Dr. Hutnik is Professor and Chair in the Department of Ophthalmology at the Schulich School of
Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, and Ophthalmologist-in-Chief at the Ivey Eye Institute
in London, Ontario, Canada. She holds the inaugural Marcel and Louise Brunette Research Chair in
Ophthalmology at Western.

She served as Medical Director of the Ophthalmology Basic Science Laboratory at the Lawson
Health Research Institute in the Center for Clinical Investigation and Therapeutics for 18 years and
Chair of Research in the Department of Ophthalmology for 15 years. She earned her doctoral
degree at the National Research Council followed by undergraduate medical training, both in
Ottawa, Canada. She then obtained her ophthalmology training at the University of Western
Ontario, in London, Canada followed by subspecialty glaucoma training under the mentorship of Dr.
Paul Kaufman at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA.

Her leadership roles have included President of the Canadian Glaucoma Society and Chair of the
Governing Committee of the Academic Medical Association of Southwestern Ontario (AMOSO). Her
administrative roles have included Faculty Chair of the Summer Research Training Program at the
University of Western Ontario as well as membership on the Faculty Clinician-Scientist committee,
MD/PhD selection committee, Medical Advisory Committee of the Canadian National Institute for
the Blind Mobile Eye Care Program, councilor and secretary/treasurer of the Canadian Glaucoma
Society and co-chair of the Canadian Glaucoma Clinical Research Council. She is currently the
provincial Academic Representative of the Eye Physician and Surgeons of Ontario (EPSO) as well as
a Board member of the Glaucoma Research Society of Canada.

Her major research interest is focused on the pathophysiology and management of glaucoma. She
has supervised and mentored in focused research activities more than 200 students at all levels of
training ranging from high school to graduate science and medicine. Her work has been presented
and published both nationally and internationally and has been recognized with over 95 awards.
She continues to have keen interest in the development of novel and/or optimization of existing
treatments for patients with glaucoma. Believing strongly in collaborative models of eye care she is
proud to be the co-creator of the London and District Interprofessional Model of Care (LDIM) aimed
at improving access to care for patients with glaucoma.