Dr. Mitchell J. Goff was born and raised in Ogden, Utah. He graduated magna cum laude from Weber State University with a degree in Business Administration and Finance and went on to earn his medical degree from the Medical College of Wisconsin. Dr. Goff served as an officer in the United States Army where he completed his internship and ophthalmology residency at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas. He subsequently completed his vitreoretinal surgery fellowship training at California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco, California.
Dr. Goff was responsible for the retina and uveitis service at Brooke Army Medical Center, where he trained ophthalmology residents in a large combined residency program which included the Army, the Air Force, and the University of Texas, San Antonio. During this time, he also cared for active duty service members who were wounded while on deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan.
Dr. Goff returned home to Utah and joined Rocky Mountain Retina Consultants, where he is now a partner. He is an adjunct assistant professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at the University of Utah. He has been actively involved in clinical research, serving as an investigator on over 60 large-scale clinical trials, many of which have led to the approval of new medical and surgical treatments for retinal disease. He is one of a very small number of retina surgeons certified to conduct genetic research in the state of Utah.
He has published numerous scientific articles and book chapters on diabetic retinopathy, macular degeneration, retinal occlusive disease, retinal detachment repair, and ocular trauma. He is a regular speaker on a national and international level, and a consultant for several pharmaceutical companies.
He is a member of the American Board of Ophthalmology, a Fellow of the American Society of Retina Specialists (FASRS), a member of the Utah Medical Association, the Utah Ophthalmology Association, and a Fellow of the American Academy of Ophthalmology.
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