Alex Christoff is an assistant professor and certified orthoptist in the Zanvyl Kreiger Department of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Adult Strabismus at the Johns Hopkins Wilmer Eye Institute. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in biology from Indiana University in 1984, and has been a certified ophthalmic technician since 1987. Mr. Christoff completed his orthoptic training fellowship at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, earning his orthoptic certification in 2001. He began his clinical career at the Wilmer Eye Institute in 2004, earning faculty appointment as a clinical instructor in 2006, and promotion to assistant professor of ophthalmology in 2009. He is married to a pediatric ophthalmologist, Allison Jensen, MD. They have two children, Kyle 17 and Sophie 15.