Kelsey Roelofs, MD
Dr. Kelsey A. Roelofs is a board certified ophthalmologist and oculofacial plastic surgeon with an interest in cosmetic facial surgery. She received her MD from the University of Alberta, where she subsequently went on to complete her residency in Ophthalmology. Thereafter, she embarked on an Ocular Oncology fellowship at Moorfields Eye Hospital, followed by a two-year American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery fellowship at UCLA under the mentorship of Dr Jonathan Hoenig.
Dr. Roelofs has published over 50 peer-reviewed papers, 19 textbook chapters and was the 2021 recipient of the Bartley R Frueh Research Award. She was recently selected as the 2022 Dr Allen and Charlotte Ginsburg Fellow in Precision Genomic and will be studying the gene expression profile of periocular basal cell carcinomas. Other recent awards include the 2022 Fellow Teaching Award for the Stein Eye Institute of Ophthalmology Residency Program and the 2022 UCLA Department of Ophthalmology Excellence in Research Award.
Dr. Roelofs has been featured in ‘A Guide to Eye Care, According to Top Plastic Surgeons’ by W Magazine and has appeared on the Doctors TV show to discuss the diagnosis and management of filler related complications.