Kathryn Pepple, MD, PhD

Undergraduate Education: BS, Microbiolology, University of Oklahoma, 1997
Medical School: MD, Baylor College of Medicine, 2008
Post Graduate Education: Ph.D., Baylor College of Medicine, 2006
Internship: Transitional year, The Methodist Hospital, 2009
Residency: Ophthalmology, Duke University, 2012
Fellowships: Medical Retina, Duke University, 2013
Uveitis, University of Washington, 2014 
Board Certification: American Board of Ophthalmology,2013
Memberships: American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO)    
Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO)

Dr. Pepple grew up in Dallas, TX. She earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of Oklahoma. She completed an MD/Ph.D. program at Baylor College of Medicine, earning a Ph.D. in Genetics. Following a transitional internship at The Methodist Hospital in Houston, she completed her residency in ophthalmology and a medical retina fellowship at Duke University. She then completed a uveitis fellowship at the University of Washington.  Dr. Pepple joined the faculty at the University of Washington in 2014. She is an active clinician-scientist taking care of patients with uveitis and medical diseases of the retina, performing basic science research focused on understanding the pathogenesis of ocular inflammation and developing new therapies to treat patients with uveitis.

Eye Institute at Harborview

Location:  Harborview Medical Center 908 Jefferson St., 7th Floor Seattle, WA Clinic Phone: 206-744-2020 Clinic Fax: 206-897-4320 Mailing Address: Box 359608 325 Ninth Ave. Seattle, WA 98104 Academic Phone: 206-543-7250

“My goal is to prevent vision loss and blindness by providing high quality clinical care and developing new treatments for patients with uveitis.“

2017 Research to Prevent Blindness Career Development Award

2017 Alcon Research Institute Young Investigator Award

2015 Latham Vision Science Innovation Award

2014 NIH NEI K08 grant recipient

2014 Federation of Clinical Immunology Societies Travel Award

2014 American Uveitis Society Fellow Travel Grant

2013 Heed Ophthalmic Foundation Fellowship award

Dr. Pepple specializes in uveitis, including iritis, pars planitis, retinitis, choroiditis and scleritis, and medical retinal disease including age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, and retinal vascular diseases.

Dr. Pepple’s laboratory is interested in understanding the pathogenesis of ocular inflammation, and developing new therapies to treat patients with uveitis. Her lab is also interested in novel applications of advanced imaging modalities such as optical coherence tomography (OCT) and IVIS in clinical and pre-clinical studies of uveitis.

UW Medicine – Vision Science Center

South Lake Union Location: Box 355058 750 Republican St., Bldg. E Seattle, WA 98108 Phone: 206-543-7250 Fax: 206-685-9315

Mailing Address: Vision Science Center Box 358058 750 Republican St., Bldg. E Seattle, WA 98108