Christopher Chambers, MD

Undergraduate Education: BS, University of Notre Dame, 2001
Medical School: MD, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, 2005
Internship: Internal Medicine, Resurrection Medical Center, 2006
Residency: Ophthalmology, Kresge Eye Institute, 2009
Fellowship: Opthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, 2011
Board Certification: American Board of Ophthalmology
Memberships: American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO), Washington Academy of Eye Physicians and Surgeons (WAEPS), Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO), Association of University Professors of Ophthalmology (AUPO), Chicago Ophthalmologic Society (COS)
Subspecialty memberships: American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (ASOPRS)

Dr. Chambers grew up in Columbus, Ohio, and knew he wanted to be an ophthalmologist from a very young age.  His father is a retina surgeon and was the ophthalmology residency director at Ohio State for 15 years.  His mother is a nurse who works in ophthalmology and his sister is a glaucoma specialist.  

Dr. Chambers earned his bachelor of science at the University of Notre Dame.  He went to medical school at The Ohio State University before completing his internship at Resurrection Medical Center in Chicago.  Dr. Chambers did his residency at the Kresge Eye Institute, where he served as chief resident.  Following residency, Dr. Chambers completed an American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (ASOPRS) fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

Before joining the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Washington, Dr. Chambers was a faculty member at Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine from 2011 until 2015.  He was the Associate Residency Program Director and won the medical school teaching award while on staff.  Dr. Chambers served as a team physician for the Chicago Blackhawks and treated many players for the Chicago Cubs.

Dr. Chambers is a clinician-educator and has a passion for teaching fellows, residents and medical students.  He specializes in oculofacial plastic surgery and is dedicated to providing the best medical and surgical care to his patients. Dr. Chambers lives in Seattle with his wife, an oculoplastic surgeon, and enjoys running, biking, skiing, swimming, cooking, photography, and especially college football.

Eye Institute at Harborview

Location:  Harborview Medical Center
908 Jefferson St., 7th Floor
Seattle, WA
Clinic Phone: 206-744-2020
Clinic Fax: 206-520-9310

Mailing Address: Box 359608 325 Ninth Ave. Seattle, WA 98104 Academic Phone: 206-543-7250

Seattle Children’s Hospital
Ophthalmology Clinic
4800 Sand Point Way, Ocean 6
Seattle, WA 98105
Clinic Phone: 206-987-2177
Clinic Fax: 206-987-2722

“Outstanding medical care should focus on treating the disease as well as the individual patient.”

2022, 2023 Top Doctors in Seattle, Seattle Magazine

2015 Medical Student Teaching Award: Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Department of Ophthalmology

2013-2015 Chicago Blackhawks Team Physician

2012 “Best Of” Top 10 Papers from All Major Subspecialty Meetings: American Academy of Ophthalmology

2012 Top 2% of Published Articles in Biology and Medicine: Faculty of 1000

2009 Hanna Obertynski Most Outstanding Research Paper: Wayne State University

Dr. Chambers specializes in Oculofacial Plastic Surgery, Cosmetic Surgery (lid lifts, brow lifts, mid-face lifts, Botox, filler, blepharoplasty) Facial Reconstructive Surgery, Orbital (eyesocket) Surgery, Orbital trauma, Cancer reconstruction (Mohs), Lacrimal Surgery (tearing), Eyelid Surgery (droopy eyelids), Pediatric Oculoplastic Surgery, Micropthalmia

Pediatric Oculoplastic Surgery, Microphthalmia, Capillary Hemangiomas, Cosmetic Facial Surgery