Mildred MG Olivier, MD, FACS
Chair Subspecialty Breakouts Subcommittee
Dr. Olivier is Assistant Dean for Diversity and Professor of Ophthalmology at Chicago Medical School/Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science and John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital at Cook County. She is the founder and CEO of the Midwest Glaucoma Center, P.C. She received her undergraduate degree from Loyola University and her medical degree from Chicago Medical School/Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine. She completed her ophthalmology residency at Columbia University/Harlem Hospital Center in New York. She completed her fellowship in Glaucoma at the Kresge Eye Institute at Wayne State University under the direction of Dr. Dong Shin, M.D, PhD.
Dr. Olivier served as member-at-large of the Board of Trustees of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and past president of Women in Ophthalmology. She is chair of the Diversity Issues Committee (DIC) and served on WAEVR at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO). Her involvement with the Women’s Eye Health initiative allows her to collaborate with other members on patient education nationally and internationally. Her time on the Women[SM1] ’s Physician’s Section of the American Medical Association allowed her to represent women physician issues in medicine regarding salary inequity and working conditions as well as participating in choosing a women scientist to receive scholarship funds from the Joan F. Giambalvo Memorial award. Dr. Olivier's Haitian American Heritage prompted her to be an original founder of the Midwest Association of Haitian American Women in Chicago. Expanding her involvement in the community to increase recognition of culture and diversity as a board member of the DuSable Museum of African American History relates to her American roots. Practicing clinical ophthalmology with the specialty in glaucoma has helped many of her patients and continued through her leadership position as past president of the Chicago Glaucoma Society and current activity as a board member with the American Glaucoma Society Foundation (AGSF) and American Glaucoma Society (AGS).
Dr. Olivier’s work has been recognized with honors like the American Glaucoma Society Humanitarian Award, the Roman-Barnes Award, the American Academy of Ophthalmology’s Secretariat Award, the American Medical Association’s Dr. Nathan Davis Award in International Medicine, the Pan-American Congress of Ophthalmology’s Benjamin F. Boyd Humanitarian Award, and Prevent Blindness America’s Person of Vision Award.
Dr. Olivier has published in major peer-reviewed journals and is one of the co-authors for the glaucoma section in Clinical Eye Atlas. She is one of three editors of the book Maintaining the Target Intraocular Pressure: African American Glaucoma Specialists. Dr. Olivier conducts frequent medical mission to Haiti and is often called upon by the media to address the topics of general eye health, glaucoma and efforts to end healthcare disparities. Author John Shufeldt, M.D. featured Dr. Olivier in his recently released book, Ingredients of Outliers: Women Game Changers, for her accomplishments as a prolific humanitarian, minority student advocate, academic, and physician leader in the field of ophthalmology. She is currently working on a global health book for health care professionals.