Kara C. LaMattina, MD

Assistant Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

Dr. KC LaMattina is a dually appointed Assistant Professor in the Departments of Ophthalmology and Pediatrics at the Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, and is the Director of the Uveitis Service for the Department of Ophthalmology at Boston Medical Center. Dr. LaMattina received her BS from Brown University and her MD from New York Medical College. She completed her internship at the Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, and her residency in Ophthalmology at the John H. Stroger Hospital of Cook County in Chicago. Dr. LaMattina conducted fellowship training in Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus at the Wills Eye Hospital in Philadelphia. She also completed fellowship training in Uveitis at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Dr. LaMattina is certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology and is a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology. She is also a member of the American Academy of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, on which she is a member of the Pediatric Uveitis Task Force, as well as the American Uveitis Society and the New England Ophthalmological Society.

Dr. LaMattina’s major areas of interest and expertise include adult and pediatric uveitis, adult and pediatric strabismus, adult and pediatric cataracts, amblyopia, retinopathy of prematurity, and sarcoidosis. Dr. LaMattina is also passionate about global health; in addition to leading resident education on global health, she is an active participant in international work in Lesotho as well as in Central and South America.

Publications

  • Published 7/10/2025

    Goodman D, Prasad M, Sanjiv N, LaMattina KC, Ness S, Subramanian ML. Enrollment of race/ethnicity in ophthalmic clinical trials before and after the Final Rule. J Natl Med Assoc. 2025 Aug; 117(4):285-292. PMID: 40640051.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 11/1/2023

    Bains A, Osathanugrah P, Sanjiv N, Chiu C, Fiorello MG, Siegel NH, Peeler CE, Distefano AG, Lee HJ, Ness S, Desai MA, Titelbaum JR, Pira T, LaMattina KC, Christiansen SP, Cabral HJ, Subramanian ML. Diverse Research Teams and Underrepresented Groups in Clinical Studies. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2023 Nov 01; 141(11):1037-1044. PMID: 37856135.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 10/26/2023

    LaMattina KC, Frick M, López M, Tártara A, Hurtado E, Schlaen A, Couto C. Epidemiology of Pediatric Uveitis in Argentina. J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus. 2024; 61(3):183-187. PMID: 37882185.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 10/3/2023

    Zeng R, LaMattina KC. Follow-Up Adherence After Community Health Vision Screening Programs: A Review of the Literature. J Acad Ophthalmol (2017). 2023 Jul; 15(2):e223-e231. PMID: 37795383.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 12/22/2022

    Garg N, Cohen E, Tsui E, LaMattina KC. The Effect of Leflunomide as Adjunctive Therapy With a TNF Inhibitor in Pediatric Patients With Uveitis. J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus. 2023; 60(6):417-420. PMID: 36546781.

    Read at: PubMed

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Other Positions

  • Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
    Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

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Education

  • New York Medical College, MD
  • Brown University, BS

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