Irene H. Ludwig, M.D.
Pediatric Ophthalmology & Strabismus Specialist
Board-Certified
Irene H. Ludwig earned her M.D. degree from Weill Cornell Medical College in 1979. She performed her internship in general surgery at the University of Virginia Hospital in Charlottesville, Virginia. She then served as a resident in ophthalmology at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation in Cleveland, Ohio. Following two years of research at the National Eye Institute in Bethesda, Maryland, Dr. Ludwig accepted a fellowship in pediatric ophthalmology at The Children’s National Hospital of Washington, D.C. In 1986, she was named to the staff of Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital in Cooperstown, New York. In 1992, she joined the faculty at LSU Eye Center in New Orleans where she served as an associate professor and performed teaching and research in new surgical techniques, wound healing and suture development.
Dr. Ludwig is involved in numerous professional activities. In 2000, she was elected into the American Ophthalmological Society, the oldest and most prestigious ophthalmologic society in the U.S. She is also a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the American Association of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, and the Costenbader Society. In addition, she is a Diplomate of the American Board of Ophthalmology, a respected lecturer at scientific meetings and a published author of numerous ophthalmological papers.
In May of 2020, Dr. Ludwig authored and published a textbook titled, “Strabismus Surgery, Innovative and Classic Approaches” used as a standard for training medical students and as a training guide for practicing ophthalmologists.
Dr. Ludwig lives in Nashville, Tennessee and has been the Pediatric Director of Ophthalmology and Strabismus at Eye Center South since 1991. Dr. Ludwig provides pediatric ophthalmology care to patients at the Dothan, Alabama location, as well as two locations in Florida – Panama City and Destin.
