CONTRIBUTORS

PATIENTS

Ellen M. Bomer

4710 Rutledge Dr., NW Huntsville, Alabama, USA ebomer@bellsouth.net

Emily and Jeff Lyons

267 W. Valley Ave., #365 Homewood, Alabama, USA www.emilylyons.com emily@emilylyons.com

SPECIALISTS

D. Virgil Alfaro, III, M.D.

Associate Clinical Professor

Medical University of South Carolina Retina Consultants

Charleston, South Carolina, USA dralfaro@bellsouth.net

Kah-Guan Au Eong, M.Med.(Ophth),

F.R.C.S.(Edin), F.R.C.S.(Glasg),

D.R.C.Ophth.(Lond), F.A.M.S.(Ophth)

Consultant Ophthalmologist and Head, Research

Department of Ophthalmology

Tan Tock Seng Hospital

Singapore, Singapore

Kah_Guan_Au_Eong@ttsh.com.sg

Yaniv Barkana, M.D.

Department of Ophthalmology Assaf Harofe Medical Center Zerifin, Israel idityaniv@yahoo.com

Michael Belkin, M.A., M.D.

Director

Ophthalmic Technologies Laboratory Goldschleger Eye Research Institute

Tel Aviv University, Sheba Medical Center Israel

belkin@netvision.net.il

Wesley D. Blakeslee, J.D.

Associate General Counsel Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, Maryland, USA blakesleew@jhu.edu

Claude Boscher, M.D.

Retinal Consultant, American Hospital of Paris Département d’Ophtalmologie

Neuilly, France cboscher@wanadoo.fr

Michael A. Callahan, M.D., F.A.C.S.

Professor of Ophthalmology Director of Ophthalmic Plastic and

Reconstructive Surgery

University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, Alabama, USA isurgeons@aol.com

Nauman A. Chaudhry, M.D.

New England Retina Associates New London, Connecticut, USA naumanchaudhry@aol.com

August Colenbrander, M.D.

Emeritus Director, Low Vision Rehabilitation Service

California Pacific Medical Center

Affiliated Senior Scientist

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Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute San Francisco, California, USA gus@ski.org

Nathan Congdon, M.D., M.P.H.

Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology Wilmer Eye Institute

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland, USA ncongdon@jhmi.edu

José Dalma-Weiszhausz, M.D.

Attending Physician, Retina Service Association for the Prevention of Blindness Coordinator, Ophthalmology Service Hospital Angeles de las Lomas

Mexico City, Mexico

Secretary and founding member, Pan-American Association of Ocular Trauma

Former President, Mexican Retina Association Mexico

jdalma@data.net.mx

Ronald P. Danis, M.D.

Professor of Ophthalmology

Indiana University School of Medicine Indianapolis, Indiana, USA rdanis@iupui.edu

Nicholas E. Engelbrecht, M.D.

Vitreoretinal Fellow

Emory University Eye Center Atlanta, Georgia, USA neengel@emory.edu

Donald C. Fletcher, M.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Ophthalmology University of Alabama at Birmingham

Helen Keller Foundation Chair for Research in Low Vision Rehabilitation

Birmingham, Alabama, USA floridafletch@msn.com

Harry W. Flynn, Jr., M.D.

Professor of Ophthalmology

Bascom Palmer Eye Institute

University of Miami School of Medicine

Miami, Florida, USA

Hflynn@med.miami.edu

Christopher A. Girkin, M.D.

Assistant Professor Director, Glaucoma Service

Department of Ophthalmology University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, Alabama, USA cgirkin@uabmc.edu

M. Bowes Hamill, M.D.

Associate Professor Baylor College of Medicine Texas Medical Center Houston, Texas, USA mhamill@bcm.tmc.edu

J.B. Harlan, Jr., M.D.

Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine

Director of Ocular Trauma

Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, Maryland, USA

jharlan@jhmi.edu

Martin L. Heredia-Elizondo, M.D.

Retina and Vitreous Investigator Medical University of South Carolina South Carolina, USA herediamartin@hotmail.com

Joel H. Herring, M.D.

Vitreoretinal Surgeon Mississippi Retina Associates Jackson, Mississippi Research Fellow

Helen Keller Foundation for Research and Education

Birmingham, Alabama, USA jherring00@aol.com

David Kent, F.R.C.Ophth.

Clinical Fellow in Diseases of the Vitreous & Retina Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, Maryland, USA

dakent@jhmi.edu

Kenneth R. Kenyon, M.D.

Associate Clinical Professor, Harvard Medical School

Senior Surgeon, Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary

Senior Clinical Scientist, Schepens Eye Research Institute

Boston, Massachussetts, USA

Consultant, Augenklinik Ludwig Maximilians Universitaet

Muenchen, Germany kkenyon@compuserve.com

Bernd Kirchhof, M.D.

Professor

University of Cologne

Department of Ophthalmology

Augenklinik der RWTH, Germany

Bernd.Kirchhof@post.rwth-aachen.de

Lanning B. Kline, M.D.

Professor and Chairman Department of Ophthalmology

University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, Alabama, USA lkline@uabmc.edu

Derek Kuhl, M.D., Ph.D.

Clinical Instructor Department of Ophthalmology Baylor College of Medicine Houston, Texas, USA dkuhl@bcm.tmc.edu

Ferenc Kuhn, M.D., Ph.D.

Director of Clinical Research

Helen Keller Foundation for Research and Education

Vice President, United States Eye Injury Registry Associate Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, Alabama

Visiting Professor, Department of Ophthalmology University of Pécs

Pécs, Hungary fkuhn@mindspring.com

Jennifer L. Lindsey, M.D., B.S.

Medical Resident

Department of Ophthalmology Baylor College of Medicine Houston, Texas, USA jluiz@bcm.tmc.edu

John A. Long, M.D., F.A.C.S.

Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology

Chief, Oculoplastic and Reconstructive Surgery University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, Alabama, USA eyeliddoc@mindspring.com

Tamer A. Macky, M.D.

Assistant Lecturer Department of Ophthalmology Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt macky@www.com

Richard Maisiak, Ph.D., M.S.P.H.

Professor

School of Medicine

University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, Alabama, USA rmaisiak@uabmc.edu

LoRetta Mann, C.O.T.

Technical Director

United States Eye Injury Registry

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Birmingham, Alabama, USA loretta@useironline.org

Kristin Hammersmith Matelis, M.D.

Resident

Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, Maryland, USA

krmatelis@jhmi.edu

Viktória Mester, M.D.

Consultant Vitreoretinal Surgeon Mafraq Hospital

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Chairman, Hungarian Eye Injury Registry viktoriamester@hotmail.com

William F. Mieler, M.D.

Professor of Ophthalmology Baylor College of Medicine Houston, Texas, USA wmieler@bcm.tmc.edu

Robert A. Mittra, M.D.

VitreoRetinal Surgery P.A.

Clinical Assistant Professor University of Minnesota

Attending Surgeon, Phillips Eye Institute Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA ramittra@aol.com

Robert Morris, M.D.

President, International Society of Ocular Trauma Associate Professor of Ophthalmology University of Alabama at Birmingham

President, Helen Keller Foundation for Research and Education

Birmingham, Alabama, USA bobmorris@helenkellerfoundation.com

Daniel E. Neely, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology Indiana University School of Medicine Indianapolis, Indiana, USA deneely@iupui.edu

Suzanne Nelson, R.N., B.S.N.

Director of Clinical Services Retina Specialists of Alabama, LLC Birmingham, Alabama, USA snelson@retinanetwork.com

Eugene W.M. Ng, M.D.

Vitreoretinal Fellow

Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, Maryland, USA

eng@jhmi.edu

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Joel A. Pearlman, M.D., Ph.D.

Assistant Chief of Service,

Associate Director of the Ocular Trauma Service Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore, Maryland, USA

jpearlman@jhmi.edu

Robert L. Phillips, M.D., F.A.C.S.

Associate Professor

Cornea and External Disease University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA rphillips@uabmc.edu

Dante J. Pieramici, M.D.

Co-Director, California Retina Research Foundation Co-Director, California Eye Trauma Registry

Santa Barbara, California Secretary/Treasurer, United States Eye

Injury Registry Birmingham, Alabama, USA

Visiting Assistant Professor Ophthalmology Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, Maryland, USA dpieramici@yahoo.com

David A. Plager, M.D.

Associate Professor of Ophthalmology Director, Pediatric Ophthalmology and Adult

Strabismus Service

Indiana University School of Medicine Indianapolis, Indiana, USA dplager@iupui.edu

Sharath C. Raja, M.D.

Vitreoretinal Surgeon

Retina & Vitreous Consultants of Wisconsin Ltd. Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA scraja1@worldnet.att.net

Wolfgang F. Schrader, M.D.

Consultant

Head of the Section Posterior Segment Diseases Universitätsaugenklinik

Würzburg, Germany w.schrader@augenklinik.uni-wuerzburg.de

Stephen G. Schwartz, M.D.

Assistant Professor

Department of Ophthalmology

Medical College of Virginia

Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, Virginia, USA sgschwartz@hotmail.com

D. Donald C. Stephens, M.D.

Instructor/Fellow

Department of Ophthalmology, University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, Alabama, USA dstephens@uabmc.edu

Paul Sternberg, Jr., M.D.

Thomas M. Aaberg Professor of Ophthalmology Director, Vitreoretinal Service

Emory University Eye Center Atlanta, Georgia, USA ophtps@emory.edu

Thomas M. Tann, M.D.

Clinical Instructor of Ophthalmology University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, Alabama, USA tomtann@home.com

Paul F. Vinger, M.D.

Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology Tufts University School of Medicine Boston, Massachusetts, USA vingven@tiac.net

Michael D. Wagoner, M.D.

Professor of Ophthalmology University of Iowa Hospitals Iowa City, Iowa, USA wagonerm@horus.ophth.uiowa.edu

S. Robert Witherspoon, B.S.

St. Louis School of Medicine St. Louis, Illinois, USA withersr@slu.edu

C. Douglas Witherspoon, M.D.

Executive Vice President

United States Eye Injury Registry

Associate Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology University of Alabama at Birmingham Director of Clinical Research

Helen Keller Foundation for Research and Education

Birmingham, Alabama, USA cdwitherspoon@retinanetwork.com