Steve Couvillion '92

Steve Couvillion grew up in Santa Barbara and attended Laguna Blanca. He received his medical degree from Tulane University. After medical school, he completed his residency training in Ophthalmology at the prestigious Bascom Palmer Eye Institute at the University of Miami. There he was involved with the initial clinical application of biologic pharmaceuticals for treating age-related macular degeneration.

 

Steve then completed his vitreoretinal fellowship at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute and accepted a faculty position where he served as Chief Resident and Director of Ocular Trauma. In doing so he helped train ophthalmology residents and vitreoretinal fellows in the latest therapeutic techniques. He is a partner in California Retina Consultants based in Santa Barbara.

 

His three sons attend Laguna, Michael ’28, James ’24, and Thomas ’23. They enjoy skiing, traveling, and Laguna athletics.