Research Assistant/Ophthalmic Technician
Atlanta Metropolitan Area
• Provide eye care duties with Dr. Woolfson in refractive surgeries and other ocular treatments.• Perform routine vision examinations, instrument maintenance and cleaning, preparation of examination and operating rooms, and patient education.• Take visual acuity, refractometry, tonometry, iris registration, pachymetry, pupil assessment, dominant eye assessment, corneal topography, Humphrey Visual Fields, OCT, A-scans, and other associated diagnostic testing.• Research corneal collagen crosslinking (CXL) with epi-on which is when a formulation of riboflavin penetrates the cornea without removal of the epithelium. This procedure stops the progression of keratoconus and may improve vision. The data Dr. Stulting obtained was used to obtain FDA approval for Avedro epi-off CXL procedure. Now he is conducting a study to obtain FDA approval for CXL with epi-on.