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Department of Ophthalmology Physician Profiles  Monique J. Leys, M.D. is an associate professor and full-time clinical faculty member of the Department's Retina Service. Her subspeciality is medical retina including inherited retinal disease, diabetic retinopathy, and age-related macular degeneration. Dr. Leys is board-certified in both Europe and the U.S.
Dr. Leys earned her medical degree from the Katholieke Universiteit in Leuven, Belgium. She completed her medical internship and an ophthalmology residency at West Virginia University. In addition, she completed an ophthalmology residency at the Rijksuniversiteit in Gent, Belgium and spent two years at the Eye Hospital in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Dr. Leys has gained international recognition in medical retina and clinical electrophysiology. She has lectured and published on these topics and completed related fellowships in Boston at Tuft's University's New England Medical Center, and at Harvard University's Children's Hospital. Before coming to West Virginia University in 1998, Dr. Leys completed a Fellowship in Medical Retina at the University Hospital Rijksuniversiteit Gent, in Belgium, where she was also a junior faculty member. Dr. Leys' responsibilities at West Virginia University include teaching, clinical care, and academic research. |
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