, Ostmo S, Jonas K, Chan RVP, Chiang MF. Diagnostic Accuracy of Ophthalmoscopy vs Telemedicine in Examinations for Retinopathy of Prematurity. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2018 May 1;136(5):498-504. PubMed PMID: 29621387
• Redd TK, Campbell JP, Chiang MF. Is This the Right Reference Standard Diagnosis for Retinopathy of Prematurity?-Reply. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2018 Dec 1;136(12):1429-1430. PubMed PMID: 30326039

Professional Memberships

• American Academy of Ophthalmology Committee on Artificial Intelligence, Co-Chair
• American Academy of Ophthalmology, Fellow
• Cornea Society, Member
• Ocular Microbiology and Immunology Group, Member
• Council of Medical Specialty Societies AI/ML Task Force, Member

Practice Locations

• University of Colorado Hospital
• Children's Hospital Colorado

Specialty Information

• Ophthalmology, Board Certification
• MD License Colorado, License (2026)
• American Board of Ophthalmology Certification, Board Certification (2023)

• Eyes and Vision - Cataract
• Eyes and Vision
• Eyes and Vision - Cornea/External Disease
• Eyes and Vision - Corneal Transplantation
• Eyes and Vision - Eye Infections
• Eyes and Vision - Eye Trauma
• Eyes and Vision - Herpetic Eye Disease
• Eyes and Vision - Keratoconus
• Eyes and Vision - Surgical Co-Management