STEVE BILLITZ

acw0in@r.postjobfree.com • 205-***-**** • 1067 Washington drive, Moody, AL 35004

OPTOMETRIST

Summary: I am looking for a full or part time position. Key strengths:

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE & ACHIEVEMENTS

Birmingham Tobacco Company, Birmingham, AL 1980 to 1981 Truck Driver

Delivered goods to local businesses

Stocked shelves in warehouse

Assembled orders

Hayes Aircraft Company, Birmingham, AL 1982 to 1987 Sheet metal mechanic

Structural repairs to all areas of several military aircraft French Florist, Hollywood, CA 1987 to 1989

Manager

Shop manager of two stores in charge of bookkeeping, inventory, and sales Pemco Aeroplex, Birmingham, AL 1989 to 1990

Sheet metal mechanic

Structural repairs to all areas of multiple military and commercial aircraft Self employed, Birmingham, AL 1991 to 1992

House painter

Residential and commercial painting with managing duties Part time painting to supplement income during 1987-1991

• Honors program in Psychology

University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 1992 to 1993 Research assistant

Movement systems lab. Duties included experiments, care of laboratory animals, histology, and data presentations

• PSI-CHI National honor society in Psychology

• Presidential Honor roll

University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Optometry, Vision Science Research Center 1993 to 1998 Senior Research Technician

Conduction of experiments, analysis of data, equipment maintenance, care of laboratory animals, and materials inventory

• Presidential Honor roll ( winter quarter )

• Dean's list with honors

• Dean's list

New Horizons Eye care, Centerpoint, AL 1997 to 1998 STEVE BILLITZ acw0in@r.postjobfree.com • 205-***-**** Optemetric Technician

Total patient workups

• American Academy of Optometry travel fellowship

Veterans Administration Hospital, Birmingham, AL 1998 to 1998 Optometric Intern

Three month externship. Routine eye exams on primarily geriatric population with a high incidence of systemic conditions

• Binocular Vision Award

• Member-- Contact lens section of American Optometric Association

• Paper accepted to Corning Scholarship Competition

• Recipient of 1998 Seymour Galina Grant $ 2500.00 Helena Family Eye Care, Helena, AL 1999 to 2004

Optometrist

Full scope Optometric practice

Family Optometry, P.C., Birmingham, AL 2000 to Present Optometrist

Full scope practice

EDUCATION & TRAINING

General Education, Major: General Studies, Minor High School, Minor, Alabama (1981) Additional certificate in electronic theory and repair Associate of the Arts, Major: Liberal Arts, Jefferson State Junior College, Birmingham, Alabama (1992) Bachelor's of Natural Sciences and Mathematics (Cum Laude ), University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama (1995)

Doctoral of Optometry, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Optometry, Birmingham, Al (1999) PUBLICATIONS

Adrenergic Agents Inhibit Rapid Increases in Cerebellar Purkinje Cell Glutamic Acid Decarboxylase ( Gad67) mRNA Levels after Climbing Fiber Lesions or Reserpine Treatment. Journal of Neuroscience, March 1, 1996, 16 (5): 1844- 1851

Effects of Microstimulation of the Superior Colliculus on vergence and accommodation. Abstract, 1997 ARVO convention, Ft. Lauderdale, FL.

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