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Lesley Everett, M.D., Ph.D.

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  • Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine

Expertise

  • Ophthalmology

Special focus

  • Ophthalmology
  • Retina and Vitreous Disease
  • Retinal Dystrophies Congenital/Genetic Disease

Locations and contact

I see patients at

About me

Dr. Everett grew up in Port Angeles, Washington, and she obtained a Bachelor of Science degree with Honors in Biochemistry from the University of Washington. She completed her medical school and graduate degree training in Human Genetics at the University of Michigan Medical School as part of the NIH-funded Medical Scientist Training Program (MD/PhD).

Dr. Everett completed her ophthalmology residency at the University of California, San Francisco, then returned to the University of Michigan for a Medical Retina Fellowship at the Kellogg Eye Center. She trained in medical and peri-operative retina care, uveitis, ocular oncology, and inherited retinal diseases.

Dr. Everett joined the Casey Eye Institute as a faculty member in the Ophthalmic Genetics and Retina Divisions. Her clinical and basic research interests focus on inherited retinal diseases, genetic disorders of retinal vascular development, retinal vascular imaging, and novel gene therapy approaches for the treatment of degenerative retinal disease. 

As a Pacific Northwest native, she enjoys spending as much time outside as possible with her family and friends while camping, hiking, cycling, and running. She enjoys playing piano, rowing crew, traveling, and enjoying new adventures in Oregon. Most of all, she enjoys building lasting partnerships with ophthalmology patients and their families in order to provide excellent care and counseling about their eye conditions and treatment options.

Education and training

  • Degrees

    • M. Phil., 2007, University of Cambridge
    • Ph.D., 2014, University of Michigan
    • M.D., 2016, University of Michigan

  • Internship

    • General Surgery and Ophthalmology at University of California, San Francisco

  • Residency

    • University of California, San Francisco

  • Fellowship

    • Medical Retina Fellowship at University of Michigan Kellogg Eye Center

Memberships and associations:

  • American Academy of Ophthalmology
  • American Society of Retina Specialists
  • The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
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Ratings and reviews

Overall: 4.8 out of 5 (140 Ratings, 45 Reviews)

The patient ratings score is an average of all responses to the question "How likely would you be to recommend this provider to your family and friends (on a scale of 0 to 10)" on our nationally-recognized NRC patient surveys.

  1. She is knowledgeable, kind and patient when explaining a diagnosis.

  2. The doctor was very informative and accurate and very inquisitive on everything that needed to be done. The only thing I worried about was not being able to find out what was really going to be forward with the research groups and stuff like that.

  3. Always a great experience with this clinic, staff, and providers.

  4. she took time to listen to my concrns and answer my questions. she does a marvelous job

  5. She's bright, amiable, to-the-point but polite, and kind. I trust her opinion.

  6. I find Dr. Everett absolutely wonderful, thorough, answers any questions, takes time. I would recommend her anytime, anywhere to anybody. So that's it for me.

  7. Dr Everett was very informative and took a lot of time to review the results of the tests and the eye exam and answer all our questions. She was very helpful and I look forward to seeing her in the future.

  8. Everyone I encountered was courteous and professional. Dr. Everett explained my conditions succinctly, which I appreciated

  9. Kindness,very good

  10. Dr. Weaver is an excellent communicator. I was able to establish or understand the condition of my eye and future treatment, possible treatment, and also got a recommendation to go see a cornea specialist. You cannot ask for a better individual to have in your employment and working within the Casey Eye Institute. I very much appreciate your interest in my response, and I hope you give her all the kudos that she deserves. Thank you.

  11. Very informative. Showed and explained relevant images in a clear and concise manor. Was patient and did an excellent job administering medication.

  12. Dr. Everett was fantastic. She thoroughly reviewed my test results and answered all of my questions. I appreciate that she cares so much about her patients.

  13. We had a new doctor as previous doctor has moved to a new role and transition seems seamless and fine.

  14. Yeah, Dr. Everett is a very, very great doctor. We've been very happy. The experience that my son has had with her has been all positive. Great, great. If I could give more than a 10, I would because she has been such a good doctor to my son, very patient, very understanding, very caring, caring about how, you know, him saying that, you know, she didn't want him to experience any kind of discomfort or pain, so she made sure that she did what she could to prevent this from happening. My son was so happy, so happy with the results, and it showed that she cared and she was paying attention and she was very, very, very careful with my son. Very understanding, like I said, and just overall, very, just an awesome, awesome doctor.

  15. She was professional, informative, friendly and gave me an overall great experience for a 1st visit

  16. Thorough. Respectful. Appreciated the review of the images of my eyes and discussion of issues. Explained well and spoke to me professionsally.

  17. She was amazing. This is the second time I've seen her and she's just very knowledgeable and helpful and I feel comfortable with her.

  18. The doctor was very knowledgeable, very personal, helpful, and a wonderful doctor. I highly recommend her. Thank you.

  19. Extremely professional and yet down to earth.

  20. Dr Everette has been wonderful. I appreciate her expertise and knowledge.

  21. Very knowledgeable and informative. Shoes great empathy.

  22. Answered all our questions.

  23. Thorough,,professional, and caring.

  24. She is a very good explaining condition. Is friendly and easy to talk to .

  25. Dr. Everett is exceptional! She is attentive, kind and compassionate. She has excellent communication skills. I love that she is very knowledgeable and made sure I understood everything. I felt my concerns were heard and she took her time with my appointment. Her attention thoroughness is remarkable. I highly recommend Dr. Everett!

  26. Very informative and very efficient! Was very pleased with the information that I received! I feel that she spent quality time with me (45 minutes) and she didn't seem rushed!

  27. Yes, Dr. Everett was a personable and very knowledgeable. She shared a few new things for me so I could have a better understanding of my eye diseases and I appreciated that very much.

  28. Dr. Everett is very professional, knowledgeable and was able to explain in detail the problems I am dealing with my eyes. She made me feel comfortable and confident to have her as the specialist treating my case.

  29. The doctor was unbelievably great, informative, kind, took her time. I felt really great when I left. I felt like I knew everything was sort of going on and it was very, very pleasant, but resourceful meeting.

  30. Very thorough. Very informative and helpful. Good experience.

  31. Willing to share information with me. Much appreciated.

  32. It was very good. She was very ... a very good doctor and I liked it and she was very thorough.