John L. Clements, MD

Professional Education, Practice, and Affiliations

John Clements, M.D. is an ophthalmologist specializing in cornea and external disease and comprehensive ophthalmology. After earning his M.D. from the University of Nebraska Medical Center, Dr. Clements completed his residency at Loyola University Medical Center and a Cornea fellowship at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary in Boston.

Currently, Dr. Clements serves as Associate Program Director of the OHSU Casey Eye Institute’s Ophthalmology Residency Program, where he is committed to cultivating a supportive and inclusive environment that encourages residents to develop both their clinical expertise and surgical skill. He is passionate about surgical education at home and abroad. Through the creation a robust surgical simulation curriculum at Casey Eye Institute he has enabled resident doctors to safely learn eye surgery. While working with SEE in Angola he has worked to establish similar surgical simulation programs in Angola.

Service with SEE International

Having first traveled in medical school to Guatemala, Dr. Clements has since been a part of medical teams in Angola, Uganda, South Africa, and Paraguay. He and his family lived in Angola from 2011-2014 providing full time ophthalmic care to patients at the Boa Vista eye clinic. Since 2014 he has returned 8 times, supported by SEE, to provide cataract surgeries, education and development of surgical simulation programs in Angola’s national ophthalmology training programs. In total he has participated in 14,000 cataract surgeries, trained 8 Angolan cataract surgeons, and 16 ophthalmic nurses.

Global & Local Health Initiatives

Teaching has become Dr. Clements’ passion within his global health service. Helping to arrange materials and curriculum for a surgical simulation program for ophthalmology residents in Angola and meeting with leaders sharing good practices in teaching have been the highlights to his service. Sitting with learners in live surgery can be a scary experience, but is made much more predictable when combined with a robust surgery simulation program.

Active Roles and Recognitions

• YouTube Channel for Educational Videos created by Dr. John Clements, @johneyemd1
• Associate Residency Program Director OHSU Casey Eye Institute
• Watzke Outstanding Educator Award OHSU Casey Eye Institute (2024)