Christopher D. Conrady | University of Utah Health

Christopher D. Conrady | University of Utah Health
Christopher D. Conrady, MD, PhD
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Primary Location
John A. Moran Eye Center
65 N Mario Capecchi
Salt Lake City
UT
84132
801-581-2352
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Christopher Conrady, MD, PhD
Dr. Conrady is a clinician-researcher specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of uveitis and other infectious and inflammatory eye diseases. He also provides medical and surgical treatment of retinal diseases, including retinal detachments, age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, and dislocated intraocular lenses.
He is accepting new patients at the Moran Eye Center’s university location.
Dr. Conrady earned his medical degree from the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center and completed a residency at the University of Utah School of Medicine and John A. Moran Eye Center.
He completed a uveitis fellowship at the Moran Eye Center before heading to the University of Michigan Kellogg Eye Center for a surgical retina fellowship. These fellowships included training in repairing retinal detachments and dislocated lenses and the medical and surgical management of intraocular infections and lymphoma.
He previously held a clinical and research faculty appointment at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences. For his research pursuits, he earned a new investigator award and a physician-scientist award and was elected to the Council of Vision Editors fellowship and the prestigious Retina Society. He has served as a site principal investigator or sub-investigator on multiple clinical trials.
At the University of Utah, he will also serve as principal investigator for a laboratory studying inflammatory eye diseases, such as acute retinal necrosis, a blinding herpes virus infection of the retina. His research interests include understanding the underlying genetic predisposition and early immune responses to viral infections of the retina to identify therapeutic targets and improve visual outcomes of acute retinal necrosis. He is also interested in advancing diagnostics and treatment protocols for endophthalmitis and other diseases characterized by intraocular inflammation.
He has published more than 60 peer-reviewed journal articles and served as a reviewer for multiple scientific journals. He currently serves as a Basic and Clinical Science Course writer for the American Academy of Ophthalmology.
Get to know Dr. Conrady by watching his
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Specialties
Uveitis
Retinal Diseases
Ophthalmology
Board Certification
American Board of Ophthalmology
Patient Rating
★★★★★
4.9
/5
( out of
42 reviews
The patient rating score is an average of all responses on our patient experience
survey. The rating averages scores for all questions about care from our providers.
The scale on which responses are measured is 1 to 5 with 5 being the best score.
MORAN EYE CENTER
★★★★★
Very honest and straight forward. Very impressed
MORAN EYE CENTER
★★★★★
Very good, professional attitude and knowledgeable in his field.
MORAN EYE CENTER
★★★★★
I really appreciate Dr.Conrady! He does a great job explaining things and is very helpful!
MORAN EYE CENTER
★★★★★
Dr. Conrady is intelligent, personable and caring. I would recommend him to anyone seeking the care of a retinal specialist.
MORAN EYE CENTER
★★★★★
Excellent care!
MORAN EYE CENTER
★★★★★
Excellent Doctor.....
MORAN EYE CENTER
★★★★★
Very friendly and answers every question. Really seems interested in the whole person
MORAN EYE CENTER
★★★★★
Dr. Conrady was very kind and patient, and took the time to explain things to me
MORAN EYE CENTER
★★★★★
He was very detailed and did a great job of explaining!
MORAN EYE CENTER
★★★★★
Dr. Conrad is friendly patient and very kind. You'll be treated like your is only patient.
MORAN EYE CENTER
★★★★★
Superior physician.
MORAN EYE CENTER
★★★★★
Very professional, kind and competent!
MORAN EYE CENTER
★★★★★
Dr. Conrady made me feel comfortable in a new patient, new issue scenario. From the patient side it can be scary with an issue with the eyes, the visit left me feeling confident in the care I'm receiving and in encouring others to seek care from Dr. Conrady as well. I would comfortable referring my family and friends without hesitation.
MORAN EYE CENTER
★★★★★
Very caring and takes all the time needed to explain things thoroughly
MORAN EYE CENTER
★★★★★
Very careing
MORAN EYE CENTER
★★★★★
He seems like a great guy and he is very knowledgeable about the eye
MORAN EYE CENTER
★★★★★
He is very professional and clearly explains everything
MORAN EYE CENTER
★★★★★
Dr. Conrady answers all questions and one never feels rushed with him
MORAN EYE CENTER
★★★★★
I would rate him excellent if that were an option. I was very comfortable with him and he instilled confidence.
MORAN EYE CENTER
★★★★★
Dr. Conrady is compassionate and listens.
MORAN EYE CENTER
★★★★★
Excellent doctor
MORAN EYE CENTER
★★★★★
Very long wait time.
MORAN EYE CENTER
★★★★★
Dr. Conrady is fantastic. A very caring Dr. thank you.
MORAN EYE CENTER
★★★★★
Great Dr. Thanks !!!
MORAN EYE CENTER
★★★★★
Drop Conrady MD is a kind man with a gentle touch. He thoughtful and patient in listening to concerns and carefully explains every step of all procedures and findings. A truly caring physician.
MORAN EYE CENTER
★★★★★
He is great!!
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Dr. Conrady is a clinician-researcher specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of uveitis and other infectious and inflammatory eye diseases. He also provides medical and surgical treatment of retinal diseases, including retinal detachments, age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, and dislocated intraocular lenses.
He is accepting new patients at the Moran Eye Center’s university location.
Dr. Conrady earned his medical degree from the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center and completed a residency at the University of Utah School of Medicine and John A. Moran Eye Center.
He completed a uveitis fellowship at the Moran Eye Center before heading to the University of Michigan Kellogg Eye Center for a surgical retina fellowship. These fellowships included training in repairing retinal detachments and dislocated lenses and the medical and surgical management of intraocular infections and lymphoma.
He previously held a clinical and research faculty appointment at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences. For his research pursuits, he earned a new investigator award and a physician-scientist award and was elected to the Council of Vision Editors fellowship and the prestigious Retina Society. He has served as a site principal investigator or sub-investigator on multiple clinical trials.
At the University of Utah, he will also serve as principal investigator for a laboratory studying inflammatory eye diseases, such as acute retinal necrosis, a blinding herpes virus infection of the retina. His research interests include understanding the underlying genetic predisposition and early immune responses to viral infections of the retina to identify therapeutic targets and improve visual outcomes of acute retinal necrosis. He is also interested in advancing diagnostics and treatment protocols for endophthalmitis and other diseases characterized by intraocular inflammation.
He has published more than 60 peer-reviewed journal articles and served as a reviewer for multiple scientific journals. He currently serves as a Basic and Clinical Science Course writer for the American Academy of Ophthalmology.
Get to know Dr. Conrady by watching his
profile video
Board Certification and Academic Information
Academic Departments
Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
Associate Professor
Pathology
Adjunct Associate Professor
Board Certification
American Board of Ophthalmology
Education history
Undergraduate
B.S. Biology; B.A. Spanish; Minor in Chemistry

Oklahoma City University
B.S., B.A.
Doctoral Training
Microbiology and Immunology

University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Ph.D.
Professional Medical
Medicine

University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
M.D.
Internship
Internal Medicine/Ophthalmology

University of Utah School of Medicine
Intern
Residency
Ophthalmology

University of Utah School of Medicine
Resident
Fellowship
Uveitis

University of Utah School of Medicine
Fellow
Fellowship
Surgical Retina

University of Michigan Kellogg Eye Center
Fellow
Selected Publications
Journal Article
Bruening W, Kim S, Yeh S, Rishi P, Conrady C (2025). Inflammation and Occlusive Retinal Vasculitis Post Faricimab.
JAMA ophthalmology
143
(3), 232-235.
Nguyen NV, Linderman SL, Fashina T, Devine M, Conrady CD, Shantha JG, Ahmed R, Yeh (2024). Case Reports: Chemokine and Cytokine Profiling in Patients with Herpetic Uveitis.
International medical case reports journal
17
, 1055-1061.
Nguyen NV, Khan F, Cannon A, Huang Y, Kim L, Xu R, Rishi P, Conrady CD, Greiner TC, Yuil-Valdes A, Yeh (2024). Diagnosis of primary vitreoretinal lymphoma masquerading infectious retinitis by retinal biopsy.
Journal of ophthalmic inflammation and infection
14
(1), 8.
Huang Y, Khan F, Chang M, Conrady CD, Yeh (2023). Utility of a nitinol stone extractor for intraocular foreign body removal.
American journal of ophthalmology case reports
32
, 101917.
Menke BA, Wagner W, Song H, Thomas W, Almeida NEC, Conrady CD, Yeh (2024). Case report: CMV retinitis following local and systemic immunosuppression.
Frontiers in ophthalmology
, 1354104.
Haliyur R, Sinha AK, Andrews CA, Musch DC, Conrady CD, Zacks DN, Huvard M (2024). NO EFFECT OF REAL-WORLD UNIVERSAL FACE MASKING ON POST-INTRAVITREAL INJECTION ENDOPHTHALMITIS RATE AT A SINGLE TERTIARY ACADEMIC CENTER.
Retina (Philadelphia, Pa.)
44
(5), 916-922.
Azeem A, Baartman B, Conrady CD, Meier JL, El-Herte (2023). Herpes simplex virus dissemination with necrotizing hepatitis following Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty.
BMC infectious diseases
23
(1), 465.
Khan F, Conrady C (2024). A Case of Persistent Macular Edema and a Disappearing Tattoo.
Ocular immunology and inflammation
32
(1), 123-126.
Fan S, Yoo JH, Park G, Yeh S, Conrady C (2022). Type I Interferon Signaling Is Critical During the Innate Immune Response to HSV-1 Retinal Infection.
Investigative ophthalmology & visual science
63
(13), 28.
Conrady CD, Pradeep T, Yu Y, Johnson MW, VanderBeek B (2023). Association of Proton Pump Inhibitor/Histamine-2 Blocker Use and Ocular Toxoplasmosis: Findings from a Large US National Database.
Ophthalmology. Retina
(3), 261-265.
Durrani AF, Jayasundera KT, Conrady C (2022). Diagnostic Dilemmas With a Great Ocular Masquerader.
JAMA ophthalmology
140
(4), 432-433.
Conrady CD, Young BK, Besirli (2022). Worsening Angle Closure After Successful Laser Peripheral Iridotomy.
JAMA ophthalmology
140
(4), 430-431.
Sassalos TM, Vitale AT, Conrady C (2021). Posterior scleritis and acute posterior multifocal placoid pigment epitheliopathy: A case of painful chorioretinitis and review of the current literature.
American journal of ophthalmology case reports
23
, 101159.
Kutluturk I, Agarwal A, Shulman S, Vitale A, Parodi MB, Conrady CD, Hurtikova K, Cunha Souza E, Rodriguez EC, Chhablani J, Tappeiner C, Gerding H, Zinkernagel MS, Tucker W, Munk M (2021). The Clinical Characteristics of Unilateral Placoid Pigment Epitheliopathies.
Ocular immunology and inflammation
29
(6), 1072-1079.
Hu KS, Vitale AT, Shakoor A, Larochelle M, Sassalos T, Elner SG, Jayasundera T, Conrady C (2022). Pyramidal Inflammatory Deposits of the Retinal Pigment Epithelium and Outer Retina in Ocular Syphilis.
Ophthalmology. Retina
(2), 172-178.
Conrady CD, Demirci H, Wubben T (2020). Retinal Whitening After Lung Transplant for Cystic Fibrosis.
JAMA ophthalmology
138
(9), 994-995.
Conrady CD, Sassalos T, Cornblath WT, Zacks DN, Johnson M (2021). Temporally independent association of multiple evanescent white dot syndrome and optic neuritis.
Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie
259
(9), 2807-2811.
Conrady CD, Faia LJ, Gregg KS, Rao R (2021). Coronavirus-19-Associated Retinopathy.
Ocular immunology and inflammation
29
(4), 675-676.
Conrady CD, Besirli CG, Baumal CR, Kovach JL, Etzel JD, Tsui JC, Elner SG, Johnson M (2022). Ocular Toxoplasmosis after Exposure to Wild Game.
Ocular immunology and inflammation
30
(3), 527-532.
Rosenbaum JT, Harrington CA, Searles RP, Fei SS, Zaki A, Arepalli S, Paley MA, Hassman LM, Vitale AT, Conrady CD, Keath P, Mitchell C, Watson L, Planck SR, Martin TM, Choi (2021). Revising the Diagnosis of Idiopathic Uveitis by Peripheral Blood Transcriptomics.
American journal of ophthalmology
222
, 15-23.
Rosenbaum JT, Harrington CA, Searles RP, Fei SS, Zaki A, Arepalli S, Paley MA, Hassman LM, Vitale AT, Conrady CD, Keath P, Mitchell C, Watson L, Planck SR, Martin TM, Choi (2021). Identifying RNA Biomarkers and Molecular Pathways Involved in Multiple Subtypes of Uveitis.
American journal of ophthalmology
226
, 226-234.
Conrady CD, Shakoor A, Patel R, Larochelle M, Moshirfar M, Chaya CJ, Jacoby R, Vitale A (2020). Combined Phacoemulsification and Pars Plana Vitrectomy for the Treatment of Cataract in Patients With Noninfectious Uveitis.
Journal of vitreoretinal diseases
(5), 393-400.
Conrady CD, Feist RM Jr, Vitale AT, Shakoor (2020). Long-term visual outcomes of endophthalmitis and the role of systemic steroids in addition to intravitreal dexamethasone.
BMC ophthalmology
20
(1), 181.
Conrady CD, Feist RM Jr, Crum (2016). Shingles as the underlying cause of orbital myositis in an adolescent: A case report.
American journal of ophthalmology case reports
, 111-113.
Khandwala NS, Miller JML, Hyde RA, Conrady CD, Rao RC, Besirli C (2021). The Diagnostic Conundrum of Retinitis and a Pigmented Scar.
Case reports in ophthalmology
12
(1), 164-168.
Review
Nguyen NM, Conrady C (2024). A Better Understanding of the Clinical and Pathological Changes in Viral Retinitis: Steps to Improve Visual Outcomes.
Microorganisms
12
(12),
Blyden K, Thomas J, Emami-Naeini P, Fashina T, Conrady CD, Albini TA, Carag J, Yeh (2024). Emerging Infectious Diseases and the Eye: Ophthalmic Manifestations, Pathogenesis, and One Health Perspectives.
International ophthalmology clinics
64
(4), 39-54.
Harrison-Williams L, Vandy MJ, Mattia JG, Hartley CD, Fashina T, Huang Y, Choo C, Yeh C, Huang C, Nguyen N, Conteh I, Campbell K, Konneh A, Hayek BR, Shantha JG, Crozier I, Mwanza JC, Conrady CD, Justin GA, Yeh S, Mustapha J, SMILE and EVICT-VR Study Investigator (2024). Establishing Vitreoretinal Surgery Capacity in Sierra Leone: Challenges and Opportunities to Address Retinal Health Disparities in Resource-limited Settings.
International ophthalmology clinics
64
(4), 31-38.
Ohlhausen M, Menke BA, Begley J, Kim S, Debiec MR, Conrady CD, Yeh S, Justin G (2024). Advances in the management of intraocular foreign bodies.
Frontiers in ophthalmology
, 1422466.
Curran EH, Devine MD, Hartley CD, Huang Y, Conrady CD, Debiec MR, Justin GA, Thomas J, Yeh (2024). Ophthalmic implications of biological threat agents according to the chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosives framework.
Frontiers in medicine
10
, 1349571.
Dempsey MP, Conrady C (2023). The Host-Pathogen Interplay: A Tale of Two Stories within the Cornea and Posterior Segment.
Microorganisms
11
(8),
Arunkumar R, Calvo CM, Conrady CD, Bernstein P (2018). What do we know about the macular pigment in AMD: the past, the present, and the future.
Eye (London, England)
32
(5), 992-1004.
Fashina T, Huang Y, Thomas J, Conrady CD, Yeh (2022). Ophthalmic Features and Implications of Poxviruses: Lessons from Clinical and Basic Research.
Microorganisms
10
(12),
Conrady CD, Yeh (2021). A Review of Ocular Drug Delivery Platforms and Drugs for Infectious and Noninfectious Uveitis: The Past, Present, and Future.
Pharmaceutics
13
(8),
Conrady CD, Shakoor (2020). Rituximab-Associated Retinal Occlusive Vasculopathy: A Case Report and Literature Review.
Ocular immunology and inflammation
28
(4), 622-625.
Feng Y, Conrady CD, Demirci (2021). The evolution of an active solitary idiopathic choroiditis (focal scleral nodule): a case report of the natural course and a review of the literature.
BMC ophthalmology
21
(1), 130.
Editorial
Conrady C (2023). Infectious Eye Diseases and Prevention Control.
Microorganisms
11
(5),