Physicians
Daniel K. Bregman, M.D.
Dr. Bregman is board certified in Ophthalmology. He received his medical degree from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia and completed his residency at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington. He was formerly the Chief of Ophthalmology at Ireland Army Community Hospital in Fort Knox, KY.
Dr. Bregman specializes in no-stitch cataract surgery and refractive surgery, in which he holds certification by the American Board of Eye surgery in both of those specialties. On the forefront of technology, Dr. Bregman has performed all types of refractive surgery including LRI, AK, ALK, PRK, PTK, LASIK, Conductive Keratoplasty (CK), implantable contact lenses, and accommodating and diffractive intraocular lenses. He currently performs LASIK with the latest technology available, the Allegretto Wave with Perfect Pulse Technology. He has performed more than 16,000 LASIK procedures and 19,000 cataract surgeries.
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Daniel K. Bregman, M.D.
Anterior Segment Surgeon
Cataract & Refractive Specialist
Eye Health Partners
342 22nd Avenue North
Nashville, TN 37203
Phone: (615) 327-2001
www.eyehealthpartners.com
M. Terry Burkhalter, M.D.
M. Terry Burkhalter, M.D., has been in practice in Nashville since 1977. His undergraduate education is from Vanderbilt University with a major in Biology. He graduated in 1968 with a B.A. with honors. He went to medical school at The University of Tennessee in Memphis and graduated with a M.D. in 1971. He did an internship at Los Angeles County Hospital-U.S.C. Medical Center from 1971-1972.
Dr. Burkhalter served in the U.S. Air Force as a Flight Surgeon from 1972-1974. His residency in Ophthalmology was done from 1974-1977 at the Eye Foundation Hospital-University of Alabama in Birmingham.
He is on the active staff of Eye Surgery Center of Nashville, Baptist Hospital and Centennial Medical Center. He has served as President of the Nashville Academy of Ophthalmology and as Chairman of the Department of Ophthalmology at Baptist and Centennial Medical Centers.
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M. Terry Burkhalter, M.D.
Eye Specialist, General Ophthalmologist
1800 State Street
Nashville, TN 37203
Phone: (615) 327-4015
www.drburkhalter.eyemd.org
Bernard Chang, M.D.
Dr. Chang is a fellowship-trained ophthalmologist in cornea and external disease and refractive surgery. He brings to Cornea Consultants of Nashville experience in cornea transplantation, anterior segment and cataract surgery, and refractive surgical procedures.
Dr. Chang graduated Summa Cum Laude from Wake Forest University majoring in chemistry. He received his medical degree from Vanderbilt University. He also completed an internship and ophthalmology residency at Vanderbilt University. He was selected by the faculty to serve as Chief Resident during his final year of residency.
Dr. Chang continued his training with completion of a fellowship in cornea, external disease and refractive surgery at the University of California, San Diego. His fellowship with Drs. Stuart Brown and David Schanzlin afforded him advanced training and experience in performing corneal transplants, anterior segment and cataract surgery, and refractive surgical procedures including PRK, LASIK, and Intacs.
Dr. Chang is board certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology. His academic memberships include the American Academy of Ophthalmology, American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, and the American Medical Association. Throughout his career, he has participated in various charitable fundraisers including the Lions Club and most recently has been a participant in the EyeCare America public service program.
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Bernard Chang, M.D.
Cornea Consultants of Nashville
2400 Patterson St., Suite 201
Nashville, TN 37203
Phone: (615) 320-7200
www.corneaconsultants.com
Angela Crisp, M.D.
Dr. Crisp is a native of western North Carolina. She attended Duke University on an academic scholarship where she received her Bachelor’s Degree in Zoology. She completed her Medical Doctorate at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Following her internship in straight medicine at Washington Hospital Center in D.C., Dr. Crisp performed retina research at the Estelle Doheny Eye Foundation in Los Angeles, California. Her four year Residency in Ophthalmology was conducted at Louisiana State University in New Orleans.
While in New Orleans she was an assistant instructor for the Optometric Society. She has been practicing Anterior Segment Ophthalmology specializing in cataract surgery since 1992. Dr. Crisp is a member of The American Academy of Ophthalmology, American Medical Association, and a Diplomat of The American Board of Ophthalmology.
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Angela Crisp, M.D.
Anterior Segment Surgeon
Cataract Specialist
Eye Health Partners
342 22nd Avenue North
Nashville, TN 37203
Phone: (615) 327-2001
www.eyehealthpartners.com
Marcel Estopinal, M.D.
Dr. Estopinal is an ophthalmologist who has been in private practice in Nashville since 1992 and who has an extensive background in ophthalmic research. His clinical research includes Principal Investigator: Study of the Safety and Efficacy of (s)-Betaxolol Suspension Protocol C-97-40; Principal Investigator: Study of Loteprednol Etabonate 0.5% Ophthalmic Suspension Protocol 127; Principal Investigator: Study of the Safety and Efficacy of Brimonidine-Purite Protocol 19032-004-00; Principal Investigator: A Phase III Study of MDX-RA Protocol CL-SEC 013.1; and Principal Investigator: Study of Xalatan Compared to “Usual Care” in Patients with Open Angle Glaucoma or Ocular Hypertension Protocol 9700PG071.
Dr. Estopinal received his undergraduate degree from Vanderbilt University, where he graduated Cum Laude. He received his medical degree from Louisiana State University in New Orleans, where he also graduated with honors.
He successfully completed his internship in Transitional Medicine at Charity Hospital in New Orleans; his residency at the Eye Center at Louisiana State University and at Baptist Memorial Hospital and received his Fellowship training in the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Tennessee. He is a recipient of the Outstanding Clinical Research Award of 1990 and the Ophthalmic Knowledge Assessment Award for 1990, 1991 and 1992.
Dr. Estopinal is certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology. He also is a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the American Board of Ophthalmology, thee Tennessee Academy of Ophthalmology and the Nashville Academy of Ophthalmology.
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Marcel Estopinal, M.D.
Nashville Eye Associates
397 Wallace Road, Suite C310
Nashville, TN 37211
Phone: (615) 834-8310
Eric B. Groos, Jr., M.D.
Dr. Groos is a native Nashvillian who has returned to practice ophthalmic surgery in his home city. He assumed the practice of L. Rowe Driver in 1994, and subsequently partnered with Ira A. Shivitz to form Cornea Consultants of Nashville. He brings to Nashville and these practices advanced techniques in corneal transplantation, high risk cataract surgery with lens implantation and more recently laser vision correction.
Dr. Groos supplemented his extensive knowledge and experience with corneal disease and surgery with training dedicated to develop excellent results in LASIK and PRK. Under the tutelage of Richard Lindstrom and David Hardten at the Phillips Eye Institute in Minneapolis, Dr. Groos has developed superior techniques in laser vision correction, which deliver high rates of success for patients in his care. In addition he adds careful preoperative screening and aggressive postoperative attention to potential complications to create a high level of safety for each patient he encounters.
Dr. Groos graduated valedictorian of Montgomery Bell Academy before leaving as a National Merit Scholar to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree in English literature from Princeton University. While at Princeton, he rowed for two national Championship Lightweight Crew teams. He received his medical degree from Vanderbilt University, followed by a year of general medical internship in Ann Arbor, Michigan. From there he traveled to the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, a department consistently ranked among the top ten in the nation. In his final year Dr. Groos was selected chief resident by his peers.
He learned the art of advanced diagnosis and surgical/medical treatment of complicated anterior segment eye problems at a fellowship in cornea and external disease at the University of California. Here his mentors, Mark Mannis and Ivan Schwab, are among the most respected cornea specialists in the world.
Dr. Groos is an ophthalmologist, certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology. He is a member of both the American Academy of Ophthalmology and the American Medical Association. He has served for 7 years on the board of the Tennessee Academy of Ophthalmology as its Legislative Chair and a member of the Executive Committee. Dr. Groos is a previous President of the Nashville Academy of Ophthalmology. He is currently Associate Medical Director of the Tennessee Donor Services Ocular Program. He is involved in Research to Prevent Blindness and Prevent Blindness Tennessee, for which he participates in the "Operation I Care" program for children.
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Eric B. Groos, Jr., M.D.
Cornea Consultants of Nashville
2400 Patterson St., Suite 201
Nashville, TN 37203
Phone: (615) 320-7200
www.corneaconsultants.com
Dale Pilkinton, M.D.
Dale Pilkinton, M.D., a native of Nashville, graduated from the University of Tennessee with high honors and the University of Tennessee College of Medicine where he was a member of Alpha Omega Alpha honor society. Focusing his career in eye surgery, particularly cataract and refractive surgery, Dr. Pilkinton was chosen for a residency at the prestigious L.S.U. Eye Center in New Orleans under the direction of Herb Kaufman, M.D. and Marguerite McDonald, M.D. The L.S.U. opthalmology residency is a four year training program, as opposed to the traditional three year program, and offers unparalleled surgical experience. After completing the required one-year in internal medicine he spent four years gaining extensive surgical experience in clear corneal cataract surgery, refractive surgery, corneal transplantation, strabismus, retina, and oculoplastic surgery. His refractive surgery experience as a resident included radial keratotomy, astigmatic keratotomy, epikeratophakia, laser vision correction and phakic intraocular lenses. As a senior resident, Dr. Pilkinton won the national resident’s video competition for cataract surgery sponsored by the American College of Eye Surgeons in conjunction with the American Board of Eye Surgery.
Upon completion at L.S.U. in 1995, Dr. Pilkinton was invited to return to Nashville to join the practice of Spencer Thornton M.D., president of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery. This practice is one of the oldest and most experienced in cataract and refractive surgery. Dr. Pilkinton gained invaluable surgical experience working alongside Dr. Thornton and another prominent refractive surgeon Dr. Jim Hays.
Dr. Pilkinton has lectured nationally and internationally and is a member of the American Academy of Opthalmology, the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, the American College of Eye Surgeons, and the president elect of the American Eye Study Club. He is board certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology and by the American Board of Eye Surgery in Cataract and Lasik.
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Dale Pilkinton, M.D.
300 20th Avenue North, Suite 504
Nashville, TN 37203
www.pilkintoneyecenter.com
Deborah D. Sherman, M.D.
Dr. Deborah Sherman specializes in Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery. She completed her ophthalmology residency at Vanderbilt University and then completed a fellowship in Ophthalmic Plastic, Orbital and Reconstructive surgery, at the University of Wisconsin. Dr. Sherman was the first to discover and publish evidence of orbital lymphatics, which has significant implications in the treatment of orbital disease and various malignant tumors. Based on this landmark research, The American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons honored her with two prestigious awards: the Merrill Reeh Pathology Award and the Lester Jones Anatomy Award.
Dr. Sherman currently practices cosmetic and reconstructive eyelid surgery at the Sherman Aesthetic Center in Nashville, TN. In addition to performing reconstructive surgery, she provides a full array of cosmetic procedures including surgeries, BOTOX® Cosmetic (botulinum toxin type A) treatments, a variety of fillers, light therapies and state-of-the-art skin care peels and topicals.
Dr. Sherman is a National Expert on Botox® and Aesthetic surgery. She has been selected as a National Trainer by Allergan, the makers of Botox® Cosmetic, and serves as one of the nation’s leading medical educators to teach physicians the technique of aesthetic Botox® and other cosmetic injectables. She has been injecting Botox® for patients since 1990.
Dr. Sherman, her husband, and other members of the staff at Eye Surgery Center of Nashville have enjoyed participating in volunteer work performing eye surgery on children and adults in impoverished areas of Mexico where there is limited access to modern medical procedures.
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Deborah D. Sherman, M.D.
Ophthalmic Plastic Surgeon
Sherman Aesthetic Center
4306 Harding Rd #106
Nashville, TN 37205
Phone: (615) 297-5798
Ira A. Shivitz, M.D.
Dr. Shivitz is an ophthalmologist specializing in cornea and external disease and practicing in private practice in Nashville since 1984. His experience runs the gamut from sight-threatening corneal infections to sight-restoring surgical procedures of the cornea and anterior segment. With fellowship training in cornea and external disease at the Baylor College of Medicine, he has successfully treated hundreds of patients with severe damage to the cornea as well as prevented severe vision loss in countless others.
More recently Dr. Shivitz has turned his skills to the surgical correction of near-sightedness, far-sightedness and astigmatism. His early career experience with radial keratotomy at the Arrowsmith Eye Institute taught him to respect the power of surgery both to correct and to complete vision. With this background of medical and surgical experience, he has developed a prudent and cautious approach to the evaluation of patients considering laser refractive correction. Dr. Shivitz can easily recognize a difficult case as well as respond appropriately and swiftly in the event of an unexpected downturn. This combination of prudence and skill has led to high rate of success with both LASIK and PRK.
Educated in New York and receiving an undergraduate degree, magna cum laude in biology, Dr. Shivitz then earned his medical degree at Vanderbilt University. Following a year of general medical training, he trained in the Department of Ophthalmology at Baylor College of Medicine as a resident and then cornea fellow under the tutelage of David Paton and Dan Jones. At Baylor he was honored with a fellowship in corneal disease from the Eye Bank Association of America. While an undergraduate in New York he received a Myasthenia Gravis Research Fellowship and undergraduate Honor Awards in both mathematics and calculus.
Dr. Shivitz is an ophthalmologist certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology. He is a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and the American Medical Association. He is chief-of-staff of the Department of Ophthalmology at Centennial Medical Center. He is an active member of the board of local charitable groups, including The Care Center and Kids on the Block, for which he recently chaired the major fundraising event Comprehensive Cherish. Dr. Shivitz is a perennial supporter of the Guide Dog Foundation and Prevent Blindness Tennessee, the latter through participation in "Operation I Care" program for children.
His clinical interests include, but are not limited to: excimer laser refractive surgery, corneal transplantation, cataract extraction and lens implantation, excimer laser therapeutic surgery, diagnosis and treatment of severe corneal and scleral infections, and difficult contact lens fitting for irregular corneas (following RK, PRK, and LASIK, Keratocunus, trauma, etc.)
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Ira A. Shivitz, M.D.
2400 Patterson St., Suite 201
Nashville, TN 37203
D. James Williams, M.D.
Dr. Williams is an ophthalmologist who has been in private practice in Nashville since 1994 and who has an extensive background in ophthalmic research. His clinical research includes Sub-Investigator: Study of the Safety and Efficacy of (s)-Betaxolol Suspension Protocol C-97-40; Sub-Investigator: Study of Loteprednol Etabonate 0.5% Ophthalmic Suspension Protocol 127; Sub-Investigator: Study of the Safety and Efficacy of Brimonidine-Purite Protocol 19032-004-00; and Sub-Investigator: A Phase III Study of MDX-RA Protocol CL-SEC 013.1.
Dr. Williams received his bachelor’s degree in biology from the Trinity University in San Antonio, where he received the Presidential Merit Scholarship and graduated Magna Cum Laude. He received his medical degree from the University of Tennessee College of Medicine, where he also was a Magna Cum Laude graduate.
He successfully completed his internship at Baptist Memorial Hospital and completed his residency in the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Tennessee.
Dr. Williams is a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the Tennessee Academy of Ophthalmology and the Nashville Academy of Ophthalmology.
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D. James Williams, M.D.
Nashville Eye Associates
397 Wallace Road, Suite C310
Nashville, TN 37211
Phone: (615) 834-8310
