2014 Speaker Spotlight: Edward Buckley, MD
Dr. Buckley is the Banks Anderson, Sr. Distinguished Professor of Ophthalmology and Pediatrics and the director of the pediatric ophthalmology fellowship program at Duke. He is a renowned expert in pediatric ophthalmology and strabismus and has trained over 45 clinical and 10 research fellows. He currently serves as the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus.
Dr. Buckley will be covering topics such as Orbital Lesions in Children – A Simple Diagnostic Approach, Sounds So Simple – The Surgical Treatment of Esotropia, and I Wish I Hadn’t Done THAT! – Lessons Learned the Hard Way.
Read his AOS thesis paper Hanging by a Thread: The Long-Term Efficacy and Safety of Transscleral Sutured Intraocular Lenses in Children, and check out the following video is an interview with Dr. Buckley on Duke University’s live webcast “Office Hours”, where he discusses the process of becoming a medical student and succeeding once you’re accepted to a school.
We appreciate Dr. Buckley for agreeing to speak at our 63rd Annual Symposium in March. Don’t forget to register!