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Tue September 25 2007
Kenneth Lebow received his OD degree from the Pennsylvania College of Optometry in 1973. He operates a private practice specializing in contact lenses...
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Kenneth Lebow received his OD degree from the Pennsylvania College of Optometry in 1973. He operates a private practice specializing in contact lenses, clinical research and consultation to industry.
A member of the American Optometric Association, Past President of the Virginia Optometric Association and a Fellow of the American Academy of Optometry, Dr. Lebow has lectured extensively throughout
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Kenneth Lebow received his OD degree from the Pennsylvania College of Optometry in 1973. He operates a private practice specializing in contact lenses, clinical research and consultation to industry.
A member of the American Optometric Association, Past President of the Virginia Optometric Association and a Fellow of the American Academy of Optometry, Dr. Lebow has lectured extensively throughout
the United States and internationally as well as having published many articles on contact lens related topics. Currently, he is serving as the Optometric Editor of INFORMED OD an Alcon Laboratories
sponsored electronic newsletter. Previously, he served as the Contact Lens Editor for Optometry Today as well as authoring a monthly column for Spectrum on corneal topography. He has performed
extensive clinical investigations for all of the major contact lens and solution manufacturers and has served on a variety of industry advisory panels. A charter member and Past Chair of the AOA
Contact Lens Section, he was also a member of the Board of Directors of the Contact Lens Council. Dr. Lebow received the Rodger Kame Meritorious Service Award from the AOA Cornea and Contact Lens
Section in 2004. Formerly, he held the rank of an Associate Professor of Optometry, Clinical Research Consultant, for the New England College of Optometry, Boston, MA, and Adjunct Professor for the
Pennsylvania College of Optometry. Currently he holds a faculty position at Vistakon's The Vision Care Institute as well as, maintaining a private practice in Virginia Beach, Virginia where he
specializes in fitting advanced contact lens designs.
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Sun July 08 2007
Karl G. Stonecipher, MD is a cornea and refractive trained surgical specialist and the Director of The Laser Center in Greensboro, North Carolina, whi...
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Karl G. Stonecipher, MD is a cornea and refractive trained surgical specialist and the Director of The Laser Center in Greensboro, North Carolina, which he joined in 2005. Prior to that appointment
he had been the director of the Southeastern Laser and Refractive Center in Greensboro, North Carolina from 1991-2005. Dr. Stonecipher received his undergraduate degrees in Biology and Chemistry from
So...
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Karl G. Stonecipher, MD is a cornea and refractive trained surgical specialist and the Director of The Laser Center in Greensboro, North Carolina, which he joined in 2005. Prior to that appointment
he had been the director of the Southeastern Laser and Refractive Center in Greensboro, North Carolina from 1991-2005. Dr. Stonecipher received his undergraduate degrees in Biology and Chemistry from
Southern Methodist University. His medical degree was obtained from the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center and his residency in Ophthalmology was at Tulane University from 1987 through
1990. He spent 18 months in a cornea and refractive surgery fellowship with Dr. J. James Rowsey at the McGee Eye Institute. Dr. Stonecipher has additional basic science education from Stanford
University prior to starting in practice at Southeastern Eye Center. With more than 100 book chapters, abstracts and articles published, Dr. Stonecipher speaks both nationally and internationally on
refractive and corneal surgery. Dr. Stonecipher has been certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology since 1992. His memberships include the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the International
Society for Refractive Surgeons, Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology and the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery. He is currently involved in FDA trials for the Study
of Cornea, Cataract and Refractive Surgery. He recently received the Acheivement Award from the American Academy of Ophthalmology and is listed one of the Top Fifty Ophthalmologist by Cataract and
Refractive Surgery Today. Born and raised in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Dr. Stonecipher and his wife, Lynne, have two children, Megan and Kody, and live in Greensboro, North Carolina.
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Sun June 10 2007
George O. Waring, III, was born in Buffalo, New York, on February 21, 1941. He received his MD degree from Baylor Medical College, Houston, Texas. His...
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George O. Waring, III, was born in Buffalo, New York, on February 21, 1941. He received his MD degree from Baylor Medical College, Houston, Texas. His ophthalmology training included a residency
followed by a Heed Fellowship in corneal disease and surgery at the Wills Eye Hospital in Philadelphia. He is board certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology and is a Fellow of the American
College ...
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George O. Waring, III, was born in Buffalo, New York, on February 21, 1941. He received his MD degree from Baylor Medical College, Houston, Texas. His ophthalmology training included a residency
followed by a Heed Fellowship in corneal disease and surgery at the Wills Eye Hospital in Philadelphia. He is board certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology and is a Fellow of the American
College of Surgeons (FACS), of the Royal College of Ophthalmology (FRCOphth, Britain), and of the American Academy of Ophthalmology. Dr. Waring began his academic career in 1974 as Assistant
Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of California, Davis, where he established the first eye bank in northern California. In 1979 he joined the faculty at Emory University, where he was a
tenured Professor of Ophthalmology and Director of Refractive Surgery, until 2004; he is currently Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology at Emory. He was a Founder and Managing Director of the
privately owned Vision Correction Group (Emory Vision/InView Vision Center) from 1994-2004, where he has done more than 10,000 LASIK and other refractive procedures. Since 2003, he has practiced
privately in Atlanta at the InView Center. *Waring GO III: Refractive Keratotomy for Myopia and Astigmatism. St. Louis, Mosby-Yearbook, 1991; pp 1 " 1326, with 1650 illustrations. * Editor-in-Chief,
Journal of Refractive Surgery. 1989 " present. * Waring GO, Stulting RD, Wiley WM, Carr JD, Thompson KP. LASIK in 3946 eyes with the Nidek EC-5000 excimer laser. J Refrac Surg 2001; 17: S277. *
Dawson DG, Kramer TR, Grossniklaus HE, Waring GO III, Edelhauser HF. Histologic, ultrastructural, and immunofluorescent evaluation of human laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis corneal wounds. Arch
Ophthalmol 2005; 123: 741-756. * Waring GO. The Future of refractive surgery: confluence of techniques, staged delivery and criteria for assessment. In: Krachmar JH, Mannis MJ, Holland EJ (eds).
Cornea, 2nd Edition, vol 2, Surgery of the Cornea and Conjunctiva. Philadelphia, Elsevier Mosby, 2005: 2075-2087.
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Fri April 27 2007
Dr. Marc R. Bloomenstein is a 1990 graduate of the University of California at Los Angeles with a degree in Biology. He received his optometric degree...
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Dr. Marc R. Bloomenstein is a 1990 graduate of the University of California at Los Angeles with a degree in Biology. He received his optometric degree from the New England College of Optometry in
1994. Currently Dr. Bloomenstein is the Director of Optometric Services at the Schwartz Laser Eye Center in Scottsdale, Arizona. Aside from lecturing and publishing on numerous anterior segment and
refrac...
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Dr. Marc R. Bloomenstein is a 1990 graduate of the University of California at Los Angeles with a degree in Biology. He received his optometric degree from the New England College of Optometry in
1994. Currently Dr. Bloomenstein is the Director of Optometric Services at the Schwartz Laser Eye Center in Scottsdale, Arizona. Aside from lecturing and publishing on numerous anterior segment and
refractive topics, Dr. Bloomenstein is on the editorial board of Primary Care of Optometry News and Contemporary Optometry and a frequent contributor to various optometric journals. Dr. Bloomenstein
served as the President of the Arizona Optometric Association, as well as, an Optometric Advisor to STAAR Surgical and Medtronics Solan. Dr. Bloomenstein is the President of the Board of the Arizona
Optometric Charitable Foundation Corneal topography: Guide for clinical Application in the Wavefront Era, Ming Wang, Editor. Slack, Inc, 2006 Corneal Topography. Slack Inc (2005) 173-181 Topographic
Indications of Emerging Keratoconus in Teenage New Zealanders. Owens, Helen PhD; Gamble, Greg D MSc; Bjornholdt, Melissa C BSc; Boyce, Nicola K MA, BOptom; Keung, Lynnell Boptom. Cornea.
26(3):312-318, April 2007.
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Thu April 05 2007
Welcome to episode two of the Nidek series of podcasts. We continue with the interview of Dr. Paul Karpecki, OD. FAAO. Show Notes: All references can ...
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Welcome to episode two of the Nidek series of podcasts. We continue with the interview of Dr. Paul Karpecki, OD. FAAO. Show Notes: All references can be found at Entrez PubMed.gov. Tang RA.
Diaz-Delfin J, Morales M, Caelles C. Tang RA, Morales M, Ricur G, Schiffman JS. Schiffman JS, Scherokman B, Tang RA, Dorotheo EU, Prieto P, Varon J. Fogla R, Padmanabhan P. Aslam TM, Patton N, Rose
CJ. Gale CR,...
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Welcome to episode two of the Nidek series of podcasts. We continue with the interview of Dr. Paul Karpecki, OD. FAAO. Show Notes: All references can be found at Entrez PubMed.gov. Tang RA.
Diaz-Delfin J, Morales M, Caelles C. Tang RA, Morales M, Ricur G, Schiffman JS. Schiffman JS, Scherokman B, Tang RA, Dorotheo EU, Prieto P, Varon J. Fogla R, Padmanabhan P. Aslam TM, Patton N, Rose
CJ. Gale CR, Deary IJ, Schoon I, Batty GD. Teng T, Lefley M, Claremont D. Sinthanayothin C, Boyce JF, Cook HL, Williamson TH. Stone A, Usher D, Marklin R, Seeley P, Yager JW. Smith PJ, Olson JA,
Constable D, Schwartz J, Proffitt RT, Adler-Moore JP. Effectiveness of screening and monitoring tests for diabetic retinopathy--a systematic review. Screening for diabetic retinopathy using
non-mydriatic fundus photography.
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