Project Description
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.