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~ Acknowledgments ~

  • Board-Certified Ophthalmologist
  • Has performed thousands of LASIK procedures since 1995.
  • Named a ®VISX "Star Surgeon," Placing him in the top 5% of surgeons nationwide.
  • Participated in thousands of LASIK and ASA procedures in Australia before techniques were available in the United States.
  • Has performed thousands of Cataract procedures.
  • Presentations to Ophthalmologists in the United States, Australia, Great Britain, and Vietnam.
  • Medical monitor for U.S. FDA Clinical study on Laser Presbyopia (Reading) Reversal using the Surgilight Optivision Laser.
  • "Lifelong Education for the Ophthalmologist" Continuing Education Award from the American Academy of Ophthalmology.
  • "Physician's Recognition Award in Continuing Education" from the American Medical Association.
  • Member of American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, International Society of Refractive Surgery and American Academy of Ophthalmology.

~ Education & Fellowship ~

  • College: The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, 1981 - 1985
  • Medical School: Case Western Reserve University; School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, 1985 - 1990. Degree: Doctor of Medicine.
  • The University of Hawaii Integrated Transitional Program Internship; University of Hawaii Affiliated Hospitals, Honolulu, Hawaii, July 1990 - June 1991.
  • Residency: Case Western Reserve University; Ophthalmology Program, Cleveland, Ohio, 1991 - 1994.
  • Fellowship in Corneal and Refractive Surgery; Sydney Refractive Surgery Center, Royal North Shore Hospital, and Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, January
    1995 - December 1995.
  • International Center for Refractive Surgery, Providenciales, Turks and Caicos, January 1998 - December 1998

~ Medical Licenses ~

  • Ohio State Medical Board Since February 1992
  • Maine Board of Registration in Medicine Since July 1994
  • Florida Board of Medicine Since September 1994

~Honors and Awards~


  • American Academy of Ophthalmology Lifelong Education for the Ophthalmologist Continuing Education Award, 1996

  • American Medical Association Physician's Recognition Award, 1996

  • Residents' Essay Paper Contest Award Winner, First Place, Ohio Ophthalmological Society Annual Meeting, June 1993

  • Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Retina Research Foundation Travel Fellowship Grant" May 1993

  • C.W.R.U. Geriatric Medicine Fellowship, study of lysosomal glycosidase levels in human serum :from patients with and without AMD, summer 1989

  • C.W.RU. Student Research Day Commendation, 1986
  • C.W.R.U. School of Medicine Academic Scholarship, 1985-1990

  • Cuyahoga County Medical Foundation Academic Scholarship, 1985-1989

  • The University o f Chlcago Biological Sciences Honors Society, 1985

  • The University of Chicago Research Fellowship, 1984
  • The University of Chicago Research Stipend, 1983
  • The University of Chicago Academic Scholarship, 1981-1985

  • The University of Chicago Dean's List, 1981-1985
  • Cleveland Heights High School Jon Lewis Award, for overall excellence, 1981

  • The Jewish War Veterans Academic Scholarship, 1981


 

 

 

 

 

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~ Activities ~

Tutor, C.W.R..U. School of Medicine, 1986~1987

Event Coordinating Assistant, Cleveland Academy of Medicine 1985-1987

Research Technician, LaRabida Childrens Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, Summer, 1985

Emergency Room Volunteer, Wyler Childrens Hospital, Chicago. Illinois, 1981

~ Research Experience~

  • Corneal and Refractive Surgery Fellow, Sydney Refractive Surgery Center, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. - Advisors: Michael A. Lawless, M.D., and Christopher M. Rogers, M.D., Directors.

    Research: January 1995 -December 1995 - Excimer laser studies with myopia, hyperopia, astigmatism, retreatment, and ablation zone diameters. Cataract surgery after excimer laser photorefractive keratectomy for myopia.

  • Resident/Student Investigator, The Retinal Institute, Mount Sinai Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio. - Advisor: Lawrence J. Singerman, M.D., Director of the Retinal Institute.

    Research: August 1988 -June 1994 Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) studies with human serum and fresh donor retinal pigment epithelium (R.P.E.) Tunable dye laser therapy for choroidal neovascularization complicating AMD.

  • Resident/Student Investigator, Department of Ophthalmology,
    C.W.R.U. School of Medicine, Cleveland Veterans Administration Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio. - Advisor: William E. Bruner, M.D., Associate Professor. Department of Ophthalmology.

    Research: January 1989 -June 1994 Corneal storage media studies. R.P.E. lysosomal enzyme activity changes with aging and disease. Age-related macular degeneration studies.

  • Student Investigator, The Sleep Research Laboratory, The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine. Chicago, Illinois. - Advisors: Allen Rechtschaffen, Ph.D., Director, and Ruth Benca, M.D., Ph.D., Chief of
    Immunology Research at the Sleep Research Laboratory

    Research: June 1983 -June 1985
    Immune Response of Sleep Deprived Rats (Biological Sciences Honors Thesis.)

  • Student Investigator, Department of Immunology, The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois. - Advisors: Frank Itch. M.D., Ph.D., Professor. Department of Immunology, and
    Gib Otten, Ph.D., Assistant Professor. Department of Immunology

    Research: Summer 1983
    Interlenkin-3 in the immune system of the mouse.

  • Student Investigator, Department of Psychiatry, The University of Chicago
    Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois. - Advisor: Harriet DeWit, Ph.D., Assistant Professor. Department of Psychiatry

    Research: September 1982 -June 1983
    Diazepam use in selected patient populations.