Ophthalmology Update - Cleveland Clinic

Allen S. Roth, M.D.
Comprehensive Ophthalmology Department
Specialty Interests: Corneal transplantation, refractive
surgery, cataract and implant surgery
Office Phone: 216.831.0120
Andrew P. Schachat, M.D. *
Vitreoretinal Department
Vice Chairman of Clinical Affairs
Specialty/Research Interests: Age-related macular
degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, medical retina
Office Phone: 216.444.7963
Jonathan E. Sears, M.D.
Vitreoretinal Department
Specialty/Research Interests: Pediatric and adult
vitreoretinal diseases, pediatric retinal detachment,
inherited vitreoretinal disorders, retinopathy of
prematurity, other acquired proliferative diseases
Office Phone: 216.444.8157
David B. Sholiton, M.D.
Comprehensive Ophthalmology Department
Specialty Interests: Cataract and implant surgery,
glaucoma, oculoplastics
Office Phone: 216.831.0120
Arun D. Singh, M.D.
Ophthalmic Oncology Department
Specialty/Research Interests: Adult and pediatric ocular
tumors, uveal melanoma, genetics of retinoblastoma,
retinal capillary hemangioma, von Hippel-Lindau disease.
Office Phone: 216.445.9479
Scott D. Smith, M.D., M.P.H.
Glaucoma Department
Specialty/Research Interests: Glaucoma, cataract,
prevention of eye disease, international ophthalmology,
congenital glaucoma
Office Phone: 216.444.4821
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David Barnhart, O.D.
Anita Chitluri, O.D.*
Heather Cimino, O.D.
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* Denotes joined the Cole Eye Institute in 2006
Elias I. Traboulsi, M.D.
Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus Department
Center for Genetic Eye Diseases
Specialty/Research Interests: Ocular diseases of children,
genetic eye diseases, strabismus, retinoblastoma,
congenital cataracts, childhood/congenital glaucoma
Office Phone: 216.444.4363
Steven E. Wilson, M.D.
Cornea and External Disease and
Refractive Surgery Departments
Specialty/Research Interests: Refractive surgery,
corneal healing
Office Phone: 216.444.5887
Ann Laurenzi, O.D.
Rosemary Perl, O.D.
William Sax, O.D. *
Mindy Toabe, O.D.
Diane Tucker, O.D.
William J. Dupps Jr., M.D., Ph.D.
William J. Dupps Jr., M.D., Ph.D., a refractive surgeon and corneal specialist who also has
a strong interest in ocular biomechanics, has joined the staff of Cleveland Clinic’s Cole
Eye Institute.
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. After an internship in transitional medicine at Indiana University, 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.
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, will conduct
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.
Nadia K. Waheed, M.D.
Nadia K. Waheed, M.D., a retina specialist, has joined Cleveland Clinic Cole Eye
Institute’s staff.
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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