RGrant A. Justin, MD, serves as a Major in the United States Army and is an adult and pediatric vitreoretinal surgeon at Children’s National Hospital, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and the Washington DC Veterans Affairs Hospital. A Montanan, he obtained his BS in Chemistry from Montana State University-Bozeman in 2012 and an MD from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in 2016. He completed his residency in ophthalmology at Brooke Army Medical Center in 2020 and vitreoretinal fellowship at Duke Eye Center in 2023. As a vitreoretinal fellow at Duke Eye Center, he was a sub-investigator in multiple industry-sponsored clinical trials.

He has published over 90 peer-reviewed manuscripts. He has served as the President and American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) Councilor of the American Society of Ophthalmic Trauma, as the EyeNet Trauma Section lead editor, the EyeWiki Ocular Trauma Section lead editor, and as the President of the Society of Military Ophthalmologists. He completed the prestigious AAO Leadership Development Program XXVI, Class of 2025. Dr. Justin has a strong interest in global ophthalmology and travels to Sierra Leone multiple times per year to perform adult and pediatric vitreoretinal surgery.