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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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