EDUCATION:
1982-1986 NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY Evanston, IL
Bachelor of Science degree in Biomedical Engineering.
Specialization in Physiological systems.
1986-1990 MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO Toledo, OH
Doctor of Medicine degree.
1990-1996 VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY Nashville, TN
Doctor of Philosophy degree in Molecular Physiology and
Biophysics. Characterization of transcriptional regulatory
Factors and cell type-specific differentiation in the laboratory
Of Dr. M.A. Magnuson.
1993-1994 VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY Nashville, TN
Internship in Internal Medicine
1994-1997 SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE St. Louis, MO
ANHEUSER-BUSCH EYE INSTITUTE
Residency in Ophthalmology.
1997-1999 UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS Iowa City, IA
Fellowship in Vitreoretinal Diseases and Surgery.
HONORS AND AWARDS
Best presentation for resident or fellow AUPO meeting, January 1999.
Chosen to present at the AUPO meeting, January 1999.
Knapp Ophthalmic Foundation Fellow, July 1998-June 1999.
Heed Ophthalmic Foundation Fellow, July 1997-June 1998.
Harrison Jerrold Award for Outstanding Resident, 1997.
Chief Resident for Ophthalmology residency program, 1997.
David and Nancy Schanzlin Award for Basic Science Research, 1994-1995.
Manuscript cited in Journal Highlights of the American Society of Microbiology
Newsletter, December, 1994.
Represented Medical College of Ohio at the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation. Medical
Student Workshop, National Institutes of Health, 1989.
Top Ten Surgical Retinal Videos, RetinaLinkGlobal 2017 and 2018
Varsity Track Letterman, Northwestern University, 1986.
BOARD CERTIFCATION
American Board of Ophthalmology, May 2000; Recertification December 2010; Certification number: 206559
LICENSURE
Tennessee, June 1999; License number: 031771
Georgia, December 2001;License number: 049982
Florida, March 2005; License number: ME93012
Mississippi, August 2006; License number: 19476
Iowa, June 1997; License number: 31823
Alabama, November 2004; License number: 26319
Indiana, October 2014; License number:
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES AND COMMITTEES
Vitreous Society
Club Vit
American Society of Retinal Specialists
American Academy of Ophthalmology
Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Medical Association
Phi Delta Epsilon
UNIVERSITY APPOINTMENTS
1999-2004 Assistant Professor Chattanooga, TN
University of Tennessee Memphis, The Health Science Center
Chattanooga Unit of the College of Medicine
HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS
1999-2005 Erlanger Hospital. Inactive. Chattanooga, TN
1999-2002 Memorial Hospital. Inactive. Chattanooga, TN
2004-Present Providence Hospital Mobile, AL
2004-Present Mobile Infirmary Mobile, Al
2004-Present University of South Alabama Mobile, AL
2005-Present Springhill Medical Center
Mobile, AL
2009-Present Biloxi Regional Hospital Biloxi, AL
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
March 2017 – Present Diagnostic And Medical Clinic Mobile, AL
Specialist in vitreoretinal diseases and surgery.
2005 – March 2017 Retina Specialty Institute Pensacola, FL
Specialist in vitreoretinal diseases and surgery.
August 2004 – Present RFE Pharma. Co-founder and Medical Director Framingham, MA
Company focused on developing novel small molecular
Weight compounds to treat new vascular ocular diseases.
1999-2004 Southeastern Retina Associates, Inc Chattanooga, TN
Specialist in vitreoretinal diseases and surgery.