Training and board certification
Source for all rows: source
| Stage | Detail |
|---|---|
| College | Brigham Young University |
| Medical school | Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine; inducted into Sigma Sigma Phi, the national osteopathic honors society |
| Internship | Transitional medical internship, Riverside Regional Medical Center, Newport News, Virginia |
| Residency | Ophthalmology, Penn State Eye Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania, with care at the VA Eye Clinic in Lebanon, Pennsylvania |
| Fellowship | Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery, one year, as a clinical instructor |
- Board certification, as printed: "board certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology."
- Active member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology.
- He was born in Pocatello, Idaho. The bio also names cataract surgery and general ophthalmic disease among his work.
Eyelid surgery work
- Ptosis. The page describes congenital and acquired ptosis and lists surgery, including levator resection and frontalis sling surgery, as the most common treatment. It also covers pseudoptosis from excess skin or a drooping brow.
- Blepharoplasty. Removes excess eyelid skin and fat. The page shows a before-and-after of a transconjunctival blepharoplasty.
- Lower eyelid malposition. Ectropion and entropion; definitive treatment is surgical tightening and repositioning of the eyelid.
- Eyelid neoplasms. Monitoring, medication, biopsy or excision depending on the lesion.
- The page also names tear drainage surgery, trauma around the eyes, orbital disease, and periocular rejuvenation with Botox and dermal fillers.
The before-and-after gallery has sections for upper lid blepharoplasty, Mullerectomy, ptosis repair by external levator attachment, lower lid blepharoplasty and brow ptosis repair (source). The site has no page for double eyelid surgery, canthoplasty or revision eyelid surgery.
Other procedures
Premier Eye Care of Eastern Idaho is an ophthalmology group offering cataract surgery, glaucoma, cornea, retina, macular degeneration, diabetic eye care and dry eye treatment (source). Its our-doctors page lists 11 eye doctors (source).
Insurance and cost
The site states patients should bring medical insurance to the exam and that the practice does not accept VSP or any other vision insurance (source). The site states no eyelid surgery price and no eyelid-specific insurance or Medicare statement. Patients are welcome with or without a referral.