Refractive cataract and complex cataract surgeon. Clinical trial principal investigator and advisor to pharma and device companies.

• Performed advanced anterior segment surgical techniques including femtosecond, refractive, and scleral fixated IOLs• Clinical instructor to Wills Eye residents in resident clinic and the OR• Spent over 6 months abroad performing low resource surgical techniques including manual small incision cataract surgery (MSICS)• Worked in the field with leading NGOs such as SEE International and Himalayan Cataract Project• Learned healthcare administration (finance, operations management, supply chain, international regulations, etc) for global eyecare facilities• Designed educational curriculum for the Wills Eye Hospital Center for Academic Global Ophthalmology• Performed hundreds of cataract surgeries on 4 continents • Countries included Ecuador, India (LV Prasad Eye Institute), Haiti, Sierra Leone, Rwanda, Burundi, and Ethiopia

Studied the effects of zero gravity on astronaut intraocular and intracranial pressure.Investigated health risk factors predisposing astronauts to visual changes in space.Analyzed the effects of high altitudes on eye physiology in mountain climbers on Mount Everest.

Completed over 1700 hours of community service working as a full-time reading tutor at an under-served elementary school in Gainesville, FL.

Prospective NIH-funded study correlating C-Reactive Protein (CRP) levels and statins with lower extremity vein graft bypass outcomes.Conducted a basic science project studying the effects of exogenous inflammatory markers on gene expression related to cell migration/proliferation in human saphenous vein tissue cultures.