S3: E2 Melanie Schmitt, MD: Face Masks, Neck Guards & Culture Change: Making Ice Hockey Safer

Dr. Melanie Schmitt is an associate professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, specializing in pediatric ophthalmology and adult strabismus. She is the Director of the Pediatric Inherited Retinal Degeneration Clinic and Co-Director of the Ocular Genetics Program. She earned her medical degree from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health in Madison and completed her ophthalmology residency at William Beaumont Hospital (Royal Oak, MI), followed by her fellowship at the Cole Eye Institute in Cleveland. During her undergraduate years at UW–Madison, she was a women's hockey student-athlete, playing on the University of Wisconsin’s inaugural NCAA Division I women's hockey team, and earning a place on the Western Collegiate Hockey Association All-Academic Team. She enjoys spending time with her family, staying active, and coaching youth hockey.

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