Practical Guide to Diagnosing and Treating Ocular Tumors

Maura Di Nicola is an Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine in Miami, FL. She specializes in ocular oncology, uveitis, and medical retina. She spent two years as a research associate on the ocular oncology service at the University of Cincinnati and completed fellowships in ocular oncology at Wills Eye Hospital and University of Cincinnati. She subsequently completed a fellowship in uveitis and medical retina at University of Illinois in Chicago. She grew up in Italy, where she attended San Raffaele University for medical school and University of Milan for ophthalmology residency. Her research interests include diagnosis and treatment of adult and pediatric tumors, as well as ocular inflammatory diseases, with a focus on multimodal imaging.

Basil K. Williams Jr. is a board-certified ophthalmologist and an Associate Professor

of Ophthalmology at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute at the University of Miami Miller

School of Medicine in Miami, FL. He is the department’s Vice Chair for Diversity, Equity

and Inclusion and specializes in ocular oncology and vitreoretinal surgery and diseases.

He completed his residency, vitreoretinal fellowship and chief residency at the Bascom

Palmer Eye Institute followed by an ocular oncology fellowship at Wills Eye Hospital. Prior to joining faculty in Miami, he was the Director of Ocular Oncology and held the Mary Knight Asbury Endowed Chair at the University of Cincinnati. He was born in St. George’s Grenada and grew up in the Bronx, NY. His research interests pertain to health care disparities, adult and pediatric surface and intraocular tumors, and vitreoretinal surgical topics.