Dr. Todd J. Mondzelewski is a board-certified Ophthalmologist whose academic journey began at the University of Virginia, where he earned a Bachelor of Science with distinction in Engineering Science and a minor in Biomedical Engineering in 1999. He subsequently completed his Doctor of Medicine at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in 2003. He then pursued a Transitional Internship at the Naval Medical Center in San Diego from 2003 to 2004, followed by training at the Naval Aerospace Medical Institute in Pensacola, Florida, in early 2005.

Following his initial training, Dr. Mondzelewski served as a Group Surgeon and Flight Surgeon in the military, stationed in Miramar, CA, and Al Asad, Iraq, between 2005 and 2007. He returned to the Naval Medical Center in San Diego to complete his Ophthalmology Residency from 2007 to 2010. In 2010, he became the Department Head of Ophthalmology at the Naval Hospital in Okinawa, Japan, where he directed CME and Staff Education until 2012. To further his expertise, he completed training in Ophthalmic Pathology at the Jules Stein Eye Institute at the University of California, Los Angeles, from 2012 to 2013. He achieved Board Certification from the American Board of Ophthalmology in 2012.

Since 2013, Dr. Mondzelewski has been an integral part of the Naval Medical Center in San Diego, practicing in Comprehensive Ophthalmology and Ophthalmic Pathology. He served as the Residency Program Director for the Department of Ophthalmology from 2016 to 2023, and in 2023, he assumed the role of Associate Department Chair. Actively engaged in academia, he has served as an Assistant Professor of Surgery at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences since 2013 and as an Assistant Clinical Professor at Loma Linda University since 2014.

Dr. Mondzelewski’s clinical practice includes LASIK, PRK, SMILE, ICL, and RLE procedures. A decorated military professional, he has received five Navy Commendation Medals for his exemplary service across various naval hospitals and deployments, including a deployment on the USNS Hospital Ship Mercy in 2015. He holds an active medical license in California and maintains a Fellow status with the American Academy of Ophthalmology.