We Offer Medical Education
Fellowship Program
Corneal and Refractive Surgery Fellowship Program 1990 - 2010
Description: The Cornea Research Foundation of America contributes to the education of new corneal surgeons in conjunction with a fellowship program offered by Dr. Francis Price and the Price Vision Group. This is a unique cornea and anterior segment fellowship that combines complicated anterior segment procedures and refractive surgery, including:
- phakic intraocular lenses
- LASIK and PRK
- endothelial keratoplasty (DSEK/DSAEK, DMEK, DMAEK)
- anterior lamellar keratoplasty (ALK, DALK)
- keratoprosthesis
- laser-assisted keratoplasty
- artificial iris implantation
- intraocular lens exchange utilizing pars plana vitrectomy
- scleral-and iris-fixated posterior chamber lenses
- glaucoma setons
- non-penetrating glaucoma techniques
Upon completion of the program, it is expected that the fellow will be a well-rounded, confident and resourceful ophthalmologist who is able to manage the most challenging anterior segment cases.
Fellows are exposed to the numerous clinical research studies conducted by the Cornea Research Foundation each year to improve surgical techniques and outcomes. With assistance from Foundation staff, each fellow develops and completes one or more clinical research studies, presents the findings at a national eye conference and publishes the results in a peer-reviewed medical journal.
This is a premier fellowship that exposes fellows to leading edge surgical procedures that are not available in most fellowships. We believe that no other program offers the combination of skills and expertise that can be gained in this fellowship.
The fellowship application is available through the Central Application Service of the San Francisco Matching Program. Click here to register with SFMatch and download our application. We look forward to hearing from you. http://www.sfmatch.org
Contact Wendy Mickler, Fellowship Coordinator, at Price Vision Group by phone (317) 218-7576 or fax (317)844-5590 or email at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Fellow for 2009-2010
Dr. Carlindo Pereira began his year-long fellowship with Dr. Price on July 1, 2009. He comes to Indianapolis most recently from the VA Medical Center in Loma Linda, California.
Born in South Africa, and a graduate of the University of Stellenbosch in Cape Town, Dr. Pereira has many years of medical training, first as a family practice doctor and then specializing in ophthalmology. He has shown the capacity to set a goal and reach it. As he puts it, “My upbringing in a multicultural Portuguese/Afrikaans family in politically diverse South Africa has largely impacted who I am as a person. I am not afraid of working hard. I don’t give up easily and I don’t take people or cultures for granted.”
When he applied for the fellowship, Dr. Pereira became convinced that he would benefit from the “huge diversity of skills” able to be acquired, due to the breadth of the practice, and the large number of transplant procedures performed. His goal for the coming year is to “learn as much as I can from Dr. Price and Dr. Letko about the EK procedures of DSEK, DMAEK and DMEK.”
Graduate Fellows
Khandaker Ahad, M.D. (July 16, 1990- July 17, 1991)
Alvin York VA Medical Center
3400 Lebanon Road
Murfreesboro, TN 37129
Abdulfatah Ali, M.D. (August 30, 2004- September 13, 2005)
Colorado Eye Surgeons, P.C.
950 East Harvard, Ste. 350
Denver, CO 80210
Kashif Baig (July 1, 2007- July 6, 2008)
2420 Brookfield Avenue
Montreal, Quebec H3P 3N 1
Canada
Cecil Berlie, M.D. (July 2002- February 2004)
Luther Midelfort Eye Care Center
733 West Clairmont
Eau Claire, WI 54702
Patrick Bowers, M.D. (July 1, 2000- August 31, 2001)
Eye Care Associates
725 Glenwood Drive
Ste. 893
Chattanooga, TN 30736
Manuel J. Chaknis, M.D. (July 1, 1996- July1, 1997)
2826-A Hillcreek Drive
Augusta, GA
Kevin Chang, M.D. (July 7, 1994- July 15, 1995)
3901 Hoyt Avenue
Everett, WA 98201
Harin J. Chhatiawala, M.D. (July 1989- June 1990)
3124 East State Blvd. #12
Ft. Wayne, IN 46805
David Choi, M.D. (July 6, 2001- August 2002)
Riverside Medical Clinic
830 Magnolia
Corona, CA 92879
Kendall Dobbins, M.D. (July 7, 1998- July14, 1999)
Geisinger Medical Center
100 N. Academy Avenue
Danville, PA 17822-2120
Nathalie Guibord, M.D. (July 10, 1999- June 30, 2000)
Geisinger Medical Center
100 N. Academy Avenue
Danville, PA 17822
Sherif Hana, M.D. (July 1, 1993- July 1, 1994)
3020 Belmont Avenue
Youngstown, ON 44505
Christopher Jordan, M.D. (July 1, 2006 – August 2007)
Northeastern Eye Institute
200 Mifflin Avenue
Scranton, PA 18503
James Loden, M.D. (July 8, 1996- July 15, 1997)
907 Rivergate Parkway
Ste. C2020
Goodlettsville, TN 37072
Vanessa Ngaking (July 1, 2007- July 6, 2008)
3865 Halley, Ter, SE
Washington, D.C. 20032
Shawn Parker, M.D. (July 7, 1997- July 10, 1998)
Eye Care Specialists, LLC
360 South Mount Auburn Road
Cape Girardeau, MO 63703
Julian Procope, M.D. (July 7, 1995- July 15, 1995)
Horizon Eye group
250 College Avenue
Lancaster, PA 17603
Keith Riddle Jr., M.D. (January 27, 1997- July 10, 1998)
Montgomery & Riddle Eyecare, PA
22995 Highway 76 East
Clinton, SC 29325
Hassan Tavakolli, D.O. (July 7, 1992- July 15, 1993)
South Florida Laser Eye Center
8051 West Sunrise Boulevard
Plantation, FL 03332
Robert W. Thompson, M.D. (July 7, 2001- July 2002)
Thompson Eye Clinic
11005 West 60th Street Ste 180
Shawnee, KA 66203
Morris Tilden, M.D. (July 5, 1993- June 17, 1994)
800 3rd Avenue
Longmont, CO 80501
Rafael Trespalacios, M.D. (July 1, 2006- July 8, 2007)
Brevard Eye Center
665 Apollo Boulevard
Melbourne, FL 32901
Scott Wagenberg, M.D. (July 6, 1999- June 30, 2000)
Markowitz, Oberfeld & Wagenberg
6770 Mayfield Road
Ste. 326
Mayfield Heights, OH 44124
Mark Wellemeyer, M.D. (July 1, 1992- July 7, 1993)
550 N. Lorraine
Wichita, KS 67214
Steven Zeldes, M.D. (July 7, 2000- July 15, 2001)
Zeldes Eye Center
6010 West Maple Road, Ste 200
West Bloomfield, MI 48322
