Gregg Eric Russell TITLE: Doctor of Optometry DATE OF BIRTH: 10 / 24 / 63 Board Certified, American Board of Certification in Medical Optometry, July 2011 Coursework completed, Master of Science, Physiological Optics, University of Houston, College of Optometry, Houston, TX. Doctor of Optometry, University of Houston, College of Optometry, Houston, TX, May 1990. Bachelor of Arts, Chemistry and Psychology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, May 1985. High School Diploma, Marist School, Atlanta, GA, May 1981. Top 10% of class. PROFESSIONAL August - December 1989. Externship training at Hermann Eye Center, Houston, TX. Worked with Rosa Tang, M.D. in neuroophthalmology. January - March 1992. University of Houston College of Optometry Ocular Therapeutics Course - 91 hours of clinical and diagnostic education. Requirement fulfilled for therapeutic optometry. AWARDS: Georgia Young Optometrist of the Year, 1995. An award given to a practicing optometrist under age 35 demonstrating service and ability to the profession. Julius Neumueller Research Award, 1990. A national award given by the American Academy of Optometry to the student writing the best paper in optics. Subject: Prediction of refraction from corneal changes after radial keratotomy. Harold Kohn Memorial Research Award, 1990. An award given by the American Optometric Foundation for the best research paper written by a graduating optometry student. Subject: Radial Keratotomy and its affect on refraction.
Ciba Outstanding Achievement Award, 1990. An award given to a graduating student showing superior skills with contact lenses. Varilux Award for Outstanding Clinical Paper, 1990. An award given to the student writing the best case report on the application of progressive addition lenses for clinical care. Subject: Progressive addition lenses for head injury patients. Bernell Award for Outstanding Visual Therapy Design, 1990. An award given to the student writing the best application of visual therapy devices for an optometric practice. BSK Student Research Grant Recipient, 1989. A grant given to a student submitting an original research design. Allergan Contact Lens Pathology Award, 1989. An award given to the student with the highest grade in a course on contact lens related pathology. Jankeiwicz Scholarship Recipient, 1988. Academic scholarship based on superior grade performance. Top 10% Clinical Skills Citation, 1988. An award given to the student clinician exhibiting superior clinical skills and abilities as determined by the faculty. Better Vision Scholarship Recipient, 1987. Academic scholarship based on grade performance. National Eye Institute Research Fellowship, 1987, 1988, 1989. A research scholarship given to students exhibiting outstanding qualification in the area of ophthalmic research. Three year recipient. Chaglasian E, Russell GE. Is Beauty Skin Deep? Review of Cornea and Contact Lens, Mar 2011. Bowling E, Russell GE. Topical Steroids and the Treatment of Dry Eye. Review of Cornea and Contact Lens, Mar 2011.
Corneal Atlas. Supplement to Review of Optometry. Ernest Bowling, Christina Sindt, Joseph Shovlin, Gregg Russell, Jan 2007, 2008, 2009 2010.
Chaglasian E, Russell GE. Strategies for Success. Review of Cornea and Contact Lens, Mar 2010 Russell GE, Bowling E. A Material Benefit. Review of Cornea and Contact Lens, Sept 2009. Russell GE, Bowling E. This years hits: Drugs, Drops, and Lenses. Review of Cornea and Contact Lens, Sept2008 Russell GE. Presbyopia: Seeing is Believing. Review of Cornea and Contact Lens, Sept 2008 Russell GE. All Eyes Toward the Future. Review of Cornea and Contact Lens, May 2008 Russell GE. Cruel and Unusual Infections of the Anterior Segment. Review of Cornea and Contact Lens, Jan 2008 Russell GE. Bandage Lenses. New Opportunities in Practice. Contact Lens Spectrum, June, 2004. Lichter H, Russell GE, Waring GO 3 rd. Repositioning the laser in situ keratomileusis flap at the slit lamp. J. Refract Surg 2004; 20: 166-9. Russell GE, Jafri B, Lichter H, Waring GO 3 rd. Late onset decreased vision in a steroid responder after LASIK associated with interface fluid. J. Refract Surg 2004; 20: 91-2. Russell GE, Stulting RD, Thompson KP. Postoperative LASIK visual aberrations and treatment with InterWave guided multipass, multistage correction. Optometry and Vision Science, 2003; 80: 93-6. Russell GE, and Wick B. A Prospective Study of Treatment of Accommodative Insufficiency. Optometry and Vision Science, 1993; 70: 131-5. Russell GE, Bergmanson JPG, Barbeito R, and Cross WD. Differences Between Objective and Subjective Refractions after Radial Keratotomy. Refractive and Corneal Surgery 1992; 8: 290-5. Russell GE, Wick B, and Tang RA. Arnold Chiari Malformation. Optometry and Vision Science, 1992; 69: 242-7. Russell GE. Summary of the Sixth Annual Contact Lens and Cornea Symposium. The Contact Lens Journal, 1990; 18: 20-3.
Russell GE, Bergmanson JPG, and Godio L. Multiple Applications of the NCT: An Assessment of the Instrument s Effect on IOP. Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics, 1989; 9: 212-4. SUBMITTED Russell GE, Wick B, and Chaglasian E. Binocular Management Considerations for the Treatment of Manifest Latent Nystagmus. Submitted to Optometry and Visual Development, May 2011. PAPERS Russell GE, Bergmanson JPG, Barbeito R, and Cross WD. Refractive Instability in Post-RK Patients presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Optometry in New Orleans, LA, December, 1989. Russell GE and Bergmanson JPG. Multiple Applications of the NCT presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Optometry, in Columbus, Ohio, December, 1988. POSTERS Russell GE, Wick B. Prospective Evaluation of Accommodative Insufficiency presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Optometry in Anaheim, CA, December, 1991. Russell GE, Bergmanson JPG, Barbeito R, and Cross WD. Altered Refractive Response in Radial Keratotomy Patients presented at the Annual Meeting for the Association of Research and Vision in Ophthalmology in Sarasota, FL, May, 1990. INVITED New Solutions in Eye Care. Presented to the Knoxville Optometric Association, Knoxville, TN. June 2011. Tobradex ST What s New? Presented to the North Georgia Pharmacy Association. Adairsville, GA. Mar 2011. Anterior Segment Update. Presented to the Milwaukee Optometric Association. Milwaukee, WI. Mar 2011. Fitting the Unfitable. Presented to the East Chester Optometric Association. New York, NY. Jan 2010. Dry Eye, Ocular Allergy, and Solutions. Presented for North Carolina Optometric Association local Society Meeting, Asheville, NC, Feb 2006. Dry Eye, Ocular Allergy, and Solutions. Presented for South Carolina Optometric Association local Society Meeting, Columbia, SC, Jan 2006.
New Developments in Solution Chemistry. Presented at the American Academy of Optometry, San Diego, CA, December 2005. New Developments in Solution Chemistry. Presented for the Georgia Optometric Association. Atlanta, GA, December 2005. Silicone Hydrogel Research Symposium. Interesting Uses of Silicone Hydrogel Lenses. Presented in Vancouver, BC, March 2005. Silicone Hydrogel Research Symposium. Interesting Uses of Silicone Hydrogel Lenses. Presented in Denver, CO, March 2005. Silicone Hydrogels. What s All the Hype About? Presented at the New Orleans Contact Lens Society Meeting, New Orleans, LA, March 2005. Contact Lens Update. Oxygen, Dry Eye and Visual Performance. Presented at the Tallahassee Doctors Society Meeting, Tallahassee, FL, March 2005. Silicone Hydrogel Research Symposium. Interesting Uses of Silicone Hydrogel Lenses. Presented in Phoenix, AZ, February 2005. Silicone Hydrogel Research Symposium. Interesting Uses of Silicone Hydrogel Lenses. Presented in Houston, TX, February 2005. Anterior Segment Update. Presented at the Montgomery Optometric Association meeting, Montgomery, AL, January 2005. New Developments in Contact Lens Care The Impact of Oxygen on Visual Health presented at the Grene Vision Group, Wichita, KS, December 2004. Doctors Society Meeting, Birmingham, AL, November 2004. Doctors Society Meeting, Memphis, TN, November 2004. Doctors Society Meeting, South Bend, IN, November 2004.
Doctors Society Meeting, Montgomery, AL, October 2004. Doctors Society Meeting, Nashville, TN, October 2004. Doctors Society Meeting, West Palm Beach, FL, October 2004. Doctors Society Meeting, Orlando, FL, October 2004. Considerations for fitting silicone hydrogel lenses experiences with the O2Optix Lens. Presented at Walmart Doctors Meeting, Kansas City, Kansas, July 2004. Anterior Segment Update, Presented at the Dalton Georgia Optometric Association regional meeting, Dalton, GA, April 2004. Clinical Uses of Silicone Hydrogel Contact Lenses. Presented at the Walmart Doctors Meeting, Atlanta, GA, April 2004. Clinical Uses of Bandage Contact Lenses in Clinical Practice. Presented at New Orleans Regional Doctors Meeting, New Orleans, LA, April 2004. Clinical Uses of Bandage Contact Lenses in Clinical Practice. Presented at Southern College of Optometry Meeting, Memphis, TN, April 2004. Applications of New Technology in Clinical Practice. Presented at Gulfport Regional Doctors Meeting, Biloxi, MS, April 2004. Anterior Segment Update. Presented at the North Georgia Optometric Asociation regional meeting, Gainesville, GA, March 2004. Anterior Segment Update. Presented at the Dothan, AL regional doctors meeting, Dothan, AL, February, 2004. Silicone Hydrogels. Benefits and applications for patient health. Presented at Walmart Regional Doctor s Meeting, Macon, GA, September, 2003.
New Developments in Contact Lens Technology. Presented at Walmart Regional Doctor s Meeting, Little Rock, AR, August 2003. Wavefront and Beyond. Advances in Contact Lens Designs. Presented at Emory Vision CE meeting, Atlanta, GA, July 2003. Anterior Segment Update. Presented at the North Georgia Region 7 Optometric Meeting, Winder, GA, May, 2003. New Developments in Primary Eye Care. Presented at the Region 4 Meeting for the Georgia Optometric Association, Manchester, GA, April, 1994. Facial Soap and Eyelid Disease. Is There a Relationship? Presented at the 19th Annual North American Contact Lens Research Symposium sponsored by Bausch and Lomb, Orlando, Fl, August, 1992. Blepharitis and Meibomianitis. Modern Day Soap Operas. Presented at the 1991 Cornea and Contact Lens Symposium, Houston, TX, December, 1991. Computers and Eyestrain. Presented at the monthly meeting for the Society for Technical Communications, October, 1991. Planned Contact Lens Replacement. Presented at the University of Houston College of Optometry, April, 1991. Dry Eye Complaints and the Contact Lens Patient. Presented at the University of Houston College of Optometry, March, 1991. Contact Lens Care of the Pathologically Distorted Cornea. Management of keratoconus, the traumatically scarred cornea and the post-operative refractive surgery cornea. Presented at the University of Houston College of Optometry, February, 1991. Should You Expect Refractive Difficulties with the RK Patient? Presented at the 1990 Cornea and Contact Len Symposium, Houston, TX, December 1990. Altered Refractive Response in Radial Keratotomy Patients presented at the Annual Meeting for the Association of Research and Vision in Ophthalmology in Sarasota, FL, May, 1990. CURRENT RESEARCH: Facial soap usage and the development of blepharitis and meibomianitis.
Progressive hyperopia and eye rubbing after radial keratotomy. Contact lens correction after refractive surgery. Custom contact lens design using wavefront correction. Dry eye treatment after refractive surgery. Presbyopia Effect of optical aberrations on visual quality. Staff Optometrist for from 6/05 present. Clinical duties include patient history determinations, refractions, diagnosis and management of patient cases including orthoptic, low vision, and contact lens evaluations. Extensive experience with pre- and postoperative care of cataract, radial keratotomy, laser, and eyelid case management. Extensive diagnostic and management experience with diabetes, glaucoma, macular degeneration, hypertensive retinopathy, and anterior segment disorders. Extensive experience with contact lens fitting and management for keratoconus, pellucid marginal degeneration, corneal scars, post-refractive surgery complications, orthokeratology and bifocal and astigmatism management. President, Staff Optometrist, and Clinical Director for United Eye Care of Georgia, Inc. from 8/94 2/05. Staff Optometrist for Pulliam Eye Group from 7/92 5/01. Clinical duties include patient history determinations, refractions, diagnosis and management of patient cases including orthoptic, low vision, and contact lens evaluations. Extensive experience with pre- and postoperative care of cataract, radial keratotomy, laser, and eyelid case management. Extensive diagnostic and management experience with diabetes, glaucoma, macular degeneration, hypertensive retinopathy, and anterior segment disorders. Administrative duties including personnel management, budgeting, and business planning. Staff Optometrist and Research Assistant for Emory Vision / InView Vision from 7/00 March 2005. Clinical duties include patient history determinations, refractions, aberration studies, diagnosis and management of pre- and postoperative refractive surgery patients, including contact lens correction. Extensive experience with LASIK, LASEK, INTACS, RK, Phakic IOL, and LTK patients. Extensive experience with wavefront measurement and treatment protocols. Staff Optometrist for Bellaire Eye Associates from 5/90-6/92. Clinical duties include patient history determinations, refractions, diagnosis and management of patient cases including orthoptic, low vision, and contact lens evaluations. Extensive experience with pre- and postoperative care of cataract, radial keratotomy, and penetrating keratoplasty case
management. Extensive diagnostic and management experience with diabetes, glaucoma, macular degeneration, hypertensive retinopathy, and anterior segment disorders. Considerable experience with difficult contact lens fittings, including PKP, RK, bitorics, bifocals, monovision, gas permeable, and soft contact lenses. PROFESSIONAL Diplomate, Cornea and Contact Lens Section, American Academy of Optometry2007 - present Fellow, American Academy of Optometry, 2002-present Member, Georgia Optometric Association, 1992-present Member, American Optometric Association, 1986-present. CONSULTANT: 2008 present, 2008 - present COMMUNITY Major, United States Air Force Reserve, February 2010- present International Health Specialist, United States Air Force Reserve, November 2011 - present Black Belt, Ho Shin Do, January 2010 Member, Civil Air Patrol, Marietta, GA, 2008 - present State Director, VISION USA, Georgia, 1993-1995 Member, Covington Kiwanis Club, 1992-1995 Secretary, Southwest Harris County Optometric Society, December 1991. Volunteer with Rotary International from 5/88-6/90. Made 18 trips into Mexico with Dr. Tom Pruett, an independent optometrist from Lake Jackson, TX, and other eye care professionals to provide visual examinations and care for over 3000 poor citizens. Work included case history, autorefraction, trial frame evaluation, pupil assessment, Schiotz tonometry, ophthalmoscopic evaluation, and glasses dispensing. CLINICAL STUDIES: Protocol C-11-003, Alcon, Apr-Oct 2011.
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