Dr. Couser is an ophthalmic geneticist, one of only a few individuals in the country board-certified in both ophthalmology and clinical genetics. He has been the principal investigator on eight clinical trial/IRB studies and a co-investigator on others. He has participated with nine national committees/advisory panels including serving as a member of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus (AAPOS) Genetics Eye Disorder Committee, on a writing committee for the American Academy of Ophthalmology, a member for the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) Advisory Panel, a grant review panelist for the National Institutes of Health (NIH)/National Eye Institute (NEI) and serves as the Vice Chair for the Diversity Equity and Inclusion committee for the American College of Medial Genetics and Genomics. Dr. Couser has been credited with over 100 book chapter, journal article and abstract publications, and has presented numerous invited lectures. He served as the primary author/sole editor for a textbook titled Ophthalmic Genetic Diseases: A Quick Reference Guide to the Eye and External Ocular Adnexa Abnormalities 1st Edition, and has mentored over 50 medical students, genetic counseling students, ophthalmology residents and premedical students with independent projects, many of which have either resulted in publications in book chapter or journal article publications or are currently in-progress of doing so. He is an Assistant Professor with the Departments of Pediatrics, Ophthalmology, and Human & Molecular Genetics, and directs the only dedicated ophthalmic genetics specialty service in the state of Virginia
