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Sheila West (Sheila Kay West) was born on 15 September, 1946 in Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S., is an American ophthalmologist and academic. Discover Sheila West's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 77 years old?
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Sheila Kay West |
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77 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Virgo |
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15 September, 1946 |
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15 September |
| Birthplace |
Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S. |
| Nationality |
United States
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She is a member of famous academic with the age 77 years old group.
Sheila West Height, Weight & Measurements
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Dating & Relationship status
She is currently single. She is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about She's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, She has no children.
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Sheila West Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Sheila West worth at the age of 77 years old? Sheila West’s income source is mostly from being a successful academic . She is from United States. We have estimated Sheila West's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Pending |
| Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
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academic |
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Timeline
Sheila Kay West (born September 15, 1946) is an American ophthalmologist who is the El-Maghraby Professor of Preventive Ophthalmology at the Wilmer Eye Institute.
She is also the vice-chair for Research.
West was born in Salt Lake City.
She started her academic career at the University of California, Santa Barbara, then moved to the California State University, East Bay for graduate studies, before joining the UCSF Medical Center.
She worked toward her first doctorate in pharmacy at the University of California, San Francisco, then moved to the Johns Hopkins University for her second doctorate, where she majored in epidemiology and studied congenital heart defects.
After her PhD she was appointed program director of pharmaceutical studies.
After four years teaching medicine in the University of the Philippines, West returned to the United States.
West joined the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health – Wilmer Eye Institute Dana Center for Preventive Ophthalmology.
She developed a surveillance system to monitor disparities in eye health, vision loss and access to ophthalmology.
She became interested in cataract, the leading cause of vision impairment.
She was the first to report the relationship between nuclear cataracts and smoking.
Her research informed the Surgeon General of the United States's report on smoking and eye disease.
In 2001, she was the first woman to be made President of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology.
West launched the Salisbury Eye Study, a longitudinal study of people on the Delmarva Peninsula.
The population were racially diverse, and West identified differences in age-related macular generation between Americans of different ethnicities.
This study prompted her interest in health disparities.
She identified that the leading cause of blindness among Mexican Americans was glaucoma.
Alongside her work on cataracts, West was interested in the most common source of infectious eye disease, trachoma.
She demonstrated that face washing is a simple and effective strategy to get rid of trachoma.
Her efforts on trachoma started in Tanzania.
She evaluated the success of trichiasis surgical techniques, and contributed to the World Health Organization's SAFE strategy.
West has served as a mentor for several high-profile scientists.
