Ophthalmology Personnel
Veterinarians
Steven Hollingsworth, DVM, DACVO, Chief of Service
Dr. Hollingsworth received his B.S. in Biology in 1976 and his D.V.M. in 1980 from Purdue University. After nine years in private practice, he completed a residency in comparative ophthalmology at the University of California-Davis in 1992, where he has been on the faculty since 1994. Dr. Hollingsworth has served as a reviewer for a number of professional journals including Veterinary Medicine, Veterinary Ophthalmology, and the American Journal of Veterinary Research. He is currently the Chair of the Examination Committee of the American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists.
David Maggs, BVSc (hons), DACVO
Dr. Maggs received his veterinary degree from the University of Melbourne, Australia in 1988 and then spent five years in mixed animal practices there and throughout Great Britain. He completed small animal and equine internships at Colorado State University and a comparative ophthalmology residency at the University of Missouri, where he remained on faculty before joining the University of California-Davis in December 2000. He is on the editorial board of Veterinary Ophthalmology, is co-author of Slatter's Fundamentals of Veterinary Ophthalmology, and is Chair of the American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists' Credentials Committee. Dr. Maggs' special interests include ophthalmic surgery and infectious ocular disease, particularly feline herpesvirus.
Joshua Seth Eaton, VMD
Dr. Eaton graduated magna cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania, School of Veterinary Medicine in 2004. He then completed internships in general medicine/surgery and ophthalmology at the Animal Medical Center in New York City. He joined the ophthalmology service at UCD as an ophthalmology resident in August 2006. His clinical interests include corneal therapeutics, neuro-ophthalmology, and intraocular surgery.
Christine Lim, DVM
Dr. Lim received her veterinary degree from the Ontario Veterinary College in 2003. She then went on to complete a one-year rotating internship in small animal medicine and surgery at the Atlantic Veterinary College on Prince Edward Island. Following this, she spent one year in private practice. She is currently a resident in the UC Davis Ophthalmology Service. Her current interests include the effects of feline herpesvirus on the precorneal tear film, and perioperative pain management for ophthalmic surgery
Sara Thomasy, DVM
Dr. Thomasy received her DVM from the University of California at Davis in 2005 and her PhD in Pharmacology and Toxicology from the University of California at Davis in 2006. She then went on to complete a one-year small animal rotating internship at North Carolina State University. She is currently a resident in the UC Davis Ophthalmology Service. Her current interests include ocular pharmacology, antiviral therapy for the management of feline herpesvirus, and equine corneal disease.