Dr Terah Robbin Webb
Terah Robbin Webb is a 1994 graduate of Lorain High School. During her time there, she varsity lettered in volley-ball, was the president of the French Club, and was a member of the National Honor Society.
After high school, Terah attended The College of Wooster where she majored in Biochemistry and graduated with honors for her Independent Study on protein and water content in canine corneas. She attended The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine (OSU-CVM), obtaining her Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine in 2002. While at OSU-CVM, Terah continued ophthalmic research and co-authored her first peer-reviewed article on the effects of topical glaucoma therapy in horses. After veterinary school, she matched at Carolina Veterinary Specialists to complete a rotating medical & surgical specialty internship and went on to complete a combined three-year residency in Comparative Ophthalmology at The Ohio State University and MedVet. She has since stayed on as a clinician at MedVet Medical & Cancer Center for Pets in the Worthington, Ohio, location.
Professionally, Terah has played a key role in a variety of areas of veterinary ophthalmology including the use of aldose reductase inhibitors in the prevention of diabetic cataracts in dogs, spontaneous chronic corneal epithelial defect treatment of dogs, the success of cataract surgery in cats, and most notably endolaser cyclophotocoagulation for the treatment of glaucoma in small animals. Terah, along with a colleague at MedVet, were the first veterinarians in the world to adapt endolaser, a human intraocular glaucoma laser treatment, for use in animals and is considered a leading expert in the procedure. Most recently she was a featured lecturer at The American College of Veterinary Ophthalmology annual conference on the topic. Terah has been primary or supporting author on more than 15 peer reviewed published articles across numerous veterinary journals and travels nationally and internationally to provide continuing education in ophthalmology to general practitioners at veterinary conferences.
Outside of her daily MedVet caseload, Terah provides consultation on ocular toxicology nationwide and is also the primary consulting ophthalmologist for The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium. She has been featured on National Geographic's "Secrets of the Zoo" where they followed treatment of cougars as well as a polar bear. She can't list all the species she has worked on over 20 years but has performed cataract surgery on a monitor lizard, zebra, swan, bonobo, slow loris, wolverine, turtle, multiple snow leopards, and the nationally publicized puffer fish named "Dill Prickle". She has performed additional vision saving procedures on many others including a kookaburra, moose, kangaroo, goat, cougar, tiger, polar bears, and sea lions. She feels very lucky to work alongside the wonderful veterinarians and keepers on conservation efforts for so many species.
Terah credits her parents for modeling and instilling a superior work ethic and teaching the importance of education, but also her teacher at Lorain High for more than just educators; for being mentors dedicated to pushing students to strive for excellence and creating opportunities in preparation for college and beyond. She feels their commitment to creating advanced classes at each student's level of learning provides them with their own unique opportunities to fulfill their academic needs. For example, she remembers fondly an advanced calculus class with Mr. Makinen that only had 5 other students; and as a French language enthusiast in high school, Mrs. Stemple creating an independent study class for Terah to read French novels.
Terah currently resides in Lewis Center, Ohio, with her husband Brad, son Graham, and their two mini-Australian labradoodles "Max" and "Clark". When not busy with Ophthalmology, she loves to travel with her family to experience food and culture around the world.