Education

1974 – 1978 Duke University Durham, NC

BS/Zoology

• Cum Laude graduate
  1979 – 1983 Pennsylvania College of Optometry Philadelphia, PA

BS/Optometry, Doctor of Optometry

• Residency – Family Practice Optometry
  1983 – 1984 U. of Alabama – Birmingham Birmingham, AL

Professional experience

Optometrist

• 1984 - 1987 Optometric Eye Care Center, Eastern NC
• During this period, I worked at several office locations as the primary optometrist.

Owner/Optometrist

• 1987 – 2009 Carteret Vision Center Morehead City, NC
  (Office sold September 2009)
• This office included two Doctors and twelve staff. The office is 5000 square feet and located in a free-standing professional building owned by myself. We were a paperless office and relied heavily on the latest technology. Clinically this included electronic medical records, digital imaging, and computerized refractions. On the business side we utilized electronic claims submission, computerized bookkeeping, and scanning of all documents.

Additional professional activities

• 2009 – Consultant, Scibal Consulting
• 2007 – present Key Opinion Leader for Bausch and Lomb
• 2003 - present Practice Management and Technology consulting
• 2003 - present North Carolina State Optometric Society
  Paraoptometric Education Committee

Professional memberships

• North Carolina Optometric Society
• American Optometric Association

Accreditations

• Licensed training facility – NC Board of Opticians
• Approved externship site – University of Alabama-Birmingham School of Optometry and Pennsylvania College of Optometry

Community activities

• Carteret County Chamber of Commerce
  Presidential Award – 1983
• Morehead City Noon Rotary
  President – 1997-98
• Carteret County Parks and Recreation Department
  Youth basketball coach – 1990 to present
• Boys & Girls Club of Carteret County
  Board of Directors – 2001 – 2003
• Sound Bank
  Board of Directors – 2002 to 2006
• Carteret County Health Dept
  Director – 2005 - 2007
• Rotary District 7730- 1987 to present 

Presentations

• Fall 2003 – NC Optometric Society Fall Meeting, Para-Optometric course “Diabetes and the Eye”
• Fall 2004 – NC Optometric Society Fall Meeting, Para-Optometric course “Technology and the Paperless Office”
• February 2005 SECO 2005 – “Paper, What Paper”
• October 2005 – Rocky Mt, NC District Optometric Meeting - “The Myths of Silicone Hydrogels”
• February 2006 SECO 2006 – “Looking for Mr. Goodbar – Where is that Chart?”; “The Paper Chase – Electronic Medical Records
• March 2006 – Durham, NC - Panel Discussion for Ciba Symposium on Advantages of Silicone Hydrogel Contact Lenses
• April 2006 – Greensboro, NC District Optometric Meeting - “Clinical Considerations of fitting Silicone Hydrogel Lenses”
• January 2007 – Hollywood, FL - The Ultimate Practice Management Seminar: Nuts & Bolts (sponsored by Donald Teig) – “Managing the Million Dollar Practice Without Losing Your Sanity”
• February 2008 SECO 2008 – “Intra-office Communication”; “The Computerized Optical Lab”; “You Have Won the Gold: Now What?”
• April 2008 Arkansas Optometric Association – “The EMR Advantage”
• May 2008 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL - TEPR (Towards the Electronic Patient Record) Conference – “Going Paperless”
• May 2008 – Newark, NJ – AllDoc’s Conference – “Growing Your Contact Lens Practice: Differentiate, Delegate, Communicate”
• July 2009 - Dallas, TX - "New Perspectives on Presyopic Contact Lenses"
• September 2009 - Quantum Optical Opticians CE Meeting - "History and Overview of Contact Lenses", "Silicone-Hydrogel Lenses", "Differentiating Your Contact Lens Practice"
• March 2010 - Vision Expo East, NYC, NY - "Clinical Considerations in Silicone Hydrogel Lenses", "5 Myths of Astigmatism", "Presbyopes in your Practice"
• April 2010 - IDOC National Meeting, NYC, NY - Workshop, "How to have effective office meetings"

Publications

• Optometric Management, February 2005 “