Profession: Professor
Practice: Ophth Partners Ltd
Website: http://drfountain.com
Location: Northbrook, IL, United States
Specialty: Oculofacial Plastics/Reconstructive
Education: MD, 1988, Harvard Medical School
Dr. Fountain is professor of ophthalmology at Rush University Medical Center and section chair emeritus of oculofacial plastic surgery. She maintains a private practice near her home on Chicago’s North Shore, a day’s drive from where she grew up in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Dr. Fountain graduated with a B.A. from Stanford University and obtained her M.D. from Harvard Medical School. After completing residency in ophthalmology at Johns Hopkins' Wilmer Eye Institute, she returned to California for fellowship training in oculoplastic surgery at Doheny Eye Institute/University of Southern California.
Dr. Fountain is the 2021 President of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and is Past-President of the American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (ASOPRS), where she has received the Robert Kennedy Presidential and Orkan Stasior Leadership Awards for service to the Society.
Dr. Fountain served 15 years with the Ophthalmic Mutual Insurance Company chairing the Audit, Strategic Planning, Risk Management and Insurance/Marketing committees before being elected Chair of the Board of Directors. She is past-president of the Illinois Society of Eye Physicians and Surgeons and has been involved in programming for the American Ophthalmological Society, Women in Ophthalmology and the Chicago Ophthalmological Society. She is a past Alumni Fund Chair for Harvard Medical School.
Outside medicine, Dr. Fountain is a news and podcast junkie and enjoys travelling with family and speaking at conferences (Pre-Covid) around the world. She plays tennis year-round and when Chicago weather permits, will also get a few rounds of golf in. Dr. Fountain considers herself quite fortunate to have led a life of service to her patients as well as to the profession of ophthalmology.