Meet Our Doctors

David W. Faber, M.D.

Dr. Faber was born and raised in California. He graduated Magna Cum Laude from Brigham Young University with a degree in Microbiology and earned his M.D. from the University of California, San Diego.

Following completion of his medical internship at St. Joseph's Hospital in Phoenix, Arizona he did his residency in Ophthalmology at the University of California, San Diego. Dr. Faber completed a combined fellowship at the Charles Retina Institute in Memphis, Tennessee specializing in Vitreoretinal Surgery and in Ocular Oncology at the University of Tennessee.

Dr. Faber obtained his board certification and began practice in Salt Lake City at Rocky Mountain Retina Consultants. Dr. Faber is a diplomat of the American Board of Ophthalmology, a Fellow of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, a Fellow of the American Society of Retinal Specialists and a member of both the Utah Medical Association and the Utah Ophthalmology Society. He has extensive training in the evaluation and treatment of ocular tumors.

He has also been involved in various research projects including the study of diabetic retinopathy and macular degeneration and has published several articles in medical and scientific journals. Dr. Faber has participated in numerous presentations and lectures to other healthcare professionals regarding the treatment of retinal diseases and is actively involved in the robust clinical research endeavors ongoing at Rocky Mountain Retina Consultants.

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Michael A. Simmons, M.D.

Dr. Simmons was born and raised in the Salt Lake Valley. He attended Brigham Young University on a full-tuition academic scholarship and graduated with a degree in Business Management. He went on to earn his medical degree from the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix.

Following completion of his medical internship in internal medicine at Banner University Medical Center with the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix, Dr. Simmons did his residency at the University of Texas Southwestern, in Dallas, Texas. Dr. Simmons then completed a vitreoretinal surgical fellowship at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis.

Dr. Simmons is a diplomat of the American Board of Ophthalmology, a *Fellow of the American Society of Retinal Specialists, a *member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, and a *member of both the Utah Medical Association and the Utah Ophthalmological Society. He remains an adjunct faculty member at the University of Minnesota where he mentors medical students, residents, and fellows.

Dr. Simmons completed the Medical Research Scholars Program at the National Institutes of Health. He remains involved in numerous research projects including the study of ocular trauma, retinopathy of prematurity, macular degeneration, and inherited retinal diseases, and applications of artificial intelligence in ophthalmology. He is an active investigator in several ongoing industry-lead clinical trials at Rocky Mountain Retina Consultants in the treatment of wet macular degeneration, retinal vein occlusions, and geographic atrophy.

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Mitchell J. Goff, M.D.

Dr. Goff was born and raised in Ogden, Utah. He graduated Magna Cum Laude from Weber State University with a degree in Business Administration and Finance and went on to earn his medical degree from the Medical College of Wisconsin. Dr. Goff served as an officer in the United States Army where he completed his internship and ophthalmology residency at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas. He subsequently completed his fellowship training in vitreoretinal surgery at California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco, California. After obtaining his board certification he returned to San Antonio where he trained military and civilian ophthalmology residents as a University of Texas Health Science Center Clinical Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology. After completing his military obligation, Dr. Goff moved back to Utah and joined Rocky Mountain Retina Consultants. He is a member of the American Board of Ophthalmology, the American Society of Retina Specialists, the Utah Medical Association, the Utah Ophthalmology Association, and a Fellow of the American Academy of Ophthalmology. He remains active in clinical research as a primary investigator for numerous trials. He has published scientific articles and textbook chapters on diabetic retinopathy, macular degeneration, and ocular trauma. Dr. Goff frequently lectures to other healthcare professionals and participates on advisory boards and in other consulting roles. He served as director for an internationally attended ophthalmology review course, preparing physicians for board certification.