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EDUCATION:
RESIDENCY: ****-1991, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
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INTERNSHIP: Riverside Methodist Hospital, Columbus, Ohio
1987 - 1988, Medical/Surgical Intern
MEDICAL SCHOOL: The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
1983 - 1987, Cum Laude
PRE-MEDICAL EDUCATION: The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
1981 - 1983, Pharm. D.
The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
1975 - 1979 - B.S. Pharmacy, Summa Cum Laude
University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio
1974 - 1975 Biology
Benedictine High School, Cleveland, Ohio
1974 Cum Laude
EMPLOYMENT
Arena Eye Surgeons, Inc.
262 Neil Avenue Suite 320 Columbus, OH 43215
1992 - Present
STAFF POSITIONS
Grant Medical Center
Columbus, Ohio
1992 - Present
Grady Memorial Hospital
Delaware, Ohio
1992 - Present
The Ohio State UniversityDepartment of Ophthalmology
Columbus, Ohio
Clinical Assistant Professor
Columbus Blue JacketsTeam Ophthalmologist2000-present
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
American Academy of Ophthalmology
Ohio Ophthalmological Society
American Medical Association
Ohio State Medical Association
Ohio State Pharmaceutical Association
Phi Delta Chi Prof. Fraternity
HONORS AND AWARDS
Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society
Rho Chi Honor Society
College of Pharmacy Faculty Award, 1979
Medical Microbiology and Immunology Award, 1987
Chief Ophthalmology Resident, 1990 - 1991
Research Award, (Resident-Alumni Research Symposium) 1990
The Ohio State University College of Pharmacy Distinguised Alumni Award, 2006
LICENSURE/CERTIFICATION
PUBLICATIONS
Pappa KS, Derick RJ, Weber PA, Lehmann DM, Baker ND and Kapetansky FM: Late Argon Laser
Suture Lysis after Mitomycin-C Trabeculectomy. Ophthalmology. 100: 1268-1271, 1993
Pappa KS: Corticosteroid Drugs, In Mauger TF, Craig EL, editors: Havener.s Ocular
Pharmacology, ed 6. St. Louis, Missouri, 1994, Mosby-Year Book, Inc. P. 364
Lequire LE, Pappa KS, Kachmer Ml, Rogers GL and Bremer DL: Loss of Contrast Sensitivity
in Cystic Fibrosis, American Journal of Ophthalmology. III: 427-429, 1991
Leguire LE, Pappa KS. Kachmer ML, Rogers GL and Bremer DL: Electro-Oculogram in Vitamin A
Deficiency Associated With Cystic Fibrosis. Ophthalmic Pediatrics and Genetics, 113: 187-
189, 1992
PRESENTATIONS
Late Argon Laser Suture Lysis After Mitomycin-C Trabeculectomy. The Twelfth Annual
Ophthalmological Conference, Grant Medical Center: Columbus, Ohio, September, 1992.
Postoperative Management with Digital Pressure and Laser Suture Lysis. The Thirteenth
Annual Ophthalmological Conference; Grant Medical Center; Columbus, Ohio, September, 1993.
The Encapsulated Bleb Revisited with the Ultrasound Biomicroscope. The Fourteenth Annual
Ophthalmological Conference; Grant Medical Center; Columbus, Ohio, September, 1994.
Imaging the Anterior Segment of the Eye. Grant Laser Center; Columbus, Ohio, September
22, 1994.
1994-1995The Ohio State University, Department of Ophthalmology; Grand Rounds
Conference, 6.25 CME credit hours.
38th Annual Postgraduate Symposium in Ophthalmology, Hyatt on Capitol Square, Columbus,
Ohio March 3-4, 1995 - 10.75 CME credit hours.
Temporal Corneal vs. Scleral Flap Phacoemulsification Combined with Superior
Trabeculectomy. The Fifteenth Annual Ophthalmological Conference; Grant Medical Center;
Columbus, Ohio, September 15, 1995.
American Academy of Ophthalmology, "Glaucoma Subspecialty", Atlanta, GA October 28, 1995 -
6.0 CME credit hours.
39th Annual Ophthalmology Symposium in Ophthalmology/19th Annual Midwest Glaucoma
Symposium, Hyatt on Capitol Square, Columbus, Ohio, March 1-2, 1996 - 8.5 CME credit
hours.
Medical Risk Management Course, "Streetwise, Independent Course", June 7, 1996, - 8.5 CME
credit hours.
Latanoprost: Early Clinical Results. The Sixteenth Annual Ophthalmological Conference;
Grant Medical Center; Columbus, Ohio, September 20, 1996.
Program Director, The Seventeenth Annual Ophthalmological Conference; Grant Medical
Center; Columbus, Ohio, September 19, 1997.
Late Onset Bleb Infection After Mitomycin-C Trabeculectomy. The Eighteenth Annual
Ophthalmological Conference; Grant/Riverside Hospitals; Columbus, Ohio, September 18,
1998.
An Update on Xalatan Therapy. The Nineteenth Annual Ophthalmological Conference; Grant/
Riverside Hospitals; Columbus, Ohio, September 10, 1999.
Glaucoma 1999: Concepts and Controversies. Subspecialty Day. AAO/American Glaucoma
Society - Orlando, Florida, October 23, 1999, 7.0 CME credit hours.
An Update on Laser Suture Lysis After Mitomycin C Trabeculectomy. Ohio Ophthalmological
Society 2000 Annual Meeting; Columbus, Ohio, January 29, 2000.
Early Experience with the Heidelberg Retinal Tomograph II. The 21st Anual Ophthalmology
Conference. Grant/Riverside Hospitals; Columbus, Ohio, September 21, 2001
Early Experience with the Heidelberg Retinal Tomograph II. Dayton Ophthalmological
Society Spring Meeting. Dayton, Ohio, September 13, 2002
The Battle of the Prostaglandin Analogs. North Central Ohio Optometric Association Fall
Meeting. Galion, Ohio, October 14, 2002
Combination Antiproliferative Therapy in Glaucoma Filtration Surgery. The 23rd Annual
Ophthalmological Conference. Grant/Riverside Hospitals; Columbus, Ohio, September 12, 2003
Early Experience with the Heidelberg Retinal Tomograph II. The Ohio State University
Ophthalmology Grand Rounds. Columbus, Ohio; January 15, 2004
Early Experience with the Heidelberg Retinal Tomograph II. College of Optometry Summer
Conference;
Columbus, Ohio, July 24, 2004Corneal Pachymetry and Glaucoma. The 24th annual Ophthalmological Conference. Franklin
University; Ross Auditorium, Grant Medical Center. Columbus, Ohio, September 10, 2004
Glaucoma Surgery. Arena Eye Surgery Clinical Grand Rounds. Arena Eye Surgeons office.
Columbus, Ohio, November 7, 2005
Update on the Heidelberg Retinal Tomograph II & III for the Diagnosis of Glaucoma. Ohio
Ophthalmological Society 2006 Annual Meeting - Technician Clinical Program. Columbus,
Ohio, February 11, 2006
New Technology for the Diagnosis & Management of Glaucoma. Arena Eye Surgeons Grand
Rounds. Arena Eye Surgeons office. Columbus, Ohio, March 29, 2006
NEW PROCEDURES CERTIFICATION & CME
George Washington University Medical Center Excimer Laser Photorefractive Keratectomy
Certification Course, Chicago, IL, February 5, 1996.
Excimer Laser Course for PRK & PTK, Grant Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, February 29,
1996 - 6.5 CME credit hours.
VISX Excimer Laser System PRK with Astigmatism Training Course, New York, NY, April 1998.
"Viscocanalostomy: A New Surgery for Glaucoma", New Orleans, Louisiana, November 6, 1998 -
4.0 CME credit hours.
C-LASIK: Lamellar Refractive Surgery Course, Stephen G. Slade, M.D., Course Director, San
Diego, CA, December 6-7, 1998.
VISX University: Laser Refractive Practice Marketing & Management Course, Buckhead,
Georgia, February 27-28, 1999.
"GLORY Basic and Advanced Didactic", Global Refractive Surgery Education Program, 1999
Fall World Refractive Surgery Symposium, Orlando, Florida, October 21, 1999.
"GLORY Wet Lab - PRK, LASIK, ICR & LTK/AK", 1999 Fall World Refractive Surgery Symposium,
Orlando, Florida, October 22, 1999.
Non-penetrating Deep Sclerectomy with the Aqua Flow Collagen Glaucoma Drainage Device and
Viscocanalostomy, Stephen Bylsma, M.D., Course Director, Orlando, Florida, October 23,
1999.
Visian ICL Mini-Fellowship Certification Course: R. G. Martin & Stephen Slade, M.D.,
Course Directors. Staar Surgical. Pinehurst, N.C.; June 4-5, 2004
The Pharmacology of Steroids. Orthopedic Grand Rounds, Mt. Sinai Medical Center;
Cleveland, Ohio, November, 1980.
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