Jeannette Stallworth, MD

Undergraduate Education
Princeton University
Bachelor of Arts in Economics
Certificate in Global Health and Health Policy

Medical School
MD, Duke University School of Medicine

Internship
General Surgery, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) 

Ophthalmology Residency
University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)

Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus Fellowship
University of Washington/Seattle Children’s Hospital

Board Certification: American Board of Ophthalmology

Memberships:
Washington Academy of Eye Physicians and Surgeons
American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus
Frederick C. Cordes Eye Society
American Academy of Ophthalmology
Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology,

A Bellevue native, Dr. Stallworth spent the 2023-24 year as the UW Department of Ophthalmology's Pediatric Fellow. She graduated from Newport High School before attending Princeton University, graduating magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics. She earned her medical degree from Duke University School of Medicine and completed her general surgery internship and ophthalmology residency at the University of California, San Francisco.

She has worked at the Pediatrix/Children’s Eye Care clinic in Kirkland after completing her fellowship.

Her research interests focus on retinopathy of prematurity. When many newborns are born prematurely, they are at risk for Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP), a disease of the developing retina.

Outside of work, Dr. Stallworth enjoys playing the cello, traveling, and spending time with her husband and two children.

Seattle Children’s Hospital

Seattle Children’s Hospital Ophthalmology Clinic
4800 Sand Point Way, Ocean 5
Seattle, WA 98105
Clinic Phone: 206-987-2177
Clinic Fax: 206-987-2722

Mailing Address: Department of Ophthalmology
Seattle Children’s Hospital
4800 Sand Point Way M/S OA.9.220
Seattle, WA 98105

Heed Ophthalmic Foundation Fellow, 2022-2023

2018 Outstanding Poster Award in Clinical/Epidemiologic Research, Members-In-Training, at Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology

2018 Knights Templar Eye Foundation Travel Grant awardee for Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology

2017 Medical Research Scholars Program fellowship recipient, National Institutes of Health for 2017-2018 academic year

2015 Magna cum laude, Princeton University Department of Economics

Dr. Stallworth's clinical interests include complex strabismus and retinopathy of prematurity.

Dr. Stallworth's research interests focus on retinopathy of prematurity. When many newborns are born prematurely, they are at risk for Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP), a disease of the developing retina.

Park CJ, Stallworth JY, Ding L, Bunk J, Jeon H, Grant LE, Gillette TB, Shariff A, Cabrera MT. Validating DevCheck: A Semi-Automated Computer Algorithm for Measuring Foveal Immaturity in Premature Infants. Quant Imaging Med Surg. 2026;16(1):5. doi: 10.21037/qims-2025-1460

Stallworth JY, Hekmatjah N, Yu Y, Oatts JT, Ying GS, Han Y. Effect of Lens Status on the Outcomes of Glaucoma Drainage Device Implantation. Ophthalmology Glaucoma. 2024 Jan 24:S2589-4196(24)00012-7. PMID: 38278362

Stallworth JY, Hoffman WY, Vagefi MR, Indaram M. Superior Oblique Palsy After Facial Feminization Surgery. J AAPOS. 2023; 27(3):165-166. PMID: 37031917.

Stallworth JY, O’Brien KS, Han Y, Oatts JT. Efficacy of Ahmed and Baerveldt Glaucoma Drainage Device Implantation in the Pediatric Population: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Surv Ophthalmol. 2023; 68(4):578-590. PMID: 36740196.

Stallworth JY, Blair DR, Slavotinek A, Moore AT, Duncan JL, de Alba Campomanes AG. Retinopathy and Optic Atrophy in a Case of COQ2-related Primary Coenzyme Q10 Deficiency. Ophthalmic Genetics. 2022 Nov 24:1-5. PMID: 36420660.

Stallworth JY, Rasool N, Indaram M. Recurrent Divergence-Insufficiency Esotropia in Machado-Joseph Disease (Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 3). Am J Ophthalmol Case Rep. 2022 Nov 12;28:101754. PMID: 36407010.

Stallworth JY, Greene JP, Rasool N. Diplopia and Ptosis in an Older Woman. JAMA Neurology. 2022 Sep 1;79(9):947-948. PMID: 35877088.

Stallworth JY, Schallhorn JM, Oatts JT. Phacolytic Glaucoma in an Adult with Stickler Syndrome. Ophthalmology Glaucoma. 2022 Jul;5(4):435. PMID: 35871883.

Stallworth JY, Smith LD, Vagefi MR, Pekmezci M. Plexiform Neurofibroma with Activating KRAS Mutation and Segmental Presentation Involving the Unilateral Upper Eyelid. Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. 2022 Jul-Aug 01;38(4):e104-e106. PMID: 35797671.