Catherine Culp, MD

Undergraduate Education: Case Western Reserve University, Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry, 2016
Medical School: The Ohio State University College of Medicine, 2020
Ophthalmic Pathology and Research Fellow: University of Utah, 2021
Internship: George Washington University, Internal Medicine, 2022
Residency: George Washington University, Ophthalmology, 2025

Catherine Culp, MD, was born and raised in Akron, Ohio. She graduated summa cum laude from Case Western Reserve University with a BS in biochemistry and minors in psychology, chemistry, and business management. She earned her medical degree at the Ohio State University College of Medicine.

Prior to residency, she spent one year in Salt Lake City as an Ophthalmic Pathology and Research Fellow at the University of Utah John A. Moran Eye Center. She recently completed her residency at George Washington University in Washington, DC.

Her interest in ophthalmology began in childhood through personal interactions with Dr. Anthony Locastro. It continued to grow during medical school under the mentorship of Dr. Richard Hertle at Akron Children’s Hospital. Dr. Culp is excited to have moved to the Pacific Northwest for her pediatric ophthalmology fellowship. In her free time, she enjoys reading, hiking, rowing and skiing.

2024, 2025: American Academy of Ophthalmology Advocacy Ambassador
2021: Residents and Fellows Best of Papers, ASCRS Annual Meeting
2020: Linda C. Stone, MD, Humanism and the Arts in Medicine Senior Recognition Award
2019: Robert C. Wang Scholarship for Student Excellence in Ophthalmology
2016: Phi Beta Kappa Society, Case Western Reserve University

Pediatric Ophthalmology
Adult Strabismus
Cataracts

Culp C., Pappa C.M., Toso M., Qu P., Mamalis N., & Hageman G.S. Clinical, Histological and Genetic Findings in a Donor With a Clinical History of Type 1 Autoimmune Polyendocrinopathy Syndrome. Am J Ophthalmol Case Rep. 2022 Jan; 25:101266. PMID: 35106402.

Culp C., Qu P., Jones J., Fram N., Ogawa G., Masket S., Mamalis N., & Werner L. Clinical and histopathological findings in the Dead Bag Syndrome. J Cataract Refract Surg 2022 Feb;48(2):177–184. PMID: 34261985.

Ungricht E.L., Culp C., Qu P., Jensen N., Harris J.T., Brintz B.J., Mamalis N., Olson R.J., & Werner L. The effect of longitudinal and torsional ultrasound on corneal endothelium cells: An experimental study in rabbit eyes. J Cataract Refract Surg. 2022 Mar;48(3):349-354. PMID: 34224479.

Ungricht E.L., Culp C., Qu P., Harris J.T., Brintz B.J., Mamalis N., Olson R.J & Werner L. The effect of phacoemulsification fluid flow on the corneal endothelium: An experimental study in rabbit eyes. J Cataract Refract Surg. 2022 Apr;48(4):481-486. PMID: 34371510.

Foos W.F., Culp C., Asahi M., & Patronas M. Siponimod-related bilateral cystoid macular oedema and intravenous fluorescein angiographic findings in a patient with stable proliferative diabetic retinopathy without history of diabetic macular oedema. BMJ Case Rep. 2022 Nov 11;15: e251066. PMID: 36368737.