Iowa Eye Association News Sept, 2001. Series 2, no. 36.

University of Iowa Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

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June 2000 Graduates

Comprehensive Ophthalmology

Richard C. Allen, MD, PhD, is currently Assistant Professor of Comprehensive and Molecular Ophthalmology at Cullen Eye Institute, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.

Cornea and External Diseases

John T. Halgren, MD, is in private practice with a specialty in cornea in Hoffman Estates, Illinois.

Glaucoma

Thomas A. Graul, MD, has returned to private practice joining Eye Surgical Associates specializing in glaucoma in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Glaucoma Research

Chang-Sik (Chuck) Kim, MD, returned to the Department of Ophthalmology at Chungnam University Hospital, Taejon, South Korea.

Neuro-Ophthalmology

Syndee J. Givre, MD, PhD, is now an Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston.

Aasim Kamal, MD, joined the Gimbel Eye Center in Calgary, Alberta as a Research and Clinical Fellow in cataract and refractive surgery.

Pediatric Ophthalmology & Molecular Ophthalmology

Kristie K. Shappell, MD, DVM, now practices ophthalmology at Gundersen - Lutheran Hospital in LaCrosse, Wisconsin.

Pediatric Ophthalmology

Brian E. Nichols, MD, PhD, is now in private practice in ophthalmology in Boulder, Colorado.

Vitreoretinal Disease and Retina Surgery

Mina M. Chung, MD, is currently at the Doheny Eye Institute, University of Southern California.

Amin Kherani, MD, FRCS, is now in private practice in Retinal/Vitreous in Calgary Alberta.

December 2000 Graduates

Pediatric Ophthalmology

Annick V. Fournier, MD, now practices in an academic hospital, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario in Ottawa.

Oculoplastic Surgery

Rodrigo J. Poblete, MD, has an academic appointment in oculoplastics, orbital and lacrimal surgery at Clinica Las Condes, Departamento de Oftalmologica in Santiago, Chile.