Training and board certification
Source for all rows: source
| Stage | Detail |
|---|---|
| College | Attended the University of Alaska-Fairbanks |
| Medical school | Yale |
| Residency | Ophthalmology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota |
| Fellowship | Pediatric ophthalmology and adult strabismus, Indiana University |
- Board certification: "certified with the American Board of Ophthalmology since 1990."
- Practiced with Ophthalmic Associates in Anchorage from 1989 through 2013.
- Chairman of the AAPOS Vision Screening Committee, 2003 to 2006; investigator for the Pediatric Eye Disease Investigator Group (PEDIG).
- Surgical privileges at Providence, Alaska Regional and Alaska Native hospitals, with satellite clinics in Wasilla, Kodiak and Fairbanks.
Eyelid surgery work
- Ptosis. The eyelid page lists ptosis (droopy lid) repair and shows a video of a frontalis sling for congenital ptosis, credited to Bob Arnold (source).
- Eyelid malposition. Repair of ectropion (everted lid), entropion (inverted lid) and trichiasis (lashes rubbing the eye).
- Dermatochalasis. Listed among the eyelid conditions the surgeons treat.
- Eyelid lumps. Persistent chalazia may need incision and drainage; painful or growing lumps behind the lids may need removal by orbitotomy.
The practice site has no before-and-after gallery page.
Other procedures
ACES is a pediatric eye practice that also treats adult strabismus. The site lists pediatric eye care, strabismus surgery and cataract care, and posts patient handouts on amblyopia, tearing and nasolacrimal duct obstruction, and strabismus surgery (specialties, source).
Insurance and cost
- The office participates only in health insurance plans and does not participate in vision plans such as VSP, EyeMed or Davis Vision (source).
- The site publishes no prices and makes no statement about Medicare coverage for eyelid surgery.