Madhavi Reddy, MD
Director
Professional Education, Practice, and Affiliations
Madhavi Reddy, M.D. is a board-certified ophthalmologist who currently practices full time comprehensive ophthalmology at South Texas Eye Centers. She is affiliated with the School of Medicine at University of Texas at Rio Grande Valley. She is also an adjunct assistant Professor at School of Public Health, UTHealth, where she is contributing to a comprehensive study of a unique cohort of Hispanic population.
Dr. Reddy has visited and studied eye care delivery systems like Aravind in Madurai, LVPEI in Hyderabad, India, Liberia Eye Center in Monrovia, Tilganga in Nepal, IMO in Mexico, and ACE Global in Honduras.
Service with SEE International
Dr. Reddy has been a volunteer eye surgeon with SEE since 2004 and has conducted 28 surgical and educational programs. So far, she has worked abroad in Cambodia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Ghana, Honduras, India, Liberia, Madagascar, Mexico, Myanmar, Peru, the Philippines, Roatan, Tanzania, and Vanuatu. She has performed cataract surgeries free of cost here in the United States as well.
Global & Local Health Initiatives
Dr. Reddy is a passionate supporter and champion of education initiatives that train aspiring ophthalmologists in underserved regions. She sponsors a twelve-month fellowship at LVPEI, India for qualified and motivated, young international ophthalmologists. She actively coordinates to ensure they have proper mentorship and access to affordable equipment and supplies when they return to serve their home countries.
“Helping to build eyecare teams to alleviate treatable blindness is my goal!”
Within the U.S., she pioneered a collaborative venture of bringing together a volunteer ophthalmologist with a federally qualified primary care health center (FQHC) with grants from various sources to set up an eye clinic to serve uninsured population in an underserved part of USA.
Active Roles and Recognitions
- SEE’s Board of Director since January 2023
- Head of Ophthalmology Services at New Horizon Health Clinic, Brownsville, TX since April 2022
- SEE’s 2019 Humanitarian Awardee, US-Based Traveling Surgeon