Staff Directory
 | Hilel Lewis, M.D.
Chairman, Division of Ophthalmology
Director, Cole Eye Institute
Hilel Lewis, M.D., is chairman of the Division of Ophthalmology and director of the Cole Eye Institute at The Cleveland Clinic. He is recognized as a pioneer in the treatment of diseases of the retina, macula and vitreous. Dr. Lewis has made significant contributions to the understanding of these diseases, has described several new diseases and has developed new treatment for many of these disorders.
His primary areas of research include the development of new surgical techniques, as well as the use of drug therapy for the treatment of diseases, such as age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy and uncomplicated retinal detachments. Dr. Lewis also serves as the principal investigator for numerous clinical trials.
Born and raised in Mexico, Dr. Lewis completed his residency at the Jules Stein Eye Institute at the University of California, Los Angeles. In addition, he completed two vitreoretinal fellowships, one in surgical retina at the Eye Institute of the Medical College of Wisconsin Clinics in Milwaukee, Wisc., and a fellowship in medial retina at the Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore.
Prior to his appointment to The Cleveland Clinic in 1993, Dr. Lewis held an academic position at UCLA, where he was a Charles Kenneth Feldman Scholar. For the past two years, under Dr. Lewis' direction, the Cole Eye Institute has had the highest patient volume in the United States and has become one of the leading ophthalmic research institutions in the country.
Dr. Lewis has been the recipient of more than 50 national and international honors and awards in his career. He is a member of 30 national and international professional societies and serves on the editorial board of 10 ophthalmic scientific journals, including being associate editor of the American Journal of Ophthalmology. A frequent lecturer for national and international meetings, Dr. Lewis has contributed to more than 150 publications, over 20 book chapters and is the author of the textbook "Medical and Surgical Retina: Advances, Controversies and Management." |
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David Barnhart, O.D.
Department of Optometry
Dr. David Barnhart joined the Cleveland Clinic in January of 2001. Prior to that, he spent about 20 years in private practice in Ohio and Arizona. He graduated from The Ohio State University School of Optometry in 1980.
Dr. Barnhart is a member of the Ohio Optometric Association, the American Optometric Association, Cleveland Optometric Association, and the Better Vision Institute.
His primary specialty interest is contact lenses. |
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Anita Chitluri, O.D.
Department of Optometry
Dr. Anita Chitluri joined Cleveland Clinic in June 2006. Prior to that, she was in private practice in Reynoldsburg, Ohio, for 2 years. She is a 2004 graduate of The Ohio State University College of Optometry. She received her undergraduate degree in microbiology from Ohio State University.
Dr. Chitluri's specialty interests include primary eye care for all ages and contact lenses. |
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Heather L. Cimino, O.D.
Department of Optometry
Dr. Cimino joined the Cole Eye Institute in July 2002 after graduating from the Ohio State University College of Optometry. Her primary responsibility is to screen children on the Cole Eye Institute Vision Bus that visits pre-kindergarten through first-grade pupils in the Cleveland Municipal School District. This free community service is designed to detect and help begin early treatment of many common childhood vision disorders such as amblyopia, strabismus or the need for glasses. Dr. Cimino also sees pediatric and adult patients in the Eye Institute on days when the bus is not operating, and her areas of specialty interest include contact lenses, vision rehabilitation and binocular vision. |
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William J. Dupps Jr., M.D., Ph.D.
Departments of Cornea and External Disease and Refractive Surgery
William J. Dupps Jr., M.D., Ph.D., a refractive surgeon and corneal specialist who has a strong interest in ocular biomechanics, joined the staff Cole Eye Institute in July 2006.
Dr. Dupps earned his master's and doctoral degrees in biomedical engineering at The Ohio State University in 1995 and 1998, respectively, followed by a medical degree in 2000 from the same institution. He completed a residency at the University of Iowa Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences in 2004. He is the first fellow to complete a two-year Cornea, External Disease and Refractive Surgery Fellowship at the Cole Eye Institute, a program designed to emphasize training of clinician-scientists.
He also completed a fellowship in ocular gene therapy at the National Eye Institute in 1996 and studied under a Medical Scientist Training Program Fellowship as a Presidential Fellow at The Ohio State University from 1997 to 2000.
Dr. Dupps' memberships include the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology and the International Society of Optical Engineering.
In addition to seeing patients in the refractive surgery and cornea clinics, Dr. Dupps, with the help of a National Institutes of Health career development grant, conducts multi-disciplinary research emphasizing application of engineering tools to the diagnosis and management of biomechanical disorders such as keratoconus and glaucoma. His work also focuses on developing diagnostic tools for optimizing corneal and refractive surgery.
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Richard E. Gans, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Regional Ophthalmology
Dr. Gans joined The Cleveland Clinic Cole Eye Institute in October of 2004. He has been an ophthalmologist in the Cleveland area for 18 years, most recently at University Hospitals of Cleveland.
He completed his bachelor's degree at Emory University in Atlanta. He is a graduate of Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland, where he was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. He completed his ophthalmology residency at Case Western Reserve University, as well.
In addition to his clinical responsibilities at University Hospitals, Dr. Gans served as Medical Director of ophthalmology and on various system-wide committees.
Dr. Gans is a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the Ohio Ophthalmological Society and the Cleveland Ophthalmological Society.
Dr. Gans is an accomplished surgeon and is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. He is a comprehensive ophthalmologist with specialty interests in cataracts, glaucoma and diabetes.
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Philip N. Goldberg, M.D.
Regional Ophthalmology
Dr. Goldberg has been co-director of the Cleveland Clinic Regional Ophthalmology program since 1999. Prior to that, he was in private practice for 15 years in the Cleveland area, including being co-chief of staff at South Point Hospital from 1996 to 1999. Dr. Goldberg graduated from the University of Louisville School of Medicine in 1980 and served his residency in ophthalmology at Case Western Reserve University Hospitals in Cleveland, serving as chief resident during his final year. He served his internship at St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Boston. He received his bachelor's degree in psychology with cum laude honors from Boston College in 1972 and received a masters of biology from Cleveland State University in 1976.
He is a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and was president of the Cleveland Ophthalmologic Society from 1997 to 1998.
His specialty interests include cataracts, glaucoma and laser surgery.
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Froncie A. Gutman, M.D.
Vitreoretinal Department
Dr. Froncie A. Gutman has been a member of the Cleveland Clinic staff since 1969. He served as Chairman of the Ophthalmology Department from 1969 to 1992. Prior to joining the Clinic, he was director of the Ophthalmology Program at Emory University Medical School and assistant chief of Army Ophthalmology at Walter Reed General Hospital in Washington, D.C.
Dr. Gutman is a past president of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and a past chairman of the American Board of Ophthalmology. He is a recipient of the Senior Honor Award for contributions to the specialty of ophthalmology from the American Academy of Ophthalmology and the Heed Award for ophthalmic achievement from the Thomas Heed Ophthalmic Foundation. He serves as the Executive Secretary of the Heed Foundation, the Herman Knapp Testimonial Fund and the Society of Heed Fellows Foundation. His specialty interests include retinal vascular disease, laser therapy, macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy.
Dr. Gutman received his medical degree from the University of Michigan School of Medicine and completed a fellowship in retinal diseases at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute at the University of Miami School of Medicine.
He is a member of the American Ophthalmological Society, the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the Retina Society, the Macula Society and the Vitreous Society. |
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Bennie H. Jeng, M.D.
Cornea and External Disease Department
Bennie H. Jeng, M.D., joined the staff of The Cole Eye Institute in July 2003 after completing a fellowship in cornea and external diseases at the Francis I. Proctor Foundation at the University of California San Francisco. Dr. Jeng completed his residency training at The Cole Eye Institute in 2002, serving as chief resident in his final year.
He also served his internship at The Cleveland Clinic and received his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in Philadelphia. He earned his bachelor's degree with summa cum laude honors in biology with a minor in French from Washington University in St. Louis, MO.
His primary interests are in corneal transplantation, ocular surface disease, limbal stem cell transplantation and artificial corneas. "I am very interested in the many newer surgical answers emerging to previously untreatable cornea problems," he explained.
Dr. Jeng plans to spend about 75 percent of his time at the Cole Eye Institute in patient care, with the remainder devoted to research. He is particularly interested in finding ways to improve eyebanking techniques to increase the health and viability of donor tissue that would lead to improved transplantation success rates.
He says the dynamic environment he experienced during his residency at CCF is what motivated him to return after his fellowship. "The Eye Institute has always impressed me with its continuous upward movement in a time when other institutions are struggling to expand," Dr. Jeng explains.
Dr. Jeng is a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery and the Contact Lens Association of Ophthalmologists.
He is married and has two children and is fluent in Mandarin.
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Peter K. Kaiser, M.D.
Vitreoretinal Department
Peter K. Kaiser, M.D., has been an ophthalmologist at the Cleveland Clinic since 1997. He specializes in vitreoretinal diseases, age-related macular degeneration, complicated retinal detachment, diabetic retinopathy and posterior segment complications of anterior segment surgery.
Dr. Kaiser has authored an ophthalmology textbook and more than 30 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters. He is actively involved in retinal clinical research. He has participated as the principal investigator or investigator in numerous national, multi-center clinical trials, including Vitrase for Vitreous Hemorrhage (VVHS), the Visudyne photodynamic therapy trials, the Submacular Surgery Trials (SST), Collaborative Ocular Melanoma Study (COMS), Protein Kinase C (PKC) beta inhibitor diabetic retinopathy trial, as well as several diabetic macular edema trials. He also is a member of the Optical Coherence Tomography Biomedical Consortium funded by the National Institutes of Health, which is exploring new ways to non-invasively image ocular structures to improve detection and treatment of retinal, glaucomatous and corneal diseases.
Dr. Kaiser received his medical degree from Harvard College in Boston. He completed his internship in internal medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital and his ophthalmology residency at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, both in Boston. Dr. Kaiser received his retinal fellowship training at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute in Miami, where he received the Heed Foundation Award.
Dr. Kaiser is a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, the Pan-American Ophthalmology Association and the Vitreous Society. He recently received an Honor Award from the American Academy of Ophthalmology.
Dr. Kaiser is an editor of the American Journal of Ophthalmology. He also serves on several scientific advisory boards that are exploring the genesis and treatment of retinal diseases. |
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Gregory S. Kosmorsky, D.O.
Neuro-Ophthalmology and Comprehensive Ophthalmology departments
Dr. Kosmorsky was the director of the neuro-ophthalmology unit at The Cleveland Clinic Foundation for 14 years before going into private practice, but returned to the Cole Eye Institute in 2002. Board-certified in ophthalmology and neurology, Dr. Kosmorsky earned his medical degree from The Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine in Pennsylvania. He completed a residency in adult neurology at Temple University School of Medicine in Philadelphia, and a residency in ophthalmology at The Cleveland Clinic Foundation. He completed a fellowship in neuro-ophthalmology at Washington University Medical Center in St. Louis, Mo.
He is a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the American Academy of Neurology, the American Medical Association, the Cleveland Opthamological Society and the North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society. Dr. Kosmorsky has been involved in numerous research grants and is a national and international lecturer. He has published more than 70 peer-reviewed original papers.
His specialty interests are ophthalmology, neuro-ophthalmology, neurology, cataracts and laser vision correction. |
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Ronald R. Krueger, M.D
Departments of Cornea and External Disease and Refractive Surgery
Dr. Ronald Krueger has been Medical Director of the Department of Refractive Surgery at the Cleveland Clinic's Cole Eye Institute since 1998.
He received his medical degree from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey in 1987. He completed his ophthalmology residency at the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center of New York and completed two fellowships in cornea and refractive surgery at the University of Oklahoma and the University of Southern California, Los Angeles. Prior to joining the Cole Eye Institute, he was associate professor of ophthalmology at the Saint Louis University Eye Institute.
Dr. Krueger has performed thousands of refractive surgery procedures, including laser in-situ keratomileusis (LASIK), photorefractive keratectomy (PRK), astigmatic keratotomy (AK), and advanced lamellar transplant surgery. He is the Education Committee Chairman of the International Society of Refractive Surgery and a board member of the LASIK Institute.
He has 15 years of experience in excimer laser research, 5 years experience in picosecond laser photodisruption research and is involved in research investigating the cause(s) of presbyopia and restoration of accommodation as well as wavefront imaging of the eye for customized laser vision correction. Dr. Krueger is also known worldwide for his work in refractive surgery and is the Associate Editor for the Journal of Refractive Surgery.
Dr. Krueger recently authored "Customized Corneal Ablation: The Quest for Super-Vision," the first textbook on this new technology. He has been the principle investigator on five clinical trials, beginning in 1994. He has done investigational studies for Alcon Laboratories, Autonomous Technologies Inc., Comprehensive Refractive surgery (CRS), Medjet, Inc. and most recently Second Sight Laser Technologies Inc.
He is a member of the American Medical Association, American Academy of Ophthalmology, the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, the Christian Ophthalmology Society, the International Society for Refractive Surgery, the Ohio Ophthalmological Society, and the Cleveland Ophthalmological Society. |
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Roger H.S. Langston, M.D.
Cornea and External Disease Department
Dr. Roger H.S. Langston joined the staff of the Cleveland Clinic in 1974. He specializes in cornea, external diseases, corneal transplantation and cataract surgery.
Dr. Langston received his medical degree at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, in 1965 and completed his residency training at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. He also served a fellowship in cornea and external diseases at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary in Boston.
He is a fellow of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and the American College of Surgeons. He is active in the Midwest Cornea Association and the Cleveland Ophthalmological Society. He is listed in "The Best Doctors in America." |
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Ann Laurenzi, O.D.
Department of Optometry
Dr. Ann Laurenzi joined the staff of the Cole Eye Institute in 1998. She is a graduate of the University of Missouri, St. Louis, School of Optometry and received a bachelor's degree in business and human resources from The Ohio State University. She served an internship in the Cleveland Clinic Division of Ophthalmology during her final year of optometry school.
Dr. Laurenzi is a member of the Ohio Optometric Association, the American Optometric Association, the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, the International Society of Refractive Surgery, and lectures for the Cleveland Opticians' Society.
Her primary interests are in treating patients before and after laser vision correction and in working with contact lenses.
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Careen Y. Lowder, M.D., Ph.D.
Uveitis Department
Dr. Careen Y. Lowder has been an ophthalmologist with the Cleveland Clinic since 1986. Her specialty interests include uveitis and intraocular inflammatory diseases, and ocular pathology.
Previously, she was an assistant research ophthalmologist with the Francis I. Proctor Foundation at the University of California-San Francisco.
Dr. Lowder received her medical degree from Case Western Reserve University in 1978 and a doctorate in microbiology and molecular biology in 1975 from Case Western's School of Graduate Studies. She completed her residency at the Cleveland Clinic, including one year as chief resident, and served a fellowship at the Francis I. Proctor Foundation.
She is president of the Pan American Society of Ocular Inflammatory Diseases and was president of the Cleveland Ophthalmological Society in 2002-2003. She is also a member of the Pan American Association of Ophthalmology, the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Research to Prevent Blindness, the American Uveitis Society, the American Association of Ophthalmic Pathologists and the American Women's Medical Association. |
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Lisa D. Lystad, M.D.
Neuro-Ophthalmology and Comprehensive Ophthalmology Departments
Lisa D. Lystad, M.D., joined the Cole Eye Institute in January 2007. Previously she had practiced in the Greater Cleveland area for nearly 15 years.
She is a graduate of Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston, where she also served her residency. She completed a fellowship in neuro-ophthalmology at University Hospitals of Cleveland in 1991-1992. She holds a bachelor's degree from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore and a masters degree from Johns Hopkins' Whiting School of Engineering.
She specializes in treating neuro-ophthalmological disorders as well as providing primary eye care to adults and children. She will see patients on the Main Campus and at the Beachwood ophthalmology office on Chagrin Boulevard. |
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Andreas Marcotty, M.D.
Regional Ophthalmology
Dr. Marcotty joined the Cleveland Clinic's Department in 1998. Prior to that, he was in private practice in the Cleveland area for about 15 years. Dr. Marcotty graduated from Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit in 1978. He served his residency in ophthalmology at Kresge Eye Institute in Detroit and did a fellowship in pediatric ophthalmology at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wisc. He did his internship at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. He received a bachelor degree in chemistry with cum laude honors from the University of Michigan in 1974.
He is a member of the American Medical Association, the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the American Association of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, the American College of Surgeons and the International Society for Genetic Eye Diseases.
Dr. Marcotty's specialty interests include pediatric ophthalmology and adult strabismus.
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Shari Martyn, M.D.
Regional Ophthalmology
Dr. Martyn joined The Cleveland Clinic Cole Eye Institute in October of 2004. She has been an ophthalmologist in the Cleveland area for 19 years, most recently at University Hospitals of Cleveland. She graduated summa cum laude from Case Western Reserve University, where she also received her medical degree. She completed two residencies, one in internal medicine and another in ophthalmology, at Mt. Sinai Medical Center, Cleveland. In her final year, she served as co-chief resident.
In addition to her clinical responsibilities at University Hospitals of Cleveland, she served as director of medical student education and on the Faculty Council.
Dr. Martyn is a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the Ohio Ophthalmological Society and the Cleveland Ophthalmological Society.
She is a comprehensive ophthalmologist with specialty interests in cataracts, glaucoma and diabetes.
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David M. Meisler, M.D.
Cornea and External Disease Department
Dr. David M. Meisler has been practicing at the Cleveland Clinic since 1982, after completing a fellowship at the Francis I. Proctor Foundation at the University of California-San Francisco. His specialty interests include the medical and surgical treatment of corneal and external diseases, corneal transplantation, and refractive surgery.
A 1976 graduate of The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Dr. Meisler completed his residency at Northwestern University Medical Center in Chicago and additional postgraduate training at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City. |
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Michael Millstein, M.D.
Regional Ophthalmology
Dr. Millstein joined the Cleveland Clinic's Department of Ophthalmology in 1999. Prior to that, he was in private practice in the Cleveland area for about 10 years. Dr. Millstein graduated from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in 1986. He served his residency in ophthalmology at the University of Cincinnati and an internship at Mount Sinai Hospital of Cleveland. He received a bachelor's degree in chemistry from Case Western Reserve University in 1982. He is a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the American Medical Association and the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery.
His specialty interests include cataracts, glaucoma and laser vision correction (LASIK).
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Rosemary Perl, O.D
Department of Optometry
Dr. Rosemary Perl joined the Cleveland Clinic Department of Ophthalmology in 2000 as a clinical associate optometrist. Prior to that, she was in private practice in the Cleveland area for 12 years and in Akron for 1 year. She received her doctor of optometry degree in 1987 from The Ohio State University College of Optometry and is a member of the American Optometric Association and state and local affiliates. Her clinical interests include contact lenses. |
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Julian Perry, M.D.
Departments of Ophthalmic and Plastic Orbital Surgery and Neuro-Ophthalmology
Dr. Julian Perry joined the Cleveland Clinic's Cole Eye Institute in 2000 after completing an ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery fellowship at Jules Stein Eye Institute, University of California Los Angeles, where he was a Heed Foundation AOS-Knapp Fellow and recipient of the institute's fellow clinical research award. He also served a neuro-ophthalmology fellowship at the Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore.
Dr. Perry received his medical degree from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, and completed his residency at the Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia. His specialty interests include aesthetic facial surgery and thyroid eye disease. His research interests include fat transplantation and repositioning in aesthetic surgery, as well as new natural and synthetic materials for eyelid and orbital reconstruction, new surgical approaches for orbital decompression and novel surgeries for drooping eyelids.
He has studied cosmetic upper facial surgery (blepharoplasty, midface lifts, endoscopic forehead lifts and laser surgery of the eyelids and face) in Beverly Hills, CA.
He is a member of the American Medical Association, the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons, Inc., The Cleveland Ophthalmological Society, the Pennsylvania Academy of Ophthalmology, the Wills Eye Hospital Society and the Wilmer Residents Association. |
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Edward
J. Rockwood, M.D.
Glaucoma Department
Edward J. Rockwood, M.D., has been a Cleveland Clinic Foundation ophthalmologist subspecialist since 1986. He received his medical degree from the State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine in 1980. He served his internship and residency at the Cleveland Clinic and completed fellowships in clinical glaucoma and glaucoma research at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute at the University of Miami School of Medicine.
Dr. Rockwood's specialty interests include glaucoma, glaucoma laser surgery and filtering surgery with antimetabolite therapy, combined cataract extraction and intraocular lens implantation with trabeculectomy, glaucomatous optic nerve damage and outcomes research.
He is a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the Pan American Association of Ophthalmology, the American Medical Association, the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, the Cleveland Ophthalmological Society and Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society. |
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Allen S. Roth, M.D.
Regional Ophthalmology
Dr. Roth joined The Cleveland Clinic Department of Ophthalmology in 1999. Prior to that he was in private practice in the Cleveland area for 12 years. Dr. Roth earned his medical degree from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in 1983 and completed his ophthalmology residency training at Mt. Sinai Medical Center in Cleveland. He then did a fellowship in cornea surgery, anterior segment surgery and refractive surgery at Tulane University Medical Center in New Orleans. He did his internship at Mt. Sinai and earned a bachelor's degree in biology at Washington University in St. Louis. Dr. Roth is a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the American College of Surgeons, the Ohio Ophthalmological Society, the Cleveland Ophthalmological Society, the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, the Contact Lens Association of Ophthalmologists, the International Society of Refractive Surgery and the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery. He also serves as chairman of the Medical Policy Committee of the Cleveland Eye Bank and serves on the organization's Board of Directors. His specialty interests include corneal transplantation, laser vision correction (LASIK), and cataract surgery.
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William E. Sax, O.D.
Department of Optometry
Dr. William Sax joined Cleveland Clinic in May 2006. Prior to that, he spent more than 20 years in private practice in Pittsburgh and Washington, PA. He graduated from Pennsylvania College of Optometry in 1982. Dr. Sax is a member of the American Optometric Association.
His primary specialty interests are primary care optometry and contact lenses.
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Andrew P. Schachat, M.D.
Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs
Vitreoretinal Department
Dr. Schachat, a world-renowned expert in treating retinal disorders such as age-related macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy as well as tumors in the eye, joined the Cole Eye Institute in April, 2006, as Vice Chairman for Clinical Affairs.
He came from the Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, where he had been since 1984. He is editor-in-chief of Ophthalmology, the journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology.
Dr. Schachat completed a vitreoretinal and oncology fellowship at Wills Eye Hospital in Philadelphia in 1983, completed his residency at Wilmer in 1982 and graduated from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 1979. His undergraduate degree is from Princeton University.
He is a member of many organizations, including the American Academy of Ophthalmology (where he serves on the Board of Trustees), Macula Society, Retina Society, American Society of Retina Specialists, Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology and American Medical Association.
He has previously served as the American Academy of Ophthalmology’s Secretary for Quality Care (1996-2001) as well as many other Academy committees, including the EyeNet Editorial Advisory Board, the Bylaws and Rules Committee, the Outcomes Program Committee and the Basic and Clinical Science Course Committee. He was previously associate editor of Archives of Ophthalmology. He received the Academy’s Senior Honor Award in 1998 and has published numerous books and book chapters and more than 240 journal articles. |
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Jonathan
E. Sears, M.D.
Department of Vitreoretinal Disease
Dr. Jonathan E. Sears has been a staff member of the Cleveland Clinic's Cole Eye Institute since 1998. Prior to that, he served a two-year retina fellowship at Emory Eye Clinic at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, where he was a Heed Ophthalmic fellow trained in the surgical management of pediatric and adult vitreoretinal disease.
Dr. Sears received his undergraduate, medical and residency training at Yale University, New Haven, Conn. While at Yale, he developed a novel method for mapping B-cell epitopes, specifically defining the immunoprotective epitope of Borrelia burgdorferi, the agent responsible for Lyme disease. As a resident in ophthalmology, Dr. Sears engineered a rapid method of analyzing disparate populations of messenger RNA and used it to identify circadian-based genes in the ocular ciliary epithelium.
Dr. Sears' specialty interests include pediatric retinal detachment after trauma, inherited vitreoretinal disorders and acquired proliferative vitreoretinal disease, such as retinopathy of prematurity. His clinical focus is on both pediatric and adult vitreoretinal disease, including primary retinal detachment, diabetic retinopathy, ocular tumors and macular hole surgery.
He is a board-certified member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, and the International Congress of Ophthalmology. |
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David B. Sholiton, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Regional Ophthalmology
Dr. Sholiton joined The Cleveland Clinic in 1999. Prior to that, he was in private practice for more than 20 years. He earned his medical degree from Case Western Reserve University Medical School, Cleveland, where he served as an assistant clinical professor in ophthalmology for more than 20 years. He completed a rotating internship at Cleveland's Mt. Sinai Medical Center (now closed) and a residency in ophthalmology at University Hospitals of Cleveland. Board-certified in ophthalmology, Dr. Sholiton is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery. He is past president of the Cleveland Ophthalmological Society and is co-director of regional ophthalmology at the Cleveland Clinic.
Dr. Sholiton's specialty interests include comprehensive ophthalmology and cataract/implant surgery.
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Arun D. Singh, M.D.
Ophthalmic Oncology Department
Dr. Singh joined the staff of The Cole Eye Institute in October 2003 as director of Ophthalmic Oncology, a new position. "My goal is to create a referral center of excellence that offers comprehensive treatment in all aspects of eye tumors," he says.
Dr. Singh comes to The Cleveland Clinic from Philadelphia, where he has been an assistant surgeon on the oncology service at Wills Eye Hospital and an assistant professor of ophthalmology at Thomas Jefferson University Medical School since 1998.
After receiving his medical degree from Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research in Pondicherry, India, Dr. Singh completed his training in ophthalmology in England and Scotland. He is a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons (FRCS) and Royal College of Ophthalmologists (FRCOphth) in the United Kingdom. He subsequently came to the United States and served a fellowship in ocular oncology at the Wills Eye Hospital under Jerry A. Shields, M.D. He was certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology after completing an internship at St. Luke's Hospital in Bethlehem, PA, and a residency in ophthalmology at the University of Florida in Gainesville.
Dr. Singh is a manuscript reviewer for 14 national and international journals, including the American Journal of Ophthalmology, British Journal of Ophthalmology, Acta Ophthalmologica, The Lancet and Eye. He has authored more than 100 articles in peer-reviewed journals.
Dr. Singh has specialty interests in all forms of ophthalmic tumors in adults and children. He has research interests in uveal melanoma, the genetics of retinoblastoma, retinal capillary hemangioma and von Hippel-Lindau disease.
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Scott D. Smith, M.D., M.P.H.
Glaucoma Department
Dr. Scott D. Smith joined the staff of The Cleveland Clinic's Cole Eye Institute in August of 2000. He previously was associate director of the Research Department and a consulting ophthalmologist in the Glaucoma Division at King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Dr. Smith received his medical degree from Yale University and a Master of Public Health with emphasis on epidemiology, biostatistics, and clinical study design from Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore. He received his bachelor's degree in chemistry with a minor in mathematics and summa cum laude honors from Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah. He completed his residency at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, and a glaucoma fellowship at the Wilmer Eye Institute of Johns Hopkins University.
Dr. Smith spends about three-quarters of his time in patient care, but also has research interests that include prevention of primary angle-closure glaucoma and applications of optical coherence tomography in glaucoma diagnosis. Dr. Smith is chairman of the Data and Safety Monitoring Committee of a Proctor Foundation-sponsored study examining the role of antioxidant supplements in preventing cataracts in an undernourished population in India. |
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Mindy Toabe, O.D., F.A.A.O.
Department of Optometry
Dr. Toabe joined the staff of the Cole Eye Institute in May 1999. She is a
graduate of Southern California College of Optometry and received a bachelor
of science degree at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Dr. Toabe
interned at the Southwest Blind Rehabilitation Center/Southern Arizona
Veterans Administration Hospital and Gallup Indian Health Services
Hospital.
She is a fellow of the American Academy of Optometry and a member of the
American Optometric Association.
Her specialty interests include contact lenses, vision rehabilitation and
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Elias I. Traboulsi, M.D.
Department of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Adult Strabismus
Dr. Elias I. Traboulsi has been head of the Department of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Adult Strabismus at the Cleveland Clinic since 1997. Previously, he was associate professor of ophthalmology and pediatrics at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore. He also is director of the Center for Genetic Eye Diseases Center for Genetic Eye Disease and professor of ophthalmology at Ohio State University.
He received his medical degree from the American University of Beirut Medical Center in Lebanon and completed his first residency training there. He later completed a second residency, including one year as chief resident, at Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington, D.C. He served a fellowship in ophthalmic genetics with Irene H. Maumenee, M.D., at Johns Hopkins and another in pediatric ophthalmology and strabismus with Marshall M. Parks, M.D., at the Children's National Medical Center in Washington, D.C. He then spent a year as a clinical assistant professor of ophthalmology at Georgetown University Medical Center, after which Dr. Traboulsi returned to the Johns Hopkins Center for Hereditary Eye Diseases of the Wilmer Institute as assistant professor of ophthalmology. He also served a chairman of the Department of Ophthalmology at the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center in Baltimore from 1990 to 1997.
He is board-certified in ophthalmology and medical genetics. He is president of The International Society for Genetic Eye Disease and is a frequent guest speaker at national and international meetings. He has authored more than 130 scientific articles and 40 book chapters and edited the eye disease sections of the Birth Defects. He is the author and editor of "Genetic Diseases of the Eye," a textbook published in 1998. His clinical and research interests include the genetics of strabismus, the classification and management of ophthalmic and general medical genetic disorders, ocular developmental biology and ocular malformations, cancer of the eye, retinal dystrophies, childhood cataracts and glaucoma, and other pediatric eye disorders.
Dr. Traboulsi is director of the Cole Eye Institute Residency Training Program. He also is editor-in-chief of Ophthalmic Genetics and serves on the editorial board of The American Journal of Ophthalmology. |
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Diane Tucker, O.D., FA.A.O., F.C.O.V.D.
Department of Optometry
Dr. Diane Tucker joined the Cleveland Clinic Department of Ophthalmology in 1999 as a clinical associate optometrist. Prior to that, she was in private practice in the Cleveland area for 11 years. She is a graduate of The Ohio State University College of Optometry and received her bachelor of science degree in physiological optics from The Ohio State University. Dr. Tucker is a fellow of the American Academy of Optometry and the College of Optometrists in Vision Development. Her clinical interests include pediatric optometry, vision therapy (orthoptics) and contact lenses. |
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Nadia K. Waheed, M.D.
Department of Vitreoretinal Disease
Nadia K. Waheed, M.D., has joined Cleveland Clinic Cole Eye Institute’s staff as of August 2006.
Dr. Waheed is a graduate of Aga Khan Medical School in Karachi, Pakistan, and earned a masters degree in public health from the Harvard School of Public Health. She completed her residency and her fellowship training at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary at Harvard Medical School.
She will specialize in treating medical and surgical diseases of the retina. |
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Steven E. Wilson, M.D.
Departments of Cornea and External Disease and Refractive
Surgery
After five years as professor and
chair of ophthalmology and the holder of the Grace E. Hill Chair in Vision
Research at the University of Washington in Seattle, Steven E. Wilson, M.D.,
returned to the Cole Eye Institute as director of corneal research in September
of 2003. He previously was a member of the Eye Institute’s staff from 1996 to
1998.
In addition to his
research duties, Dr. Wilson will treat patients with cornea and external
diseases and perform a wide range of laser vision correction procedures.
Dr. Wilson received his masters
degree in molecular biology and biochemistry from the University of California,
Irvine, and his medical degree from the University of California, San Diego.
He served his residency at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, and his fellowship
in cornea, external disease, and refractive surgery at the Louisiana State University
Eye Center, New Orleans. He then joined the Department of Ophthalmology at the
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas.
Dr. Wilson is recognized as one of
the world’s leading cornea and refractive surgery specialists. An NIH-funded
investigator, he leads a research laboratory that explores cellular and
molecular interactions in the cornea involved in development, homeostasis,
wound healing and disease. He is the author of more than 130 peer-reviewed
clinical and research papers.
Dr. Wilson is currently a trustee
of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO). He serves
on the executive board of ISRS-RSIG, the program committee for the American Academy
of Ophthalmology, and the editorial boards for Experimental Eye Research,
The Journal of Refractive Surgery, and Cornea. He is the chief
medical editor of Review of Refractive Surgery. |
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