Victoria M. Butcko, OD, FAAO

Contact Lens Specialist

Clinic Hours:

• Tuesday, 8:30 am - 4:30 pm

Professional and Research Interests

• Contact Lens for Keratoconus
• Cosmetic OculoFacial Plastic Surgery
• Thyroid Eye Problems
• Eyelid Ptosis

Education

• 2001 B.S. Saint Mary's College, Notre Dame, IN cum laude
• 2005 O.D. Illinois College of Optometry, Chicago, IL
• 2005-2006 Optometric residency in Ocular Disease and Low Vision, Jesse Brown VAMC and Hine VA Hospital
• 2006-2007 Fellowship, University Illinois Chicago, specialty contact lenses and refractive surgery

UIC Appointments

2007-present: Clinical Instructor of Ophthalmology

Previous appointments

2006-2007: Visiting Clinical Instructor of Ophthalmology

Representative publications

Butcko V, McMahon TT, Joslin CE, Jones, L; "Microbial Keratitis and the Role of Rubbing and Rinsing," Eye & Contact Lens. 2007 Nov; vol 33; pp 421-23

McCally RL, Connolly PJ, Stark WJ, Jain S, Azar DT. Identical excimer laser PTK treatments in rabbits result in two distinct haze responses.

Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2006; 47:4288-94.