Part-Time Medical Director

CURRICULUM VITAE

Manuel J. Chaknis, M.D., M.S.

Mailing

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Atlanta, GA 30345

Cell 205-***-****

E-mail ********@*****.***

EMPLOYMENT

*/**-*/** ****-time independent contractor Ophthalmologist, OptumServe Veterans’ Services/Frontera Search Partners, Dunwoody (Atlanta), GA.

12/20-5/24 Full-time employee General then Medical Ophthalmologist, Milan Eye Center, several Atlanta area locations. Milan Patel, MD, CEO.

4/18-11/20 Part-time employee General Ophthalmologist, Milan Eye Center, Alpharetta, GA and Buford, GA. Milan Patel, MD, CEO.

9/10-11/19 LASIK Surgeon and Medical Director, Joffe MediCenter, Atlanta, GA

11/14- 3/16 Part-time employee General Ophthalmologist, Associates in Ophthalmology, Macon, GA. J. Gregory Jones, MD.

7/13- 6/14 Part-time employee General Ophthalmologist, The Eye Center, Columbia, SC. R. Brian Huff, MD, Managing Partner.

10/12- 12/12 Locum tenens Medical Ophthalmologist, Allied Eye Associates, Chattanooga, TN. Seeing 25-50 patients a day.

5/12- 9/12 Locum tenens Medical Ophthalmologist, The Eye Center, Columbia, SC. Seeing 25-50 patients a day.

10/05- 9/10 LASIK Surgeon and Medical Director, LCAVision/LasikPlus, Birmingham, AL/Atlanta, GA

7/01- 12/05 Solo Ophthalmologist, Augusta Eye Care, Augusta, GA

8/00- 12/00 LASIK Surgeon, Lasik Vision Institute, Carmel, IN/ Atlanta, GA

8/99- 7/00 Employee Ophthalmologist, Castleman Eye Center,

Southgate, MI/Troy, MI (practice has moved to Taylor, MI)

2/98-8/99 Employee Ophthalmologist, Center for Specialty Eye Care,

Atlanta, GA (practice has dissolved)

8/97- 2/98 Employee Ophthalmologist, James C. Joiner, III, M.D.

(practice has since been sold and Dr. Joiner has retired)

EDUCATION

6/92 M.D., Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA

6/88 M.S., Microbiology (Honors), Georgia State University,

Atlanta, GA

6/85 A.B., Biology (Honors), University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

POST-GRADUATE TRAINING

7/96- 6/97 Fellow, Corneal Diseases and Surgery and Refractive

Surgery (LASIK and PRK), Corneal Consultants of Indiana, Indianapolis, IN (now called Price Vision Group). Francis W. Price, Jr., MD and William E. Whitson, MD, Preceptors

7/93- 6/96 Resident, Department of Ophthalmology, Medical College of

Georgia, Augusta, GA

6/92-6/93 Transitional Year Intern, Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital, Cooperstown, NY (now called Bassett Healthcare)

LICENSURE/ CERTIFICATION

6/18 Re-Certification, American Board of Ophthalmology

9/14 State of Florida Board of Medicine

1/13 State of North Carolina Board of Medicine

6/08 Re-Certification, American Board of Ophthalmology

7/07 State of Tennessee Board of Medicine

6/07 State of Arkansas Board of Medicine (now inactive)

12/05 State of Alabama Board of Medicine

5/02 State of South Carolina Board of Medicine

6/98 Board Certification, American Board of Ophthalmology

4/94 State of Georgia Board of Medicine

7/93 Certification, National Board of Medical Examiners

HONORS/ AWARDS/ LEADERSHIP

1997-2004 Journal Article Reviewer, Ophthalmology

1996-1997 Sub-investigator, Chiron Keracor 116 LASIK study

1/96-6/96 Chief Resident, Department of Ophthalmology, Medical

College of Georgia

1989-1992 President, Class of 1992, School of Medicine, Medical

College of Georgia

1989-1992 Honor Council, Medical College of Georgia

1991-1992 IMHOTEP Student Leadership Society, Medical College

of Georgia

1991-1992 Student Research Fellowship, Medical College of Georgia

1984-1985 Edmondson Student Research Grant, University of Chicago

1984-1985 President, Omega Chapter, Psi Upsilon Fraternity, University of Chicago

1984-1985 Psi Upsilon Fraternity Foundation Scholarship

1981-1985 University of Chicago Student/Athlete Scholarship

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

American Academy of Ophthalmology

American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

International Society of Refractive Surgery

LECTURES/ PRESENTATIONS

Instructor, LASIK Laboratory, American Academy of Ophthalmology Annual Meetings: Orlando, FL, October 1999, New Orleans, LA, November 1998, Chicago, IL, November 1996

The Use of Undersized Grafts to Reduce Postoperative Myopia in Keratoconus. Chaknis,

M. Presented at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Annual Meeting, Sarasota, FL, May1997 and at the Indiana Academy of Ophthalmology Annual

Meeting, Indianapolis, IN, June 1997

Presentations at the Medical College of Georgia Department of Ophthalmology Annual Resident/Alumni Meetings, Augusta, GA:"Visual Field Testing in Plaquenil Patients:

How Necessary Is It?, March 1996

"Comparison of Argon and Diode Laser Trabeculoplasty", March 1995

"Aggregate Formation from Combining Topical Antibiotics and Topical Steroids with Collagen Corneal Shields, March 1994

PUBLICATIONS

Chaknis, M., Price, F., Whitson, W. LASIK: Instrumentation and Operative Technique. In Corneal Surgery: Therapy, Technique, and Tissue, pp. 788-793, 3rd Ed. Frederick S. Brightbill, M.D., Ed., June 1999

Chaknis, M., Brooks, S., Mitchell, K., Marcus, D. Inflammatory Opacities of the Vitreous in Rifabutin-Associated Uveitis. Am J Ophthalmol 1996; 122: 581-582

Green, K., Slagle, T., Chaknis, M., Cheeks, L., Chang, S. Perfluorocarbon Effects on Rabbit Blood-Retinal Barrier Permeability. Lens and Eye Toxicity Research 1992; 9(2): 139-149

Parment, P., Svanborg-Eden, C., Chaknis, M., Sawant, A., Hagberg, L., Wilson, L., Ahearn, D. Hemagglutination (fimbriae) and Hydrophobicity in Adherence of Serratia marcescens Urinary Tract Epithelium and Contact Lenses. Curr Microbiol 1992; 25: 113-118

Chaknis, M. Association of Serratia marcescens with Rigid Gas-Permeable Contact Lenses and Solutions. M.S. Thesis, 1988. Donald G. Ahearn, Ph.D., Research Advisor

Chaknis, M. Organ Culture Revival of "Devitalized" Human Corneal Epithelium. A.B. Honors Thesis, 1985. Ramesh C. Tripathi, M.D., Ph.D., and Brenda J. Tripathi, Ph.D., Research Advisors

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