Monica Ertel, MD, PhD, is an assistant professor of ophthalmology at the University of Colorado Sue Anschutz-Rodgers Eye Center. After completing medical and graduate school at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans, she did an ophthalmology residency at Weill Cornell in New York City followed by a glaucoma fellowship at the University of Colorado. Dr. Ertel specializes in glaucoma and cataract surgery and currently sees patients in both Denver and Boulder, Colorado.