2012 - Health Care Professionals - Dartmouth-Hitchcock

OPHTHALMOLOGYWilliam J. Rosen, MDSection ChiefAssociate Professor of SurgeryMichael R. BarringtonPractice ManagerIntroductionWith the aging population, we areseeing increased incidences of eyedisease. This past year, the Section ofOphthalmology provided services forover 20,000 patient visits. The Sectionis providing primary, secondary, andtertiary eye care, with subspecialty carein neuro-ophthalmology, pediatrics,glaucoma, oculoplastics, vitreo-retina,and cornea. We also offer state-of-theartcataract surgery. Our team alsohas an optometrist offering completeprimary eye care including contactlens wear.Patient Care/Faculty HighlightsMichael Zegans, MD provides surgicalcare for patients with complex cornealdisorders and uveitis syndromes.Dr. Zegans spends forty percent ofhis time doing research centered onthe microbiology of the eye.Donald Miller, MD provides cataractsurgery including the use of toricintraocular lenses for patients withsignificant astigmatism.David Campbell, MD serves asDirector of The Glaucoma Service.He is joined by Ronald Swendris, MDwho was in a private ophthalmic grouppractice in Missouri prior to joiningDHMC. Dr. Swendris offers the latestsurgical techniques available for treatingadvanced glaucoma.Susan Pepin, MD serves as Director ofNeuro-Ophthalmology and worksclosely with the Department ofNeurology, seeing those patients thathave neurological disorders affectingthe ocular system. In addition, she isa skilled cataract surgeon. Dr. Pepinspends fifty percent of her time asAssociate Dean for Diversity at theGeisel School of Medicine.Christopher Chapman, MD andRosalind Stevens, MD providecomprehensive medical and surgicalexpertise for patients with complexdisorders of the retina, vitreous andmacula, including trauma, and lasertreatment for premature infants withretinopathy of prematurity. CrystalColby, PA is now part of the team,assisting in patient evaluation andsurgery. Dr. Stevens is very involvedin the flying eye hospital, ORBIS,where she is Program Director.Erin Salcone, MD is a comprehensivepediatric ophthalmologist andtreats pediatric eye disease and adultstrabismus. She was a medical studentat Geisel before doing her residencyand fellowship at Mass Eye and Ear,and Children’s Hospital in Boston.In addition to being Section Chief,William Rosen, MD providescomprehensive ophthalmic care aswell as expertise in diseases of theeyelid, orbit, and lacrimal system.He is a diplomate of the AmericanSociety of Oculoplastics andReconstructive Surgeons.Cynthia Lawrence, OD providesprimary eye care and optometricservices as well as contact lens fittingand prescribing.EducationAll providers in the Section ofOphthalmology provide educationalopportunities onsite at Dartmouth-Hitchcock as well as regionally,nationally, and internationally. Dr.Stevens finished her MPH degree inInternational Ophthalmology fromJohns Hopkins, and is now an advisorfor Global Programming for ORBIS,the flying eye hospital.12