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Christopher D. Conrady
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Christopher D. Conrady, MD, PhD

Languages spoken: English

Clinical Locations

Primary Location

John A. Moran Eye Center

65 N Mario Capecchi
Salt Lake City , UT 84132

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 profile video.

Board Certification

American Board of Ophthalmology

Patient Rating

Patients describe Dr. Conrady as kind, patient, and caring, with a warm bedside manner that helps them feel comfortable and heard. Reviewers praise his clear, thorough explanations and professionalism, noting he takes time to answer questions and instills confidence in his knowledge and skills. Many say they would recommend him and appreciate his attentive, reassuring approach to care.

Generated via Patient Reviews

4.9 /5
( out of 336 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.


May 13, 2026
MORAN EYE CENTER

He is a very good

May 08, 2026
MORAN EYE CENTER

I am so thankful for Dr. Conrad's. He answered all my questions.

May 02, 2026
MORAN EYE CENTER

Besides being very professional, Dr. Conrady is knowledgeable and very patient. He does take his time listening to me and addressing my concerns. I am very blessed to have him as my doctor. God bless him!

Apr 16, 2026
MORAN EYE CENTER

Dr. Conrady is courteous, professional and very thorough. I have a very high degree of confidence in his knowledge and abilities.

Apr 16, 2026
MORAN EYE CENTER

Dr. Conrsdy lives up to his reputation he is a caring talented surgeon. I could not be i. Better hands than his.

Feb 21, 2026
MORAN EYE CENTER

He is a well-prepared doctor in his specialty, and he cares deeply about his patients. [TRANSLATED]

Feb 18, 2026
MORAN EYE CENTER

Excellent professional, very committed to his patients [TRANSLATED]

Feb 14, 2026
MORAN EYE CENTER

A very good doctor, highly trained and attentive; he even communicated in Spanish, which is my native language. [TRANSLATED]

Feb 12, 2026
MORAN EYE CENTER

Very friendly and good communicator

Feb 05, 2026
MORAN EYE CENTER

Dr. Conrady's demeanor was reasonably warm and empathic. He covered the full range of possible outcomes from good to not-so-good, but in a reassuring manner.

Jan 31, 2026
MORAN EYE CENTER

Great Dr. Thanks !!!

Jan 30, 2026
MORAN EYE CENTER

Dr. Conrady is intelligent, personable and caring. I would recommend him to anyone seeking the care of a retinal specialist.

Jan 15, 2026
MORAN EYE CENTER

Dr. Conrady is compassionate and listens.

Jan 02, 2026
MORAN EYE CENTER

I really appreciate Dr.Conrady! He does a great job explaining things and is very helpful!

Dec 28, 2025
MORAN EYE CENTER

Very friendly and answers every question. Really seems interested in the whole person

Dec 23, 2025
MORAN EYE CENTER

Very good, professional attitude and knowledgeable in his field.

Dec 19, 2025
MORAN EYE CENTER

Very honest and straight forward. Very impressed

Dec 16, 2025
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.

Nov 22, 2025
MORAN EYE CENTER

I would rate him excellent if that were an option. I was very comfortable with him and he instilled confidence.

Nov 22, 2025
MORAN EYE CENTER

He is very professional and clearly explains everything

Nov 14, 2025
MORAN EYE CENTER

Dr. Conrady was very kind and patient, and took the time to explain things to me

Nov 13, 2025
MORAN EYE CENTER

Superior physician.

Nov 12, 2025
MORAN EYE CENTER

Very professional, kind and competent!

Nov 07, 2025
MORAN EYE CENTER

He was very detailed and did a great job of explaining!

Nov 07, 2025
MORAN EYE CENTER

Dr. Conrady answers all questions and one never feels rushed with him

Oct 29, 2025
MORAN EYE CENTER

Excellent Doctor.....

Oct 29, 2025
MORAN EYE CENTER

Dr. Conrady is fantastic. A very caring Dr. thank you.

Oct 29, 2025
MORAN EYE CENTER

He is great!!

Oct 24, 2025
MORAN EYE CENTER

Very careing

Oct 23, 2025
MORAN EYE CENTER

Excellent doctor

Oct 23, 2025
MORAN EYE CENTER

Very long wait time.

Oct 19, 2025
MORAN EYE CENTER

Dr. Conrad is friendly patient and very kind. You'll be treated like your is only patient.

Oct 15, 2025
MORAN EYE CENTER

Very caring and takes all the time needed to explain things thoroughly

Oct 10, 2025
MORAN EYE CENTER

Excellent care!

Sep 30, 2025
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.

Sep 28, 2025
MORAN EYE CENTER

He seems like a great guy and he is very knowledgeable about the eye


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Board Certification and Academic Information

Academic Departments Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences -Associate Professor
Pathology -Adjunct Associate Professor
Board Certification
American Board of Ophthalmology

Education history

Fellowship Surgical Retina - University of Michigan Kellogg Eye Center Fellow
Fellowship Uveitis - University of Utah School of Medicine Fellow
Residency Ophthalmology - University of Utah School of Medicine Resident
Internship Internal Medicine/Ophthalmology - University of Utah School of Medicine Intern
Doctoral Training Microbiology and Immunology - University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center Ph.D.
Professional Medical Medicine - University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center M.D.
Undergraduate B.S. Biology; B.A. Spanish; Minor in Chemistry - Oklahoma City University B.S., B.A.

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Bruening W, Kim S, Yeh S, Rishi P, Conrady CD (2026). Inflammation and Occlusive Retinal Vasculitis Post Faricimab. JAMA Ophthalmol, 143(3), 232-235.
  2. Nguyen NV, Linderman SL, Fashina T, Devine M, Conrady CD, Shantha JG, Ahmed R, Yeh S (2024). Case Reports: Chemokine and Cytokine Profiling in Patients with Herpetic Uveitis. Int Med Case Rep J, 17, 1055-1061.
  3. Haliyur R, Sinha AK, Andrews CA, Musch DC, Conrady CD, Zacks DN, Huvard MJ (2024). NO EFFECT OF REAL-WORLD UNIVERSAL FACE MASKING ON POST-INTRAVITREAL INJECTION ENDOPHTHALMITIS RATE AT A SINGLE TERTIARY ACADEMIC CENTER. Retina, 44(5), 916-922.
  4. Menke BA, Wagner W, Song H, Thomas W, Almeida NEC, Conrady CD, Yeh S (2024). Case report: CMV retinitis following local and systemic immunosuppression. Front Ophthalmol (Lausanne), 4, 1354104.
  5. Nguyen NV, Khan F, Cannon A, Huang Y, Kim L, Xu R, Rishi P, Conrady CD, Greiner TC, Yuil-Valdes A, Yeh S (2024). Diagnosis of primary vitreoretinal lymphoma masquerading infectious retinitis by retinal biopsy. J Ophthalmic Inflamm Infect, 14(1), 8.
  6. Khan F, Conrady CD (2023). A Case of Persistent Macular Edema and a Disappearing Tattoo. Ocul Immunol Inflamm, 32(1), 123-126.
  7. Huang Y, Khan F, Chang M, Conrady CD, Yeh S (2023). Utility of a nitinol stone extractor for intraocular foreign body removal. Am J Ophthalmol Case Rep, 32, 101917.
  8. Azeem A, Baartman B, Conrady CD, Meier JL, El-Herte R (2023). Herpes simplex virus dissemination with necrotizing hepatitis following Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty. BMC Infect Dis, 23(1), 465.
  9. Conrady CD, Pradeep T, Yu Y, Johnson MW, VanderBeek BL (2022). Association of Proton Pump Inhibitor/Histamine-2 Blocker Use and Ocular Toxoplasmosis: Findings from a Large US National Database. Ophthalmol Retina, 7(3), 261-265.
  10. Fan S, Yoo JH, Park G, Yeh S, Conrady CD (2022). Type I Interferon Signaling Is Critical During the Innate Immune Response to HSV-1 Retinal Infection. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci, 63(13), 28.
  11. Conrady CD, Besirli CG, Baumal CR, Kovach JL, Etzel JD, Tsui JC, Elner SG, Johnson MW (2021). Ocular Toxoplasmosis after Exposure to Wild Game. Ocul Immunol Inflamm, 30(3), 527-532.
  12. Conrady CD, Young BK, Besirli C (2022). Worsening Angle Closure After Successful Laser Peripheral Iridotomy. JAMA Ophthalmol, 140(4), 430-431.
  13. Durrani AF, Jayasundera KT, Conrady CD (2022). Diagnostic Dilemmas With a Great Ocular Masquerader. JAMA Ophthalmol, 140(4), 432-433.
  14. Hu KS, Vitale AT, Shakoor A, Larochelle M, Sassalos T, Elner SG, Jayasundera T, Conrady CD (2021). Pyramidal Inflammatory Deposits of the Retinal Pigment Epithelium and Outer Retina in Ocular Syphilis. Ophthalmol Retina, 6(2), 172-178.
  15. Conrady CD, Sassalos T, Cornblath WT, Zacks DN, Johnson MW (2021). Temporally independent association of multiple evanescent white dot syndrome and optic neuritis. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol, 259(9), 2807-2811.
  16. 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 MR (2020). The Clinical Characteristics of Unilateral Placoid Pigment Epitheliopathies. Ocul Immunol Inflamm, 29(6), 1072-1079.
  17. Sassalos TM, Vitale AT, Conrady CD (2021). Posterior scleritis and acute posterior multifocal placoid pigment epitheliopathy: A case of painful chorioretinitis and review of the current literature. Am J Ophthalmol Case Rep, 23, 101159.
  18. 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 D (2021). Identifying RNA Biomarkers and Molecular Pathways Involved in Multiple Subtypes of Uveitis. Am J Ophthalmol, 226, 226-234.
  19. Conrady CD, Faia LJ, Gregg KS, Rao RC (2021). Coronavirus-19-Associated Retinopathy. Ocul Immunol Inflamm, 29(4), 675-676.
  20. Khandwala NS, Miller JML, Hyde RA, Conrady CD, Rao RC, Besirli CG (2021). The Diagnostic Conundrum of Retinitis and a Pigmented Scar. Case Rep Ophthalmol, 12(1), 164-168.
  21. 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 D (2020). Revising the Diagnosis of Idiopathic Uveitis by Peripheral Blood Transcriptomics. Am J Ophthalmol, 222, 15-23.
  22. Conrady CD, Demirci H, Wubben TJ (2020). Retinal Whitening After Lung Transplant for Cystic Fibrosis. JAMA Ophthalmol, 138(9), 994-995.
  23. Conrady CD, Shakoor A, Patel R, Larochelle M, Moshirfar M, Chaya CJ, Jacoby R, Vitale AT (2020). Combined Phacoemulsification and Pars Plana Vitrectomy for the Treatment of Cataract in Patients With Noninfectious Uveitis. J Vitreoretin Dis, 4(5), 393-400.
  24. Conrady CD, Feist RM Jr, Vitale AT, Shakoor A (2020). Long-term visual outcomes of endophthalmitis and the role of systemic steroids in addition to intravitreal dexamethasone. BMC Ophthalmol, 20(1), 181.
  25. Conrady CD, Feist RM Jr, Crum A (2016). Shingles as the underlying cause of orbital myositis in an adolescent: A case report. Am J Ophthalmol Case Rep, 5, 111-113.

Review

  1. Nguyen NM, Conrady CD (2024). A Better Understanding of the Clinical and Pathological Changes in Viral Retinitis: Steps to Improve Visual Outcomes. [Review]. Microorganisms, 12(12).
  2. 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 Investigators (2024). Establishing Vitreoretinal Surgery Capacity in Sierra Leone: Challenges and Opportunities to Address Retinal Health Disparities in Resource-limited Settings. [Review]. Int Ophthalmol Clin, 64(4), 31-38.
  3. Blyden K, Thomas J, Emami-Naeini P, Fashina T, Conrady CD, Albini TA, Carag J, Yeh S (2024). Emerging Infectious Diseases and the Eye: Ophthalmic Manifestations, Pathogenesis, and One Health Perspectives. [Review]. Int Ophthalmol Clin, 64(4), 39-54.
  4. Ohlhausen M, Menke BA, Begley J, Kim S, Debiec MR, Conrady CD, Yeh S, Justin GA (2024). Advances in the management of intraocular foreign bodies. [Review]. Front Ophthalmol (Lausanne), 4, 1422466.
  5. Curran EH, Devine MD, Hartley CD, Huang Y, Conrady CD, Debiec MR, Justin GA, Thomas J, Yeh S (2024). Ophthalmic implications of biological threat agents according to the chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosives framework. [Review]. Front Med (Lausanne), 10, 1349571.
  6. Dempsey MP, Conrady CD (2023). The Host-Pathogen Interplay: A Tale of Two Stories within the Cornea and Posterior Segment. [Review]. Microorganisms, 11(8).
  7. Fashina T, Huang Y, Thomas J, Conrady CD, Yeh S (2022). Ophthalmic Features and Implications of Poxviruses: Lessons from Clinical and Basic Research. [Review]. Microorganisms, 10(12).
  8. Conrady CD, Yeh S (2021). A Review of Ocular Drug Delivery Platforms and Drugs for Infectious and Noninfectious Uveitis: The Past, Present, and Future. [Review]. Pharmaceutics, 13(8).
  9. Feng Y, Conrady CD, Demirci H (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. [Review]. BMC Ophthalmol, 21(1), 130.
  10. Conrady CD, Shakoor A (2019). Rituximab-Associated Retinal Occlusive Vasculopathy: A Case Report and Literature Review. [Review]. Ocul Immunol Inflamm, 28(4), 622-625.
  11. Arunkumar R, Calvo CM, Conrady CD, Bernstein PS (2018). What do we know about the macular pigment in AMD: the past, the present, and the future. [Review]. Eye (Lond), 32(5), 992-1004.

Editorial

  1. Conrady CD (2023). Infectious Eye Diseases and Prevention Control. Microorganisms, 11(5).