Brad
Fortune

Brad Fortune is a Senior Scientist and one of the Principal Investigators working within the Discoveries in Sight Research Laboratories of the Devers Eye Institute at Legacy Health in Portland, Oregon. Dr. Fortune received his initial training in research as an undergraduate student working in the laboratory of Dr. Barbara Finlay at Cornell University, where he earned a B.S. in Biology (concentration in Neurobiology and Behavior). After college, Dr. Fortune earned a Doctor of Optometry (O.D.) degree from the State University of New York (SUNY) College of Optometry, followed by more advanced clinical training as a resident in hospital-based optometry at the San Francisco VA Medical Center. Dr. Fortune then returned to formal research training as a graduate student in the Vision Sciences program at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Optometry, completing his Ph.D. dissertation about the effects of diabetes and hyperglycemia on retinal function. Dr. Fortune then joined the Discoveries in Sight Research Laboratories of the Devers Eye Institute, initially as a post-doctoral fellow mentored by Drs. Jack Cioffi and Chris Johnson. Dr. Fortune has remained at the Devers Eye Institute, Discoveries in Sight Labs for over 25 years happily collaborating with a great team of clinicians, scientists and clinician-scientists to improve our understanding glaucoma and other eye diseases and to develop improved methods for their clinical detection and management.