Dr. Farmer is an adjunct associate professor of ophthalmology, and pathology and molecular medicine (cross appointment) at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, and an assistant professor of laboratory medicine (anatomical pathology) with a cross appointment in ophthalmology at the University of Ottawa. He graduated from the University of Ottawa Medical School and completed his residency in ophthalmology at the University of Ottawa and then a Fellowship in pediatric ophthalmology, strabismus and pediatric neuro-ophthalmology with Drs. A. Jampolsky, A. Scott, and C. Hoyt at the Smith Kettlewell Institute of Visual Science in San Francisco, California, and the University of California, San Francisco. He completed a residency in anatomical pathology at the University of Vermont in Burlington, Vermont, and the University of Ottawa. He is section chair of the Canadian Ophthalmic Pathology Society and a member of the Eastern Ophthalmic Pathology Society based in the United States.

Financial disclosure: Dr. Farmer does not have any affiliation (financial or otherwise) with a commercial organization.