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Agnes C. Owete

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Medicine

Overview


Agnes Chinwe Faith Owete, MD is an ophthalmology resident at the Duke University Eye Center in Durham, NC. She graduated with her MD from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, where she conducted research and clinical rotations in Rwanda and Botswana and earned a Global Health Certificate. She grew up living in multiple Sub-Saharan African countries and looks forward to returning to the region full-time as an academic ophthalmologist, practicing and training future ophthalmologists to lessen the burden of visual impairment and blindness on the African continent. She is passionate about health disparities and implementation sciences research to help improve eye care in low resource settings both local and international.

Current Duke Appointments & Affiliations


Recent Scholarly Works


Geographic Distribution and Drive Times to Glaucoma Specialists in the United States: A National Geospatial Access Analysis and Drive-Time Study.

Journal article Ophthalmol Glaucoma · April 22, 2026 OBJECTIVES: Access to glaucoma specialists varies substantially across the United States, and geographic barriers may delay and limit care. Using publicly available spatial data, we estimated travel burden by calculating county-level drive times to the nea ... Full text Link to item Cite

Early implementation of gonioscopy-assisted transluminal trabeculotomy for glaucoma in Kibagabaga District Hospital, Rwanda

Journal article African Vision and Eye Health · January 1, 2026 Background: Glaucoma is a progressive, vision-threatening condition that can be managed with topical treatments initially but often eventually requires surgical management. Aim: This study aimed to review the efficacy and safety of the first gonioscopy-ass ... Full text Cite

Seeing in Color: Inclusion and Characterization of Hereditary Eye Disease in African Americans.

Journal article Translational vision science & technology · September 2024 PurposeHereditary eye diseases (HEDs) are individually rare but affect millions globally. The era of molecular genetics has ushered major advances in the study of these disorders; however, the inclusivity and population diversity of this research ... Full text Cite
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