Dr. Padovani-Claudio is now providing pediatric ophthalmology care at the Vanderbilt Eye Institute campus facility and the Madison location. Her clinical interests include general pediatric ophthalmology as well as pediatric and adult strabismus. Her research is focused on vascular diseases of the retina. She speaks fluently in both Spanish and English. Dr. Padovani-Claudio earned her bachelor degree from the Mayaguez campus of the University of Puerto Rico with majors in both biology and chemistry. She went on to earn her M.D. and Ph.D. in Neuroscience from Case Western Reserve University. Subsequently she obtained ophthalmology residency training and a pediatric ophthalmology and strabismus fellowship at the University of Michigan’s W. K. Kellogg Eye Center. Dr. Padovani-Claudio is a board certified fellow of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and a member of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus. Personal Web Site